What happens when a monster only hunts other monsters? This week on Homocidal Tendency, we descend into the subterranean basement of HMP Wakefield to unlock the terrifying, tragic truth behind Britain's most isolated prisoner: Robert Maudsley.
For over 40 years, Maudsley has lived inside a custom-built, bulletproof glass cage. The British tabloids branded him "Hannibal the Cannibal" and "The Brain Eater," painting him as a boogeyman so lethal he couldn't be housed with other human beings. But the truth is far more complicated, and deeply rooted in the marginalized, vulnerable queer underground of 1970s London.
From the grim streets of Piccadilly Circus to a horrific nine-hour barricade inside the gothic walls of Broadmoor Hospital, we are tracking the violent escalation of a severely traumatized young man who the system refused to help. Was his brutal, vigilante-style murder spree against child abusers a calculated act of evil, or the inevitable explosion of a broken system?
Step into the Monster Mansion, and don't trust the shadows.
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