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>> NARRATOR: They hide in the
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shadows...
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>> OFFICER: Lock your doors,
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lock your windows.
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>> NARRATOR: ...hunting people
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for sport.
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>> ERIC HICKEY: He'd put the
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victim in handcuffs.
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And once that happened, it was
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over.
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>> NARRATOR: And they hide...
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in plain sight.
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>> ROBERT SBERNA: Nobody
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suspected what he was hiding
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in his house.
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>> KAREN KUZMA: Each day, for
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weeks, they kept bringing
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bodies.
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>> NARRATOR: But just who...
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>> REPORTER: The Son of Sam...
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>> REPORTER 2: Jeffrey Dahmer...
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>> REPORTER 3: Christopher
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Dorner...
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>> NARRATOR: ...and what
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is a serial killer?
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>> CLINT VAN ZANDT: A serial
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killer is a totally different
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breed of person.
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>> NARRATOR: Why do they kill?
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>> HELEN MORRISON: We can't
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see them.
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We don't know them.
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We can't identify them.
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>> KUZMA: It's still all
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a mystery.
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>> NARRATOR: There are those
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who believe in the existence
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of a book.
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A book that contains the most
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highly guarded secrets of the
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United States of America.
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A book... whose very existence
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is known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret desires?
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Secret identities?
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Secret... victims?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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>> NARRATOR: February 12,
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2013.
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Big Bear Lake, California, 100
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miles northeast of Los Angeles.
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Police units surround a cabin
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where former LAPD officer and
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alleged killer Christopher
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Dorner is hiding.
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>> CHIEF CHARLIE BECK: Of course
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he knows what he's doing.
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We trained him.
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Ah... he was also a member of
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the armed forces.
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It is extremely worrisome and
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scary.
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>> NARRATOR: Sheriffs' deputies
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fire incendiary tear gas into
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the cabin, setting it on fire.
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But rather than surrender,
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Dorner places a gun to his head
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and takes his own life.
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>> JOE DOMANICK: The manhunt for
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Christopher Dorner was
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absolutely amazing,
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unprecedented.
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A million dollar reward, police
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alerted and looking for him in
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20 different counties all the
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way down to Mexico.
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Never seen anything like it in
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Los Angeles, I don't think any
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place in the country.
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During the entire search for
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him up at Big Bear Mountain,
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he was hunkered down in a condo
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not more than a hundred feet
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from where the police had
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established their headquarters
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for the search.
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>> NARRATOR: Christopher
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Dorner's innocent victims
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included Monica Quan, her
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fiancé Keith Lawrence,
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Officer Michael Crain and
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Deputy Jeremiah MacKay.
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>> DOMANICK: Christopher Dorner
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was a serial killer.
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The definition of a serial
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killer is somebody who kills
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two or more people at a
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different time, in a different
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location.
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That certainly fits Christopher
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Dorner.
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But he wasn't your classic
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serial killer.
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With Dorner it was far deeper
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than that.
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This wasn't somebody who did it
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without motivation.
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His motivation was that he
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thought he was deeply wounded
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and deeply wronged.
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>> HICKEY: Most people who
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kill only kill once.
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But with serial murder, there is
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a lot of forethought given to
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it.
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And each murder, they get better
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at what they do.
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And so if they get past three
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or four victims, then they
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pretty much learn how to do it.
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And they get really, really good
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at it.
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>> NARRATOR: Before going on
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his deadly rampage, Dorner
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posted a rambling manifesto
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on Facebook.
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It included a hit-list of more
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than 50 targets.
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>> DOMANICK: Narcissism and
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control are two of the character
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traits for serial killers, and
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certainly that fits what
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happened to Dorner.
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He lost his job, he lost his
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career.
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And the narcissism... well, he
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posted this... this manifesto!
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The fact that he thought his
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story was so important that it
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had to be told shows the
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grandiosity of his fantasy life.
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>> NARRATOR: But when the smoke
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cleared around Dorner's deadly
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mountain hideout, the public was
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haunted by one persistent
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question...
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why?
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What causes a seemingly normal
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human being, like Christopher
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Dorner, to engage in serial acts
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of murder?
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And what are the secrets trapped
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in the minds of America's serial
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killers?
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Since the 1970s, the United
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States has produced an estimated
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1,400 serial killers... more
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than double the combined total
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of the rest of the world.
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Recent statistics show that
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approximately nine out of ten
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serial killers are men, and
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although those with high IQs--
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such as "The Unabomber" Theodore
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Kacyznski-- use explosives to
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carry out their carnage, serial
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killers with average
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intelligence are more likely to
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strangle, stab or shoot their
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victims.
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(gunshot)
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But regardless of gender, the
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vast majority are driven by one
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simple motive: the thrill of
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taking another person's life.
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>> MORRISON: Serial killers will
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talk about how they like to
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watch the fear and the pain.
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They also like to watch the eyes
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as they're dying and watching
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the light go out of their eyes.
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>> VAN ZANDT: A serial killer
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is a totally different breed
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of person.
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For a serial killer, it's
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meeting a need.
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If you're in the wrong place at
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the wrong time, you can become a
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victim without any linkage
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whatsoever.
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Except perhaps the way you part
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your hair, your gender, or just
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your path crossed with this guy.
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>> NARRATOR: Between 1980 and
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2008 there were approximately
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185,000 unsolved homicides in
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the United States.
