I am a RN. I worked for our last inpatient psychiatric facility in our county before it was closed down back in 2008. It was a locked, guarded community setting for individuals that greatly needed it. It housed well over 300 people year round. When it closed our local hospitals, emergency rooms, jails, homeless shelters and other facilities were completely overran with patients we simply could NOT manage. Period. People fail to realize that your average mentally unwell patient takes 3 times the resources than a medically ill patient does. But the state doesn’t staff healthcare workers appropriately to accommodate that. It’s absolutely devastating to see some of the sh*t I’ve seen over the last 2 decades. To have to literally discharge someone from the hospital to the woods bc they’ve burned their bridges at every single facility there is. Our country has a severe mental health crisis and it just sucks and keeps getting worse as time goes on. It costs WAY more money to manage these folks like it is now, than it did to keep those inpatient facilities open…so for government agencies to claim budget issues is a huge crock of crap.

That cold open was like a full story on its own. I was like, wait what? Oh this video is over an hour long. Awesome! And I love the lil psych out I got from the opening.

Unbelievably balanced and intelligent work. I'm utterly amazed that I am fortunate enough to have found this channel. Thank you.

It’s like I tell my son: a mental health diagnosis can EXPLAIN someone’s behavior, but it doesn’t EXCUSE it

I’ve listened to every episode of Monsters since discovering the series almost two years ago, and I have to say this is by far your best work. I loved the way you included the tidbits about Kemper’s killings that were happening simultaneously, as well as the interactions between the two killers behind bars. I’ve been a true crime fan for a long time and I’m extremely surprised I’d never heard about Mullins before this, especially because I’ve listened to several about Kemper and Mullins has never been mentioned in any of them. Top notch work on this one. What a wild ride.

Had a chuckle when you pointed out that Switzerland was not a Scandinavian country. Very true.

It's incredible how even after all the documentaries I've seen about Ed Kemper, part of his story being told through a different lens that doesn't focus on him as the main character still manages to elicit shock and uncover new information. I'd never heard of the psychiatrist being left alone in a room with Ed for seven minutes despite the panic button being pressed... terrifying.

who needs netflix when we have This is Monsters! thanks for your content i look forward to it every week!

When Edmund Kemper is the rational person in an interaction, there is no way that can be good thing.

My father was a very loving, caring family man. He treated his psychiatric patients with the same compassion as he did his loved ones. Everyone in our family felt (were) blessed to have him with us for as long as we did. That being said, one conversation I had with him that sticks in my mind is when I expressed a desire to go into the mental health field when I was deciding on my major in college. I had ambitions of helping people with problems and hoped to be a provider of comfort and wisdom like he had always been. Ultimately, in our discussion he told me that the the people that need the most help, often cannot be helped. This was the first time in my life talking with him that I felt discouraged and also realized his frustration with his work. As sad as it seemed, It was very insightful advice. It is worth mentioning that this was during the early Reagan Years and now the connection has been made for me. What you do is exceptional.

This dude was absolutely insane. I have heard a lot of cases and I know a lot of people throw that word around but this guy is without a doubt absolutely insane

My only complaint about Somewhere Sinister is that the episodes aren't long enough 💓

The ability you have to make me laugh hysterically while hearing details of heinous crimes is a true gift sir. I live for the shade you drop in here and there. Ooookayyyy 😂

This episode is an hour and 10 minutes long. 10 minutes in, and he does the introduction. Oh man this one is gonna be intense.

Giles...... The introduction for this one was EPIC!!!!!!

I usually click on your videos without checking the length, after 8 minutes in I was confused because the story sounded like it was over and to my surprise

Mullin was obviously insane. This is one of the cases in which I struggle to understand how anyone could think that the defendant was sane. I mean...if this dude wasn't insane, who is? I know that he tried to not leaving any traces in some of his crimes, but that doesn't mean he was sane and knew that what he had done had been wrong. It can easily be explained by him understanding that most people wouldn't believe that he had been on an important mission to save millions of lives by "sacrificing" some lives. Some schizophrenic people do understand that their delusional beliefs will not be shared and appreciated by other people, while they still firmly believe in them to be true.

