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rose56 lemmy.zip roserose56@lemmy.zip
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BucketBong p.hobo.social BucketBong@p.hobo.social
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Obviously they didn't spend all their time alone at home.

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
Joined: 2024-09-25
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You must be watching the wrong documentaries, quite a lot of serial killers had a pretty normal family life.

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Evotech lemmy.world Evotech@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-11
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Almost like there’s allot of people like that

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saltesc lemmy.world saltesc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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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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idiomaddict lemmy.world idiomaddict@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-16
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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..."

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

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pntha lemmy.world pntha@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-18
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Obviously they didn't spend all their time alone at home.

wow so I can’t even be a serial killer

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Billy_fuccboi lemmy.world Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-04
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Killing people involves people, so nah

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rose56 lemmy.zip roserose56@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-17
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Killing people involves people, so nah

True!

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Chaunticleer lemmy.dbzer0.com Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-29
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Would you be surprised to find out there are people who are more uncomfortable and unlikable than serial killers?

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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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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.

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BucketBong p.hobo.social BucketBong@p.hobo.social
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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.

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Someonelol lemmy.dbzer0.com Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Meanwhile John Wayne Gacy motherfuckers go by unnoticed because they're so extroverted.

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saltesc lemmy.world saltesc@lemmy.world
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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.

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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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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.

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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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.

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BucketBong p.hobo.social BucketBong@p.hobo.social
Joined: 2026-04-27
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You're not supposed to use DoorDash like that.

You are if you're a cannibal.

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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
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Meanwhile John Wayne Gacy motherfuckers go by unnoticed because they're so extroverted.

Extroverted AND best buddies with the local cops!

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cecinestpasunecommunication lemmy.dbzer0.com cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-06-27
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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.

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Leviathan lemmy.world Leviathan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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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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rose56 lemmy.zip roserose56@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-17
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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

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