Every actual documentary about serial killers: he was a pillar of the community, Deacon in his church, ate young boys on the weekend.
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…”
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.
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.
Interestingly enough, lead exposure may have played more of a role than previously thought as well.
Yeah, afaik the formula is unpredictable reactions in authority figures plus abuse.
Obviously they didn’t spend all their time alone at home.
wow so I can’t even be a serial killer
You can, you just need to make your victims come to you and kill them home alone style.
You’re not supposed to use DoorDash like that.
You are if you’re a cannibal.
Killing people involves people, so nah
True!
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.
Chop them? That’s old stuff, we grind them them now /joke
You must be watching the wrong documentaries, quite a lot of serial killers had a pretty normal family life.
Meanwhile John Wayne Gacy motherfuckers go by unnoticed because they’re so extroverted.
Extroverted AND best buddies with the local cops!
Would you be surprised to find out there are people who are more uncomfortable and unlikable than serial killers?
Almost like there’s allot of people like that
