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Payne Lindsey and Tenderfoot TV revisit the Atlanta Child Murders and the wider Monster franchise.
Atlanta Monster examines murder cases where official answers arrive late, remain contested, or never come at all. Its feed moves from the Atlanta Child Murders into Monster installments on LISK, Le Monstre, BTK bonus interviews, and High Strange crossovers.
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Atlanta Monster mixes long-form narrative investigation with interview and making-of episodes, all produced under the Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts banner. The core investigation reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders and Wayne Williams' conviction, drawing on undigitized archival tape, court records, and historians such as the Atlanta History Center's Kalinda Lee. Host and Tenderfoot TV co-founder Payne Lindsey anchors much of the material, both narrating original seasons and conducting interviews, including a two-part conversation with Kerri Rawson about growing up as BTK killer Dennis Rader's daughter. Other bonus episodes function as a franchise hub, with producers Matt Frederick and Trevor Young discussing how the Zodiac Killer and DC Sniper seasons were reported, and how personal connections to a case shaped the reporting. A separate strand, 'Le Monstre,' follows an unsolved Belgian disappearance and serial murder case (the 'Butcher of Mons'), narrated in a similar archival-investigative style. A newer spin-off, 'High Strange,' shifts into UAP and paranormal territory, featuring sworn government testimony and scientific analysis of alleged encounters. Guests skew toward people close to the cases: victims' family members, investigative journalists, producers, and researchers rather than outside experts brought in for commentary. Listeners who want a single throughline should expect some episodes to be promotional or clip-heavy bonus content rather than new reporting. The show suits listeners already following the broader Monster franchise as much as those coming to Atlanta Monster specifically. Production leans on interview tape and archival audio over sound design or dramatization.
Made for: Listeners of long-form true crime and cold-case investigations who are also interested in how Tenderfoot TV/iHeart's Monster franchise shows get reported and produced.
What sets it apart: Rather than staying confined to one case, the feed doubles as a crossover hub for the Monster franchise, blending its Atlanta Child Murders investigation with making-of episodes and interviews tied to sibling seasons like BTK, Zodiac, Le Monstre, and the UAP spin-off High Strange.
From the producers of Up and Vanished, Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts present, 'Atlanta Monster.' This true crime podcast tells the story of one of the city’s darkest secrets, The Atlanta Child Murders. Nearly 40 years after these horrific crimes, many questions still remain. Host Payne Lindsey aims to find truth and provide closure, reexamining the disappearance and murder of over 25 African American children and young adults.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Atlanta Monster connects notorious crimes to the families, public fears and institutional decisions that keep their consequences alive.
Atlanta Monster has grown beyond its original case into a wider examination of how notorious crimes are investigated, retold and absorbed by the people around them.
An unseen killer stalking Atlanta's children becomes the case file you cannot stop reopening.
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A tense High Strange preview that treats alleged encounters as testimony, harm, and unanswered institutional pressure.
Payne Lindsey's preview for High Strange Season 2 leans into a familiar true crime tension: a private terror that starts in the dark, then widens into questions of records, witnesses, and official denial.
A restrained opening that frames Jacqueline's disappearance through family loss, young motherhood, and a marriage her family remembered as dangerous.
A Cold Dark Night opens with Jacqueline before the case: a middle-class childhood, a beloved older sister, then the rupture of her father's illness and suicide when she was 13.
Payne Lindsey's call with Kerri Rawson gives Monster BTK a stark, personal entry point into BTK's lasting fallout.
Atlanta Monster drops into Monster BTK for a spare bonus installment built on one charged premise: early in the making of the show, executive producer Payne Lindsey received a call from Kerri Rawson, BTK's daughter. That alone gives the episode its pull.
Kerri Rawson gives a blunt, personal account of BTK's continued reach through letters, prison items, media attention, and family boundaries.
Payne Lindsay's bonus conversation with Kerri Rawson stays on one of true crime's uglier afterlives: the way a killer's name, letters, prison items, and autographs can keep circulating long after the damage is done.
