In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale guides listeners through the calculated and sadistic crimes of Charles Ng, one of America’s most horrifying serial killers. Alongside his manipulative partner Leonard Lake, Ng helped build a remote torture chamber in the Sierra Nevada foothills — a place where human lives were extinguished in front of a rolling video camera. From his troubled youth in Hong Kong to his fateful meeting with Lake in the U.S. Marine Corps, Ng’s descent into violence is both methodical and chilling. Over several years, the duo kidnapped, raped, and murdered entire families, with Ng taking part in assaults that were filmed for their personal collection. The killers believed they were creating a post-apocalyptic breeding bunker — a twisted fantasy they attempted to bring to life in Calaveras County, California. ...