I think the more common trope is, "He was physically, mentally, and sexually abused by his mother and string of stepfathers... Oh! And yes, obviously social inteoversion and an inability to form relationships ensued among the many other things..."

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velma 5 points a month ago

Quite a few serial killers had wives and families. I’m listening to a deep dive about the Green River Killer and even he was able to pull ladies frequently.

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saltesc 5 points a month ago

Yeah, it's certainly not the case for everyone, but damn is it so much more a common backstory than anything else.

The shift in the 1970s from "they were born a monster" to "what made them a monster?" is honestly embarrassingly late on our anthropologic timeline.

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velma 4 points a month ago

Interestingly enough, lead exposure may have played more of a role than previously thought as well.

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idiomaddict 2 points a month ago

Yeah, afaik the formula is unpredictable reactions in authority figures plus abuse.

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remon 13 points a month ago

You must be watching the wrong documentaries, quite a lot of serial killers had a pretty normal family life.

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Billy_fuccboi 12 points a month ago

Killing people involves people, so nah

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roserose56 4 points a month ago

True!

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cecinestpasunecommunication 1 point a month ago

And then the bodies! Do you know how heavy a person is? Even if you chop them waaaaay up, it's still a lot of trips. Sounds like work.

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roserose56 1 point a month ago

Chop them? That's old stuff, we grind them them now /joke

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Someonelol 7 points a month ago

Meanwhile John Wayne Gacy motherfuckers go by unnoticed because they're so extroverted.

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velma 6 points a month ago

Extroverted AND best buddies with the local cops!

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Chaunticleer 5 points a month ago

Would you be surprised to find out there are people who are more uncomfortable and unlikable than serial killers?

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Leviathan 3 points a month ago

Every actual documentary about serial killers: he was a pillar of the community, Deacon in his church, ate young boys on the weekend.

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Evotech 2 points a month ago

Almost like there’s allot of people like that

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