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And while murder rates have
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fallen, the number of cold case
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killings in America has
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increased to 6,000 a year.
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Just how many of these unsolved
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murders might be at the hands of
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serial killers?
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And are they exploiting the very
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tools Americans rely upon for
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travel and communication to find
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their victims?
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According to the FBI, there are
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as many as 50 active serial
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killers operating in the United
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States at any one time.
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But how can they be identified--
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and stopped-- before they
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strike?
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Is there a secret to detecting
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those who kill just for the fun
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of it?
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>> VAN ZANDT: Serial killers
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are much harder to catch,
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because normally there's no
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linkage, there's no connection
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between the killer and the
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victim.
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And therefore it's much more
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challenging for law enforcement
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to link multiple murders to one
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person.
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>> HICKEY: The number of serial
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killers are on the rise,
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currently, in the United States.
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We know that there are actually
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women who are also serial
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killers.
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Certainly there are a lot of
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white men who do serial murder.
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>> VAN ZANDT: I think because
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of television today, and movies,
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we've been led to believe, okay,
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these are lower-class white
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males, uneducated, average IQ of
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about 93.
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Ah... no, no.
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Proportionately, based upon
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what they represent in our
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population, we see Asians,
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we see Hispanics, we see
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African-Americans.
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>> NARRATOR: October 29, 2009.
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Cleveland, Ohio.
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In the east side working class
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neighborhood of Mount Pleasant,
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police force their way into the
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home of Anthony Sowell.
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They are unprepared for the
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horrors that await them inside.
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(indistinct radio transmission)
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>> SBERNA: As soon as they open
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the door there was a horrific
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stench that came out of the
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house and hit them.
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It's dark inside.
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The lead officer sees two shapes
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on the ground.
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Not sure what they were.
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So they draw their gun, about
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to yell, "freeze," and he
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realizes they're dead bodies.
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(sirens wailing)
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(indistinct radio transmission)
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They found two more bodies in
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the third floor crawlspace.
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They got a hit on some clumsily
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repaired wall, found two bodies
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in there.
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They found another body in a
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shallow grave next to the house.
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They did a grid search of the
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yard.
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They found four more bodies.
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Inside the house, they found a
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red bucket with rodent marks
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around the rim.
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Inside they found a plastic bag
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and a skull was in the bag.
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The final death count was 11.
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>> NARRATOR: Neighbors were
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shocked to learn that a serial
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killer was secretly at work in
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their midst.
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>> SBERNA: He seemed like a
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charming, helpful, quiet,
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former marine.
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Nobody suspected what he
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was hiding in his house.
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>> NARRATOR: How was the
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Cleveland Strangler able to
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escape the attention of
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authorities as he secretly
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murdered 11 women over a
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three-year period?
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Was he the beneficiary of the
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once widely held belief that all
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serial killers are white males?
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Or was he just good at looking
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normal and average?
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And could this be how he and
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other serial killers can go
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undetected for years?
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>> VAN ZANDT: Serial killers
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look like any of us, therefore
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they look like all of us.
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You can never see through that
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mask until they want you to see
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it, and usually that's when
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you've become a victim.
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>> MORRISON: We can't see them.
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We don't know them.
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We can't identify them.
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When we find them, we can't
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figure out why they do what they
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do.
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How they're able to commit so
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many crimes without being found.
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And that's what makes them so
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very, very dangerous.
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>> NARRATOR: December, 2010.
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Long Island, New York.
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While searching for a missing
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person off Ocean Parkway in
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Suffolk County just outside of
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New York City, police discover
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the remains of 11 dead bodies.
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>> DOMANICK: The Suffolk County
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police found out that they had
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a serial killer.
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These bodies, um, had been
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dumped off this highway since
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1996.
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The only distinguishing thing
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that we know about these
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killings is that the police have
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no leads at all.
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>> NARRATOR: 11 bodies and no
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suspect?
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Could there, perhaps, be a
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secret method serial killers
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use to avoid detection?
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(camera shutter clicking)
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>> VAN ZANDT: A serial killer,
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it's like he or she gets a shot
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of emotional heroin.
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They commit the crime, it meets
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the need they have, but after
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awhile that itch starts, and
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they're out prowling, stalking,
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looking for their next victim.
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>> NARRATOR: In a nation of
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nearly 340 million people, just
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how many might be serial
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killers?
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And is there a secret profile
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that can help police and law
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enforcement officials detect
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them?
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>> VAN ZANDT: A portion of any
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population, uh, can be
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identified as sociopaths,
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psychopaths, antisocial
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personalities, but some of these
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individuals, if you take those
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sociopathic tendencies-- the
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ability where you can't
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empathize with somebody else's
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pain, who doesn't look like any
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different than anybody else--
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you take those two sides of a
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personality and meld them
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together, you've got a serial
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killer.
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>> NARRATOR: But what makes a
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killer a serial killer?
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Is there a certain motive or
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method to their perverse crimes?
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>> MORRISON: Their first victim,
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we don't know why they choose
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them.
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We don't know if it's because
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they're available or because
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they've had a thought about
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this.
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But one victim, the second
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victim, the third victim,
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are all so similar-- all
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men, all women, all children.
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There is no deviation from
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their typical victim.
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>> HICKEY: A serial killer sees
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a victim hitchhiking.
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That's a type of victim he's
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looking for.
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Some serial killers only kill
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prostitutes, strangers.
