On June 22, 1954, the peaceful quiet of a Christchurch park was shattered by the screams of two teenage girls.

Their faces were wild with panic, and their clothes were soaked in blood as they ran out of the bush,

begging for help. According to the girls, one of their mothers had accidentally fallen and badly injured herself.

When a local merchant ran to help, what he found was a scene that turned out to be anything but an accident.

This is Monsters.

Music Pauline Yvonne Parker was born on May 26, 1938 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

She was the third child to her parents Herbert and Hanora.

Sadly, their first son was stillborn, which left her sister Wendy as the oldest.

A couple of years after Pauline came a younger sister named Rosemary. Rosemary was born with Downs syndrome, and at the age of two, she was sent to live in a care institution not far from where the family

lived. They visited her weekly and brought her home

for special occasions. Herbert and Hanora worked as house staff and gardeners at the University

of Canterbury. Although they were not legally married, Hanora used Herbert's last name instead of

her maiden name, and everyone who knew them assumed they were

husband and wife. At the time, it would have been considered highly unconventional to live together

and raise children out of wedlock. During the war years, Pauline was diagnosed with osteomyelitis,

which is a severe infection of the bones. The infections are incredibly difficult to treat,

even with modern medicine. They also cause a lot of pain and require prolonged medical treatment.

Pauline's infection became so bad that she needed an operation. After a nine-month stay in the hospital,

she was able to return home, but was left

with a permanent limp and pain that excluded her from any kind of physical activity. Pauline's time

in the hospital was incredibly lonely. She couldn't go to school and she lost touch with her friends.

Since her parents were busy working, they could only visit in the

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