In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unravels the disturbing case of Wayne Williams, the man long suspected of being behind the Atlanta Child Murders — a string of over 25 unsolved killings that rocked the city between 1979 and 1981. Most of the victims were Black children and teens, their bodies found dumped in rivers, woods, and back alleys. Though Williams was only convicted of murdering two adult men, the fiber evidence, behavioral profiling, and haunting circumstances surrounding his arrest at the Chattahoochee River led authorities to close the child murder cases, pinning them unofficially on him. But decades later, questions still linger: Was he guilty of all the murders, or was he the perfect scapegoat in a racially tense and politically pressured city? Damien Vale dives into the forensic breakthroughs, media frenzy, community outrage, and ongoing conspiracy theories in this detailed exploration of one of America’s most haunting urban crime sagas.

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