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They go for the easiest prey.
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There are other serial killers
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who prefer more difficult prey
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and so they go after college
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students.
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>> NARRATOR: One of America's
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most infamous serial killers,
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Ted Bundy, was also known as
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the "Campus Killer."
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During the late 1970s he
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murdered at least 30 women
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across seven states.
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>> STRAND: Ted Bundy was very
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media-genic.
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He was a handsome young man.
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He'd been a law student.
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He was the kind of guy that
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women would want to bring home
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to the parents.
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And yet, here he was, sneaking
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around Seattle with his
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Volkswagen, with the seat
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removed so that he could
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transport bodies.
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>> NARRATOR: Bundy's victims
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were all white, female college
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students, mostly with long
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straight hair, just like that of
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a former girlfriend who had
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earlier rejected him.
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>> HICKEY: He liked young women
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who looked like they were going
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someplace; they were
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self-confident.
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He-he liked the hunt.
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He was a true predator in
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every sense of the word.
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>> NARRATOR: If "The Boy Next
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Door," Ted Bundy, thought his
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preppy good looks could help him
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escape detection, it didn't
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work.
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On January 24, 1989, the
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"Campus Killer" was permanently
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expelled-- executed in an
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electric chair.
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Ironically, there were many
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women-- and a few men-- who
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wept.
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>> HICKEY: Even at the end
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when, after being caught and
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he's doing his trial, he's
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representing himself, even
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the judge liked him.
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The judge even wished him well
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after he gave him the death
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sentence.
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>> JUDGE EDWARD COWART: You're a
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bright young man.
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You'd have made a good lawyer.
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I'd love to have you practice in
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front of me, but you went
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another way, partner.
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>> HICKEY: Quite amazing for a
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judge to do that, but he did.
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>> NARRATOR: But what caused Ted
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Bundy-- a seemingly successful
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member of society-- to engage
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in mass homicide?
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And are there secret methods and
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tools criminologists can use to
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help them profile and identify
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serial murderers?
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Apparently, there are.
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And one of them is known as
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the Macdonald Triad.
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>> HICKEY: The Macdonald Triad
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is the belief that we can
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identify certain things in
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childhood that will then predict
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certain types of future
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behavior.
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For example, the three types are
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enuresis, which is bedwetting,
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animal cruelty, and fire
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setting.
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>> VAN ZANDT: Those three
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traits or characteristics are
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probably common in about 40%
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of serial killers-- all three.
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But what about the other 60%?
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Anybody who ever says they have
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a lock on human behavior is
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either a fool or a liar.
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>> NARRATOR: July 22, 1991.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Police officers respond to a
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complaint at the Oxford
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Apartment complex.
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They arrive at apartment number
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213, and are greeted by a man
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who lets them in to search the
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premises.
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His name?
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Jeffrey Dahmer.
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>> HICKEY: They went toward his
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bedroom and when they opened
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the door, his bedroom was full
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of body parts.
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He had torsos and heads here and
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there, and arms.
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And he was behind them.
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Can you imagine suddenly
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realizing that the person you're
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talking to is behind you and in
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front of you are all these body
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parts?
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>> NARRATOR: The police make
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more sickening discoveries:
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a 57-gallon vat of acid...
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photos of grotesquely mangled
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bodies...
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and inside the refrigerator...
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bags of partially eaten organs,
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including a human head.
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In all, the apartment contained
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the remains of 11 human victims:
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Men and boys who police later
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determined had been strangled,
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dismembered and even eaten by
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the man who soon became known as
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"The Milwaukee Monster."
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>> JUDGE: Mr. Dahmer, you are
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charged with four counts of
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first-degree intentional
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homicide.
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Do you understand that?
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>> DAHMER: I understand,
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Your Honor.
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>> MORRISON: You would look
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at-at Jeffrey Dahmer-- as you
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would every other serial
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killer-- and say, I'll go with
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this person because they seem to
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be fine.
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The presentation is one of
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a completely non-threatening,
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mild-mannered individual that
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you don't need to be afraid of.
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>> NARRATOR: How did Jeffrey
558
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Dahmer evolve into a serial
559
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killer?
560
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Did he reveal signs of his
561
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deviant fantasies to family or
562
00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:22,734
friends?
563
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And if so, could they have
564
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prevented or even stopped his
565
00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:31,970
secret descent into madness?
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In 2012, two decades after
567
00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,941
Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested,
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graphic novelist-- and former
569
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Dahmer classmate-- John Backderf
570
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published My Friend Dahmer,
571
00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:45,991
a grim series of illustrated
572
00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,685
stories chronicling the future
573
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serial killer's high school
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years.
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>> BACKDERF: When I draw Dahmer,
576
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he just wasn't comfortable
577
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in the world, and I try to
578
00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:55,760
capture that-- you can see the
579
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blank expression, the dead eyes.
580
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>> NARRATOR: In his youth,
581
00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,896
Jeffrey Dahmer revealed a clue
582
00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:04,301
into his dark soul by callously
583
00:20:04,304 --> 00:20:06,614
killing and then dissecting
584
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small animals-- one of the
585
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three warning signs identified
586
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in the Macdonald Triad.
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>> BACKDERF: He had a clubhouse,
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where he kept roadkill that
589
00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:17,222
he found around the
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neighborhood-- small animals.
591
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And he would keep them in pickle
592
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jars.