"Materialism must die, or mankind will." He sounded pretty sane for those six words.

woke up to go to the bathroom and I get this notification, guess I'm not going back to sleep lmao

Santa Cruz is my hometown and I still live here. My cousin and his family live right across the street from the house Ed Kemper killed his mother and her friend and where he buried the heads of a couole of his victims in the side yard. I worked as a speech therapist for the elderly for a few years and the wife of one of my clients was a patient of Dr. Ota and good friends with his wife. Needless to say, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who grew up in this town who didn't have a 1-3 degree of separation to one of the many victims during the late 60's-early 70's.

Best fake out ever. Only 10 minutes into the video I thought that was the end of the story, then you hit me with the opening "This is Monsters" Well played.

There's a great interview with Ed Kemper about Mullin... they were housed together and Mullin was universally hated by everyone there. Including him.

This is so incredibly sad. Just a normal regular family enjoying there life unaware of the evil watching them. Just blissfully coexisting as a family like they deserved to continue doing .

Wow! What an intro! I actually thought I had somehow missed my favorite “This is Monsters… bam , bam bam!” You never cease to amaze me !

Over an hour long?? I'm in heaven.. You put your work in on this one (like all of your videos) 😊😊

Brilliant intro, I had forgotten that it was just that. And the way you wrapped the intro up. You have outdone yourself!

It didn’t just end in the 70’s. They evacuated a huge residential mental hospital in the late 80’s where I live. Things haven’t gotten any better since then.

I have no issues with the shorter content, because yanno some crimes only have so much to cover, but lordy loo am I excited for this 1+ hour vid 😁

10 minutes in “holy shit that was just the intro” out loud to myself. This is gonna be a good episode

I'm so happy we get a super long episode this time as I always eat them up immediately. Herbert sounds like as if he was actually in love with his friend who passed away but might not have known yet that he was gay/bi and his death trouble him more than anything else.

What a poignant point: Mullin's friendship with Kemper was the closest he ever got to therapy.

Schizophrenia can be such a horrible disease. It’s onset is usually between 18-20-right when a child is becoming an adult. Hopefully it gets treated and can be managed usually quite well with medication. The problem is that once the symptoms subside, many feel like they are cured and go off their medication. Unfortunately, this is a disease that doesn’t get cured, only managed dependent on patient compliance. My heart goes out to all victims and the sufferer as well.

Incredible channel. I hope you know how gifted your work truly is. Thank you!!! Never stop trying so hard to getting better and better with what you produce. I notice with every video you post. Wow!!!!

Rest in peace to all the victims. 💐🌺🌼🌹🌻🪴🌿🪴🌿🦋🦋🦋

Even if he truly believed he was on a mission to save humanity, cleaning the scenes and himself proved that he knew he was doing something wrong......

This is the best story on Herbert Mullin that I have ever heard.

Hi 👋🏽 there Jiles and everyone here! 🤗 Fascinating story thanks! ✌️💕🕊️

Not mentally unwell just deeply sick & twisted....a monster!! I have schizophrenia, bipolar, split personality disorder, anxiety & depression. The thought of taking a life makes me feel physically sick! Because of freaks like this I usually get labelled as being a psychopath 🙃

It's 0307, and this was riveting! Dude. I agree. It's from the perspective of the victims and their families and friends. Nicely said.

I absolutely love the long version of this video! Thank you!

I’ve worked at state hospitals. Good thing we have them. Loving the hour long video!

It's amazing what people can bond over. To think even 2 serial killers can find solace in each other is morbidly fascinating.

RIP Ohta family. 🙏🏼 My ex-inlaws were rather well off. My ex-father-in-law worked long hours at his job to earn money. He also made a timely investment in a car company, something with early MOPAR I think. They were wonderful people, and I am glad that I was able to enjoy their company before they passed. It's sad to think that someone could resent them for having money. They weren't born into it, they worked for it, and imo, they deserved it. They were kind, sharing often, both money and time.