A Monster bonus about unseen danger, public fear, and why the DC Sniper case stayed close to the team.
This bonus visit inside the Monster series is less a case recap than a conversation about fear: Atlanta children being killed by an unknown predator, the Zodiac's threat around lovers in cars, and the DC Sniper turning something as ordinary as pumping gas into a moment of…
A CrimeCon bonus detours into Up and Vanish, with Payne Lindsey still visibly shaken by the Tara Grinstead case years later.
This CrimeCon bonus only briefly feels like Atlanta Monster before it turns into a live-stage look back at Up and Vanish and the Tara Grinstead case.
True stories of scams, aliases, frauds, and lives built on lies.
Host Jake Brennan traces the crimes and scandals behind musicians from Elvis to Taylor Swift.
Karina Longworth narrates the Manson murders as a story about Hollywood's collapsing 1960s dream.
iO Tillett Wright investigates her mother's boyfriend's unsolved 1982 East Village murder.
A wilderness hoax, a trusting BC town, and the brothers who fooled it.
A mystery about love, access, and letting go.
A man wakes up knowing something is wrong.
The new season of High Strange explores real UFO encounters through interviews with witnesses, scientists, and military personnel, questioning government secrecy about extraterrestrial life.
This episode follows the host's personal journey and documentary work investigating the Long Island serial killer case, culminating in the 2023 arrest announcement.
This trailer previews a true crime series about the hunt for the Long Island serial killer (Lisk), covering the arrest of Rex Heuermann, a decade-long investigation, and connections to police corruption.
Jacqueline was 13.
This trailer for Atlanta Monster Season 2 introduces 'Le Monstre,' focusing on the unsolved serial killings in Mons, Belgium during the mid-1990s, where a killer dismembered victims and placed body parts in ominously named locations to terrorize the community.
She draws a hard boundary.
Most of this excerpt is promotional.
A comedian recounts a terrifying true crime story from his rural background where a man killed his family and then came to his house, shocking both him and the audience.
Fear runs through it.
A bonus episode promoting a new true crime podcast while discussing the Atlanta Child Murders case.
This episode examines the Atlanta Child Murders and the involvement of former sheriff Sidney Dorsey.
This episode features promotional clips for various iHeart podcasts, including 2% on mental toughness, Thanks Dad with Will Ferrell, a true crime story about a con artist, and a Bachelor scandal.
A live stage segment starts after the ads.
This bonus episode from SXSW features promotional snippets for various iHeart podcasts, including 2% on mental toughness, Thanks Dad with Will Ferrell, a true crime story about a con artist, and a Bachelor scandal.
Reexamination of the Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings of African American children and young adults in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Reexamination of the Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings of African American children and young adults in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
This episode introduces the Atlanta Monster podcast, which reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders, and includes a promotional segment for other podcasts.
Host Payne Lindsey reads a letter from former police chief Sidney Dorsey regarding the Atlanta Child Murders case.
A true crime podcast reexamining the Atlanta Child Murders, seeking truth and closure for the victims.
This episode reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders, focusing on the investigation and the controversial conviction of Wayne Williams.
This episode delves into lesser-known stories from the Atlanta Child Murders case, reexamining evidence and seeking closure.
A true crime podcast reexamining the Atlanta Child Murders, seeking truth and closure for over 25 victims.
This episode examines the Atlanta Child Murders, reexamining the disappearance and murder of over 25 African American children and young adults.
This episode is a trailer for Atlanta Monster, a true crime podcast reexamining the Atlanta Child Murders.
This episode reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders, focusing on Wayne Williams and the ongoing quest for closure.
This episode introduces the Atlanta Child Murders case and includes a promo for another podcast before beginning the narrative.
Host Payne Lindsey reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders, seeking truth and closure for over 25 victims.
Witnesses recall the fear and precautions during the Atlanta Child Murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
This episode examines the disappearance of 10-year-old Darren Glass, one of the victims in the Atlanta Child Murders case.