593
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Toward the end of high school,
594
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some neighborhood kids
595
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discovered a dog skull on a pole
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in the woods and later we
597
00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:30,596
found out, of course, it was
598
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Dahmer.
599
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I never felt like I knew Jeff.
600
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,004
I don't think anyone knew him.
601
00:20:37,003 --> 00:20:41,513
Sometimes monsters just happen.
602
00:20:41,508 --> 00:20:43,478
>> HICKEY: He had a desire to be
603
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with people who had been buried.
604
00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:47,278
And he was attracted to statues
605
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,020
and mannequins and dolls.
606
00:20:49,015 --> 00:20:50,945
And so this led him to become
607
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sexually involved with these
608
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:53,822
corpses.
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Then he started desecrating
610
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the bodies and cutting them
611
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open and he started
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cannibalizing them.
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>> WOMAN: I could kill you!
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>> JUDGE: Lunch and recess.
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>> WOMAN: I could kill you!
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>> MORRISON: We try to make
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sense of something that seems so
618
00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:10,303
primitive and so out of the
619
00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:11,543
ordinary.
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A human being eating another
621
00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:13,972
human being?
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He doesn't see his victim as
623
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a human being.
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It's just a piece of meat.
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>> NARRATOR: According to
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criminal profilers, psychopathy
627
00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,726
is a personality disorder.
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People afflicted with it display
629
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superficial charm,
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cold-heartedness and a complete
631
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lack of remorse.
632
00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:48,014
But are all psychopaths serial
633
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,480
killers?
634
00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,777
>> HICKEY: Psychopaths feel a
635
00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:53,908
sense of power and control by
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being in charge of someone
637
00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:56,782
else's life.
638
00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:58,023
Across the spectrum of
639
00:21:58,017 --> 00:21:59,447
psychopathy, there are probably
640
00:21:59,452 --> 00:22:00,752
three million people out there
641
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:01,923
who are moving in that
642
00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:02,921
direction.
643
00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:04,022
There are white-collar
644
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:06,063
psychopaths who get into fraud.
645
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,528
Then there are sexual predators
646
00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:09,527
who are psychopaths.
647
00:22:09,529 --> 00:22:10,399
And then there are those
648
00:22:10,397 --> 00:22:11,597
psychopaths who are serial
649
00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:12,668
killers.
650
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:13,925
But at the core of psychopathy,
651
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,503
it's always about control and
652
00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:19,635
power.
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>> NARRATOR: Wichita, Kansas.
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February 25, 2005.
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>> OFFICER: BTK is arrested.
656
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(cheering)
657
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>> NARRATOR: Dennis Rader,
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00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:34,522
the self-proclaimed BTK
659
00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:37,521
killer, for "Bind, Torture and
660
00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,434
Kill," is finally apprehended
661
00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:43,427
after more than a 30-year reign
662
00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:44,830
of terror in America's
663
00:22:44,831 --> 00:22:46,971
heartland.
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From 1974 to 1991, Rader killed
665
00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:53,410
10 innocent people in the
666
00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:55,106
Wichita area.
667
00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:57,107
And, according to reports, he
668
00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,809
was preparing to take his
669
00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,681
11th victim just months before
670
00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,584
police arrested him.
671
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:04,723
>> VAN ZANDT: Four of which
672
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:05,987
were committed on the very
673
00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:07,085
first night.
674
00:23:07,086 --> 00:23:08,456
So here you have someone who
675
00:23:08,455 --> 00:23:09,985
committed a mass murder the very
676
00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:12,659
first time, and then evolved
677
00:23:12,659 --> 00:23:15,429
into a serial killer.
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00:23:15,428 --> 00:23:16,598
>> JUDGE: Is this something you
679
00:23:16,596 --> 00:23:17,696
were doing for your personal
680
00:23:17,697 --> 00:23:18,827
pleasure?
681
00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:19,831
>> RADER: Uh, sexual fantasies,
682
00:23:19,866 --> 00:23:22,996
sir.
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00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:23,872
>> NARRATOR: Like most serial
684
00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:25,940
killers, Rader was able to
685
00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,138
escape the attention of law
686
00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,539
enforcement for decades by
687
00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:32,142
hiding in plain sight.
688
00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,754
>> HICKEY: He was married, had
689
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:34,746
a family, and so people didn't
690
00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:36,017
suspect him.
691
00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:37,215
They didn't think he was that
692
00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:38,686
kind of guy.
693
00:23:38,685 --> 00:23:39,885
>> NARRATOR: But if serial
694
00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:41,746
killers like Rader appear
695
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:45,494
well-adjusted and normal, is
696
00:23:45,492 --> 00:23:47,492
there really no way of detecting
697
00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:49,164
them... no secret method that
698
00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,831
would help the innocent know
699
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:54,570
to stay away?
700
00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:55,637
>> HICKEY: He liked to
701
00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:57,465
psychologically and physically
702
00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:58,870
torture victims.
703
00:23:58,871 --> 00:24:00,141
Sometimes telling them, "I might
704
00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:02,139
kill you, I might not kill you.
705
00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:03,841
We'll see."
706
00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:05,483
>> RADER: She got sick, threw
707
00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,478
up.
708
00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:08,749
I got her a glass of water...
709
00:24:08,748 --> 00:24:11,518
comforted her a little bit...
710
00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:12,748
and then eventually strangled
711
00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:15,152
her.