Your takes on these cases never cease to amaze me, amazing work as per usual! You’re one of the best true crime channels out there, BY FAR

“Meanwhile, the crazy man who was going around shooting people…” I’m sorry but that made me lol 😂

Unfortunately, the part of the note that said “materialism must die or man kind will” is true

Awesome my bro'ski hope your transition to a new country is going smoothly for you and your fam

“His fly was undone the entire conference” Was classic 😂

I am fully convinced Jiles has the coolest tats/wardrobe out of everyone in the true crime scene 👏🏻💪🏼😄

Fellow Monsters...Don't forget to HIT that LIKE button . Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

Its amazing how these "insane" people are still smart enough to get away with things for a long time

This is a great one, Jiles. I'm local to the SF to Santa Cruz coast and I never really appreciated how close all of this was to me until this video being accompanied by the photos of folks and places I actually recognize then vs now and newspaper clippings with other concurrent news in the world at the time. Murder capitol?! I had no idea.* My dad and his siblings would have just been in high school when this case happened, same one I went to smack dab in the middle between SF and SC on highway 1, and my principal was even a classmate of my uncle's. Way before my time, around this time in the 70s or early 80s, my mom was stabbed by a man who was friends with her ex and who was only out on the street because of Reagan's psychiatric closures. I had believed in Nebraska, where she's from originally, but perhaps could have been in California if Reagan was still governor at the time of closures & not president yet. I don't know as many details as maybe I should or would like to know, I've just always kind of been aware since I was little that if not for her very-near death experience and subsequent divorce, and sort of whole new start over second life, she would've never met my dad and I would've never been born _(very unplanned_ but welcome). I really should ask her more questions while she's still around. This case feels a bit closer to home than most. Thanks TIMonsters * editing to add JILES! Would you consider looking into the Gypsy Hill Murders / San Mateo Slasher case? It's another local to me from the 70s, not fully solved until very recently via genetic geneology, when one presumed killer turned out to be (at least) 2 killers and exonerated the longest serving wrongfully-convicted woman in the US, who got pinned only because she was also mentally ill and had falsely confessed. And the one guy was only out for a few months between prison stints waiting to start a life sentence when he did the murders. It's pretty infuriating when you look at the timelines, and practically NO ONE has covered it on the youtubes. Zodiac and the Zebra murders were also contemporary to these.

Thank you so much for continuing to put out great content. The hard work you put into your videos shows.

I really wonder if people who have schizophrenia are drawn to acid/heroin or if those drugs cause or expedite schizophrenia. I’ve noticed the combinations happen pretty regularly amount people who end up committing terrifying crimes.

Happy to see and uploaded video of yours of over an hour!! 😊

I'm always impressed just how much detail is given in these stories. I know that takes tons of research and I totally appreciate the effort. Another great video!

"Meanwhile, the crazy man running around shooting people" made me literally LOL. The combination of "clearly 100% insane" BUT SANE ENOUGH to conceal his crimes and know to lie about his mental health - that's got to be the most terrifying combination of traits I can imagine.

This is an example of why Ed Kemper fascinates me. He could have done so many amazing things with his intelligence yet he chose to be a monster. They psychology of it is fascinating.

Thank you very much for the closed captions!

Love the detail in the story. Your a great narrator/story teller

Great details in this episode. You did an amazing job telling this story

Jiles, this is outstanding work.

He died only a year ago? Wow. Mental illness does not prevent someone from being a legitimate monster. There may be causes for their behaviour, but that doesn’t make someone less of a monster.

This is one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen on any true crime channel. I’ve been spending an average of 12 hours/day listening to true crime. I love psichology and understanding why people do what they do when commiting these horrible acts. Also, I’ve been battling depression and alcoholism and hearing these stories makes me feel like my life is somewhat good - by comparison. You are genuinely my fav creator on here. I love your voice, your warmth and understanding and also your decisiveness when calling someone out as a monster. Thank you, dear friend, for that is what you are to me. You make me feel un-alone.

Your story telling abilities get better and better. I really loved your video on Marvin Gaye’s father as one of my favorites. Sometimes the subject matter is too gruesome for me but you tell these stories in all their depth and complexity. It always amazes me to see how the individuals with these problems are repeatedly allowed to “keep going” til it’s too late to either help them or squash them. Your channel is really unique!

This video is a certified banger, amazing work.

