Are there crucial experiences that will trigger people and make them kill for the first time?
Yeah, there’s a vast variety of those, but if you look at serial killers, especially the sadist kind, then it seems like witnessing the slaughter of animals sets many of them off. Can you give us an example of something that made one of these guys start his killing spree? Yes, this young guy who was totally low-key. His father got divorced because he fell in love with another woman who never accepted the adolescent boy. They kept getting into conflicts and each time they’d fight, he’d be overwhelmed with hate and feel like he wanted to kill her. He’d run away and look for women who looked similar to his father’s new wife and stab them. He’d block out the murders, but once they caught him and asked him why he didn’t just kill his father’s new wife he was like, “I didn’t want to hurt my father.” That’s a typical situation where someone who’s been completely unsuspicious gets stuck in a situation where they feel like the only way out is to brutally murder someone. That sounds pretty twist
