I'm Not A Monster: Episode 3

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

I’m Not A Monster is a new multi-part investigative series from FRONTLINE, BBC Sounds, and BBC Panorama. FRONTLINE is featuring the first few episodes of the series here for listeners of FRONTLINE Film Audio Track. In episode 3, the Islamic State group forces Sam’s son Matthew to spread its propaganda. Josh searches the woods of Idaho looking for a man on an elk hunt. Then an obscure tweet leads him to Syria to try to find the family.

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0:00.0	Hi frontline listeners, I'm Rainy Aronson, Executive Producer of Frontline.
0:05.0	We've been sharing the first episodes of our new 10-part series, I'm not a monster.
0:10.0	Producer their partners at BBC Sound and BBC Panorama.
0:14.0	I'm not a monster, it's the story of an American family's journey
0:18.0	from Indiana to the heart of the self-declared ISIS caliphate and back.
0:23.0	This is a last episode we'll be previewing here.
0:26.0	If you're enjoying the story so far, you can listen to the rest by subscribing
0:30.0	to I'm not a monster wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:34.0	I hope you enjoy episode 3.
0:41.0	Before we begin, I just want to flag that this episode contains some descriptions of violence
0:46.0	and upsetting moments involving children.
0:49.0	There's also some very strong language.
0:52.0	My story? Oh yeah, absolutely.
0:56.0	It is very difficult to believe, it is very hard to believe.
1:00.0	I'm not a bad person, I'm not a monster.
1:04.0	Hi Lauren, Laurie.
1:06.0	Matthew, it was the sweetest little boy you'll ever meet.
1:10.0	I miss you, and then remember that day when everybody took me to the zoo, I miss you.
1:16.0	How could they do this?
1:19.0	It's wrong on every level.
1:23.0	Don't worry, Shallai, all of them are good, and they will help for the Shallai.
1:31.0	I was excited, I was like, yes, things are going to start moving now.
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