712
00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,794
>> NARRATOR: After murdering
713
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,759
seven people between 1974 and
714
00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:23,159
1977, Dennis Rader did something
715
00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:25,502
equally shocking: he took a
716
00:24:25,498 --> 00:24:29,038
prolonged hiatus from killing.
717
00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,141
>> HICKEY: He had a job working
718
00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:34,069
for the city, where he went
719
00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:35,943
around enforcing city
720
00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:36,912
ordinances.
721
00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:38,079
He could tell people what to do;
722
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:39,607
issue fines to people,
723
00:24:39,612 --> 00:24:40,652
citations.
724
00:24:40,647 --> 00:24:42,077
He liked doing that because it
725
00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:43,821
gave him control.
726
00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:45,516
It also gave him an opportunity
727
00:24:45,518 --> 00:24:46,688
to stalk people.
728
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:48,216
So he was always looking for
729
00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:49,820
people who he might find as
730
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:53,192
suitable victims.
731
00:24:53,192 --> 00:24:54,962
>> NARRATOR: After eight years
732
00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:58,101
of silence, BTK's obsession for
733
00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:01,227
murder resurfaced.
734
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:06,113
Between 1985 and 1991, he killed
735
00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:09,105
three more victims.
736
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:12,548
But once again, he stopped.
737
00:25:12,545 --> 00:25:15,545
And once again... the trail went
738
00:25:15,548 --> 00:25:17,118
cold.
739
00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:18,216
>> VAN ZANDT: This was his
740
00:25:18,217 --> 00:25:19,687
secret, only he knew, you know?
741
00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:22,716
Nobody else knew who he was.
742
00:25:22,722 --> 00:25:23,992
>> HICKEY: He had distractions
743
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:25,560
he created for himself.
744
00:25:25,558 --> 00:25:27,688
And he just stopped killing.
745
00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:29,264
And then eventually he realized
746
00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:30,261
he was never going to get
747
00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:31,862
caught.
748
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,134
>> NARRATOR: But in 2004,
749
00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,602
Rader's murderous obsession
750
00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:38,642
eventually led him back
751
00:25:38,671 --> 00:25:39,971
into the open.
752
00:25:39,972 --> 00:25:42,342
>> MAN: Tonight, BTK is
753
00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:45,581
back and somewhere in Wichita.
754
00:25:45,578 --> 00:25:46,708
>> WOMAN: And good evening.
755
00:25:46,713 --> 00:25:47,353
Tonight, now that we know
756
00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:48,576
BTK is back, the city is
757
00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,615
anxious and fearful.
758
00:25:50,617 --> 00:25:52,077
>> MAN: A letter sent to the
759
00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:53,594
Wichita Eagle is believed to be
760
00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:54,846
from the serial killer.
761
00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:56,624
>> VAN ZANDT: Why didn't Rader
762
00:25:56,623 --> 00:25:59,633
just retire as a serial killer,
763
00:25:59,626 --> 00:26:00,726
go down to Florida, sit on a
764
00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:02,697
beach and laugh about how he
765
00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,995
scammed law enforcement?
766
00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:07,227
He starts sending mementos
767
00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:11,003
from his crimes to the
768
00:26:11,003 --> 00:26:12,173
newspaper, to law enforcement.
769
00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,011
He wanted people to be afraid.
770
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,907
He wanted to terrorize
771
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:17,909
that community.
772
00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:19,310
And he had stopped killing
773
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:20,851
decades before.
774
00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:23,017
He would have gotten away.
775
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:24,015
We would have never known
776
00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:25,846
who he was, but he just
777
00:26:25,852 --> 00:26:28,892
couldn't let it go.
778
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:31,758
This arrogance, this feeling
779
00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:34,858
of superiority existed in him,
780
00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,031
and that was reason he was
781
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:39,669
ultimately caught.
782
00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,939
>> NARRATOR: April, 1987,
783
00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:47,067
Middletown, Ohio.
784
00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:49,343
Donald Harvey is finally
785
00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:52,911
apprehended after a 17-year
786
00:26:52,912 --> 00:26:55,082
killing spree.
787
00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:57,921
The self-proclaimed "Angel of
788
00:26:57,917 --> 00:27:00,687
Death," Harvey preyed on
789
00:27:00,687 --> 00:27:02,917
the sick and elderly at various
790
00:27:02,922 --> 00:27:05,362
hospitals in the Midwest.
791
00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:08,827
>> VAN ZANDT: Donald Harvey was
792
00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:11,698
a male nurse whose target-rich
793
00:27:11,698 --> 00:27:13,228
environment happened to be
794
00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:15,702
his patients.
795
00:27:15,702 --> 00:27:16,802
>> HICKEY: There were some
796
00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:19,073
suffocations... but primarily he
797
00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:21,171
used cyanide and other poisons
798
00:27:21,173 --> 00:27:23,943
to kill them.
799
00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:25,313
He himself was not a powerful
800
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,351
person physically.
801
00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:28,946
He went to hospitals, where he
802
00:27:28,948 --> 00:27:31,248
could be powerful...
803
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,790
where he could control them and
804
00:27:32,785 --> 00:27:36,385
kill them...
805
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:38,928
he could act out those fantasies
806
00:27:38,925 --> 00:27:40,725
over and over and over again.
