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This Is Monsters

The Brutal Murder of Helene Pruszynski

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Helene Pruszynski had just moved to Denver for an internship at a radio station. On January 16th, 1980, Helene left the radio station, but never made it home. After her body was found in a field the following morning, it would take 40 years for her killer to be brought to justice.

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0:00.0

In January of 1980, Halene Przynski disappeared while walking home from the bus stop.

0:06.5

The next morning, she was found dead in an empty field, and for 40 years, detectives

0:12.0

never gave up on finding out who was responsible for her murder.

0:16.4

This is Monsters.

0:30.0

On January 16th, 1980, 21-year-old Halene Przynski left the Denver radio station where

0:48.0

she was working as an intern and walked to the bus stop.

0:51.7

As a senior in college, the internship was exciting for Halene, and she really wanted

0:56.2

to make a good impression.

0:58.2

When she was a young girl, Halene had dreamed of being a journalist, and she hoped that

1:02.3

the internship would give her a good start in the industry.

1:06.1

She'd only been living in Colorado for a few weeks, staying with her aunt Nungle while

1:10.1

she got settled into the new city.

1:12.6

The bus stop was close to the radio station, but Halene had to walk six blocks from the

1:17.2

stop back to her aunt Nungle's house.

1:19.8

She caught the bus home that night, but she never made it back home after that.

1:24.0

There was no sign of her.

1:25.4

It was as if she'd simply vanished into thin air within the six blocks between the bus

1:29.7

stop and her house.

1:31.4

Her aunt Nungle waited for her to come home at first thinking she'd just decided to stay

1:35.6

a little late that night.

1:37.3

Kitsie Snow, a friend of Halene's who was also staying at the house, grew increasingly

1:41.8

anxious after the group called Halene's boss, who confirmed that she'd left on time

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