Can you even imagine living in the Santa Cruz area thru the Frazier, Kemper, & Mullin era? There is another impressive documentary about catching the three of them. The same detectives rounded up all three of them. Pretty stressful time for the police too. Hearing Big Ed talk about "Herbie" is actually pretty amusing. Great video as always J. "This is Monsters" is one of the best on KZfaq. (Somewhere Sinister as well) oh yeah, I wish Reagan was around still so I could tell him what a crap president & crap governor he was. Blood is on Ronnie's hands too. Even if he couldn't recall.

Such a great introduction. You are a master story teller.

Religion and insanity always seem to go together.

58:15 South Park when Mr. Garrison was mad his dad never took advantage lol 😂😅

I subscribed for the fabulously researched crime stories, I stayed for the sarcastic wit. 🙂👍

Loved the details, research and time you into this! Great job 👍

Thankyou for your content and empathy towards the stories you share.

I wish that you had elaborated on the fact that Kemper spent time at Atascadero Mental Institution because his first two victims were killed when he was a teenager & they were his grandparents. It is very relevant. Thanks

"Meanwhile... the crazy guy who was running around shooting people..." this made me laugh more than it should have

"Who decides to join the military because they want to legally kill people, and decides on the *Coast Guard*!?" genuinely made me laugh out loud at work. Thanks for that, it's rare to get a belly laugh in true crime. Peace!

This was an excellent segment! Over an hour long, well researched, and masterfully told! Thx Jiles! 👊😊🇨🇦

Great summery! I agree 100%, a monster is a monster to those that are victims.

I’ve really been getting into your other channel Somewhere Sinister. I love it!

Good old governor that became president people couldn't understand why I couldn't stand him. And it wasn't because of only this. Thank you for highlighting this particular story I remember this like it was yesterday

Glad you mentioned Ronald Reagan’s monstrous actions, he’s incredibly fitting for this podcast .

Thank you for saying that in the end, mental health is a reason but not a justification

Best introduction by Giles to a TiM video, ever!😊

You are THE BEST narrator on YT 😊 The sarcasm is spot on 😅

Yay! 33 minutes since upload! Im so glad i refreshed YT!!

Very well done, sir. My favorite KZfaq channel, by far.

Hello everyone! 🇬🇧😊

I ❤ all your channels. 😊

Great point about monsters who are mentally ill. I have bipolar but I don’t see myself ever hurting someone except in self defense. These guys ARE indeed monsters. Great work!

Amazing video ❤ full of great information with supporting evidence👌 Margaret Thatcher here in the UK & Reagan in the US have a lot to answer for with the closing of specialised mental health facilities in the 70s & 80s. Admittedly many of these places were rife with abuse but to release these poor patients into communities stripped of mental health facilities is criminal. I came to the US in February 1999 getting married in ‘Murderville’ on Valentine’s Day, taking a trip to Yosemite shortly after when Carey Stayner was still on the loose 😳 my brother could not join us there a day or so later as that entrance to the park was police taped off….. we had no idea, leaving Yosemite after 2 nights to fly home….

As soon as I heard you say the neighbors in a house on a hill, overlooking the ocean and designed by a renowned architect, I was like - wait! I'll bet this is the Ihto's story. And yep, that's their home. Such a beautiful setting for such a heinous crime.

Best intro EVER!!❤❤

Me (not paying attention to the length): oh short episode today “This is monsters.” Me: THAT WAS THE INTRO?!

Very well done, I especially appreciate how you've contextualized California at the time and the socio economic and cultural factors that influenced the people. I firmly believe that Ronald Reagan was one of the worst Presidents to ever be elected to the states, and policies he implemented not only led to thousands of deaths (with how he handled the AIDS epidemic) but also put the US on a terrible path of which there are still fall out from today. I often wonder how the world would be if he hadn't been elected 🥲

I am New to your Chanel and I love it. I'm a fan of true crime, and besides it helps me keeping my English fluent ( I am from France)

Gotta love good old Reagan being on a race to close all mental hospitals right as this is happening.

When you said “OOOoooookaaay?” Had me dying 😂😂😂

I am impressed as Hell.... The intro was spectacular!

One of your best stories yet!

Fantastic episode - AGAIN! I look forward to these and Somewhere Sinister every week!