807
00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,187
And because they were killed in
808
00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:43,964
the hospital, often there
809
00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:45,103
weren't any autopsies being
810
00:27:45,097 --> 00:27:46,697
done.
811
00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:48,899
So he got away with it.
812
00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:52,340
>> NARRATOR: Donald Harvey was
813
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,008
eventually convicted of killing
814
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:57,736
37 people...
815
00:27:57,744 --> 00:27:59,854
although he stated that the
816
00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:01,376
actual body count could have
817
00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:03,920
been closer to 90.
818
00:28:06,853 --> 00:28:08,723
But could such an incredible
819
00:28:08,721 --> 00:28:11,391
claim be true?
820
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:13,290
Are there many more American
821
00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:15,292
deaths at the hands of serial
822
00:28:15,294 --> 00:28:18,304
killers than we know of?
823
00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:20,497
And is it possible this fact is
824
00:28:20,499 --> 00:28:23,299
being kept... a secret?
825
00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:24,502
>> VAN ZANDT: For the serial
826
00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:25,873
killers of this world, they're
827
00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:28,912
not going to stop at one or two
828
00:28:28,908 --> 00:28:32,308
or five... sometimes 500,
829
00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:33,981
sometimes victims are into the
830
00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:37,253
thousands over the years.
831
00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:38,319
>> MORRISON: The secret of a
832
00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,017
serial murderer is that they're
833
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,892
not human.
834
00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,759
They have no concept of what
835
00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:46,957
death really is.
836
00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:52,155
When they kill, they're not
837
00:28:52,164 --> 00:28:53,474
killing a human being, they're
838
00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,465
killing an object, they're
839
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:57,067
killing something that has no
840
00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:00,009
meaning whatsoever.
841
00:29:00,006 --> 00:29:01,036
>> NARRATOR: But if serial
842
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,940
killers can so seamlessly blend
843
00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:05,342
into the fabric of society, how
844
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:08,014
can law enforcement stay ahead
845
00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:10,924
of the carnage?
846
00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:13,187
Can science...
847
00:29:13,185 --> 00:29:14,915
forensics...
848
00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:16,421
psychiatry...
849
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:18,962
or even genetics help us to
850
00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:21,188
identify them...
851
00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,533
before it's too late?
852
00:29:36,943 --> 00:29:38,483
>> NARRATOR: Each day, millions
853
00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:40,307
of people rely upon America's
854
00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:43,052
vast network of roads to travel
855
00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:46,949
to and from their destination...
856
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:49,363
unaware that they may be
857
00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:52,055
secretly watched by a serial
858
00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:55,898
killer.
859
00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,055
(camera shutter clicking)
860
00:29:57,063 --> 00:29:58,233
>> STRAND: There is an epidemic
861
00:29:58,230 --> 00:30:00,100
of serial killing going on, on
862
00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:01,429
the American highways.
863
00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:03,843
(indistinct radio communication)
864
00:30:03,836 --> 00:30:06,206
The Interstate Killer.
865
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:08,975
The Corridor Killer.
866
00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:10,805
There are three people who are
867
00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:14,313
known as the I-5 Killer.
868
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:15,953
There are literally dozens of
869
00:30:15,948 --> 00:30:17,948
people who are murderers
870
00:30:17,950 --> 00:30:19,150
associated with the highway
871
00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:21,315
system.
872
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,620
>> NARRATOR: In 2004, the FBI
873
00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:25,862
publicly revealed a shocking
874
00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:27,528
secret.
875
00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:28,926
They admitted they were
876
00:30:28,928 --> 00:30:30,998
investigating an estimated 500
877
00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:34,097
unsolved murders committed along
878
00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:37,500
or near America's highways.
879
00:30:39,538 --> 00:30:41,868
And the majority of the 200
880
00:30:41,874 --> 00:30:44,944
suspects are men working as
881
00:30:44,944 --> 00:30:48,554
long-haul truckers.
882
00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:50,117
>> STRAND: The job definitely
883
00:30:50,116 --> 00:30:54,246
provides an opportunity.
884
00:30:54,253 --> 00:30:57,023
It creates a landscape, the
885
00:30:57,023 --> 00:30:58,563
anonymous landscape of the truck
886
00:30:58,557 --> 00:31:00,527
stops, with an endless supply of
887
00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,559
women.
888
00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:03,561
>> HICKEY: They can pick up a
889
00:31:03,562 --> 00:31:05,032
victim in one state, kill her in
890
00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:06,971
a second state and dump her in
891
00:31:06,999 --> 00:31:08,169
a third state.
892
00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:10,397
(indistinct radio communication)
893
00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:11,572
>> STRAND: We don't have enough
894
00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:14,170
information yet to know whether
895
00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:16,113
people who are prone to serial
896
00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:18,638
killing are being drawn into the
897
00:31:18,644 --> 00:31:21,314
profession of trucking, or
898
00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:23,053
whether there's something going
899
00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:25,449
on in trucking that's pushing
900
00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:27,921
people who are sociopathically
901
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,290
inclined over the edge.
902
00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:33,058
(truck engine starts)
903
00:31:33,059 --> 00:31:34,659
>> NARRATOR: Is it possible that
904
00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:36,300
the pressures of trucking, or
905
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:38,055
the unique nature of the
906
00:31:38,064 --> 00:31:40,434
profession, provides not only an
907
00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:43,042
opportunity but a reason for
908
00:31:43,035 --> 00:31:45,465
highway murders?
