Moore's beach Monster

California True Crime

In 1925 the carcass of an unknown beast washed ashore during a cold night in Santa Cruz, CA. The creature’s giant head, long neck and strange look was unlike any known animal. This creature, who would come to be known as Moore’s Beach Monster, and despite it’s actual identity, become another story in a piece of folklore that can be found around the world: that of a great water monster inhabiting our oceans, seas and lakes. In this Halloween episode of California True Crime we share the history of Moore’s Beach Monster.