909
00:31:45,471 --> 00:31:47,611
And if so, could there be other,
910
00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:50,336
perhaps even logical, reasons
911
00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:52,442
why serial killers continue to
912
00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:55,314
exist in our society?
913
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:57,584
(gun blasting)
914
00:31:59,618 --> 00:32:01,088
>> DOMANICK: Dorner thought that
915
00:32:01,087 --> 00:32:03,317
his dismissal had everything to
916
00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:05,485
do with racism.
917
00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:07,961
I have no doubt that Christopher
918
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,960
Dorner felt he was righteous in
919
00:32:09,962 --> 00:32:11,632
what he was doing.
920
00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:15,430
He was delusional.
921
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,104
>> NARRATOR: But if logic--
922
00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:18,743
or reason-- doesn't explain a
923
00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:21,337
serial killer's deadly motives,
924
00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:23,440
is there another, perhaps
925
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:26,382
biological reason why some human
926
00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:28,378
beings have a twisted desire
927
00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:30,250
to kill?
928
00:32:30,249 --> 00:32:33,219
Could there be a serial killer
929
00:32:33,219 --> 00:32:35,149
gene?
930
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,356
December 21, 1978.
931
00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:42,459
Chicago, Illinois.
932
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:44,331
Pursuing a tip about a missing
933
00:32:44,330 --> 00:32:46,400
person, police arrive at the
934
00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,368
home of construction worker
935
00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:52,237
John Wayne Gacy.
936
00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,138
The search of his home leads
937
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:55,640
police to a diabolical
938
00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:57,244
discovery.
939
00:32:57,243 --> 00:32:58,783
>> HICKEY: When law enforcement
940
00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:01,247
went into the basement to
941
00:33:01,247 --> 00:33:03,747
investigate, the earth was
942
00:33:03,749 --> 00:33:06,219
moving, shaking everywhere,
943
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:07,388
because there were millions of
944
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:10,216
worms eating the bodies.
945
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,522
It was one of the most horrific
946
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:12,723
crime scenes in American
947
00:33:12,758 --> 00:33:14,758
history.
948
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,260
>> NARRATOR: To his family and
949
00:33:16,262 --> 00:33:18,402
friends, Gacy was a pillar of
950
00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:20,027
his community.
951
00:33:20,032 --> 00:33:22,232
He was married, owned his own
952
00:33:22,234 --> 00:33:24,274
business, and even entertained
953
00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:25,700
children by dressing up and
954
00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,714
performing at parties as a
955
00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,036
clown.
956
00:33:29,041 --> 00:33:31,181
Yet behind the friendly makeup
957
00:33:31,177 --> 00:33:34,277
lurked the secret desires of a
958
00:33:34,313 --> 00:33:36,423
sadistic killer.
959
00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:38,045
>> VAN ZANDT: He would offer
960
00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,120
young boys jobs for his
961
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:41,719
construction company.
962
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,320
He was bringing these boys,
963
00:33:43,322 --> 00:33:44,822
individually, back into his
964
00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:47,333
house, committing unspeakable
965
00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:48,326
crimes.
966
00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:49,397
>> HICKEY: When the victim got
967
00:33:49,395 --> 00:33:50,455
there, he'd say, "By the way,
968
00:33:50,462 --> 00:33:51,732
did I ever show you the old
969
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:52,730
handcuff trick?"
970
00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,271
So he'd put him in handcuffs
971
00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,266
behind his back.
972
00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:56,437
And once that happened, it was
973
00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:58,435
over.
974
00:33:58,437 --> 00:34:02,067
>> KUZMA: I mean, during the
975
00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:03,544
daytime, he led a life of
976
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:05,842
running a business, and then at
977
00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:08,084
night, during a period of years,
978
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,320
he apparently went out and
979
00:34:10,316 --> 00:34:12,316
killed these men.
980
00:34:12,318 --> 00:34:15,618
And how often, nobody knows.
981
00:34:15,621 --> 00:34:18,161
It's still all a mystery.
982
00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:19,327
>> NARRATOR: In an effort to
983
00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:20,755
find a possible clinical
984
00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:22,829
explanation for Gacy's horrific
985
00:34:22,828 --> 00:34:25,628
crimes, forensic psychiatrist
986
00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:28,471
Dr. Helen Morrison, who had
987
00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:29,867
served as an expert witness at
988
00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:32,298
the trial, made a bold request
989
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,874
of the killer's family.
990
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:36,613
>> MORRISON: When Gacy was going
991
00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:38,238
to be executed, I called the
992
00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:40,384
family and asked them if we
993
00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:42,609
could use the brain for
994
00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:44,324
scientific study.
995
00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,316
The family agreed.
996
00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,618
This is the brain of John Wayne
997
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:49,720
Gacy.
998
00:34:49,721 --> 00:34:51,491
This is the first brain that
999
00:34:51,490 --> 00:34:53,390
we've been able to get to look
1000
00:34:53,392 --> 00:34:56,362
for any potential difference or
1001
00:34:56,362 --> 00:34:59,232
change that might make a serial
1002
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,265
killer.
1003
00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:04,137
>> NARRATOR: Was there a secret
1004
00:35:04,136 --> 00:35:06,266
biological reason why John Wayne
1005
00:35:06,272 --> 00:35:08,272
Gacy committed his hideous
1006
00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:09,514
crimes?
1007
00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:12,808
Did his brain possess a mutated
1008
00:35:12,811 --> 00:35:15,351
gene, a clue that might help
1009
00:35:15,347 --> 00:35:16,817
doctors and law enforcement
1010
00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:18,675
detect serial killers
1011
00:35:18,684 --> 00:35:20,294
before they strike?
1012
00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:22,686
Unfortunately, after much
1013
00:35:22,688 --> 00:35:24,818
careful study, a team of medical
1014
00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:26,563
professionals concluded that
1015
00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:29,358
Gacy's brain showed nothing out
1016
00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:31,261
of the ordinary.
1017
00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:32,703
>> MORRISON: Having looked at
1018
00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:34,168
the slides of the brain, seeing
1019
00:35:34,166 --> 00:35:36,666
absolutely nothing abnormal, now
1020
00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:41,538
the thought was, "It's a dead
1021
00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:42,840
brain."
1022
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:44,411
We needed to be able to study
1023
00:35:44,410 --> 00:35:45,710
the living brain of a serial
1024
00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:47,281
murderer.
1025
00:35:47,279 --> 00:35:48,949
>> NARRATOR: At the University
1026
00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:50,547
of California at Irvine,
1027
00:35:50,549 --> 00:35:52,849
neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon
1028
00:35:52,851 --> 00:35:54,921
studies the brain scans of
1029
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,860
convicted killers.
1030
00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:57,855
>> FALLON: I've looked at them,
1031
00:35:57,856 --> 00:35:59,586
and saw for the first time
1032
00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:01,261
that there was a pattern
1033
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:03,563
that all of these killers had.
1034
00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:05,862
The pattern is a loss of
1035
00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:08,434
activity in a part of the brain
1036
00:36:08,434 --> 00:36:09,474
called the limbic system.
1037
00:36:09,468 --> 00:36:10,698
That's the area of the brain
1038
00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:11,872
that regulates not only
1039
00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:13,440
impulsivity but also moral
1040
00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:15,572
reasoning, ethics.
1041
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:17,714
>> NARRATOR: But what causes
1042
00:36:17,709 --> 00:36:19,709
this unusual pattern?
1043
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:21,711
Could it be environmental
1044
00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:23,883
stresses?
1045
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:26,292
Abnormal genes?
1046
00:36:26,285 --> 00:36:29,885
Or a deadly combination of both?
1047
00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:32,758
>> MORRISON: We have no idea
1048
00:36:32,758 --> 00:36:35,758
what a serial killer gene might
1049
00:36:35,761 --> 00:36:37,001
be.
1050
00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,625
We're not close at all.
1051
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,300
But the other thing is, what if
1052
00:36:40,299 --> 00:36:42,729
we do find a gene?
1053
00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,774
What do we do with that child?
1054
00:36:44,770 --> 00:36:45,970
What do we do with that
1055
00:36:45,971 --> 00:36:47,471
adolescent?
1056
00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:48,773
We can't put somebody in jail
1057
00:36:48,774 --> 00:36:50,844
for what they might possibly do.
1058
00:36:50,842 --> 00:36:52,512
It brings up a whole ethical
1059
00:36:52,511 --> 00:36:55,381
dilemma.
1060
00:36:55,381 --> 00:36:56,651
>> NARRATOR: Is science
1061
00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:57,918
ultimately incapable of
1062
00:36:57,916 --> 00:36:59,646
identifying a serial killer
1063
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:01,621
gene?
1064
00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:04,490
And if so, could there be secret
1065
00:37:04,490 --> 00:37:07,630
legions of other serial killers,
1066
00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:10,326
capable of striking at any time?
1067
00:37:10,329 --> 00:37:13,729
Without reason...
1068
00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:15,932
without warning...
1069
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:18,004
and without any ability to be
1070
00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:30,583
stopped?
1071
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:33,452
>> NARRATOR: July 7, 2010.
1072
00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:35,552
Los Angeles, California,
1073
00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:37,324
Superior Court.
1074
00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:39,293
Suspected serial killer Lonnie
1075
00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:41,561
Franklin, Jr., a former
1076
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,330
sanitation worker and mechanic
1077
00:37:43,329 --> 00:37:44,829
for the Los Angeles Police
1078
00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,300
Department, is charged with ten
1079
00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:49,869
counts of murder.
1080
00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:51,998
Franklin is accused of killing
1081
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:54,843
seven women from 1985 to 1988,
1082
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,310
and three more between 2002 and
1083
00:37:59,311 --> 00:38:01,011
2007.
1084
00:38:01,012 --> 00:38:03,852
His 14-year break between
1085
00:38:03,849 --> 00:38:05,719
murders gave Franklin the
1086
00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:07,717
terrifying title of the "Grim
1087
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,719
Sleeper."
1088
00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:13,462
>> DOMANICK: When the police
1089
00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:14,459
went to his home, they found
1090
00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:16,460
thousands of photos of women,
1091
00:38:16,462 --> 00:38:18,862
many of them in very
1092
00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:20,504
compromising positions.
1093
00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:22,029
And they believe that the term
1094
00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:27,973
"The Grim Sleeper" might be aer, and tha
1095
00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:29,413
was doing this all the way
1096
00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:32,678
though to the present.
1097
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:33,878
>> NARRATOR: In 2012, th
1098
00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:35,509
>> NARRATOR: In 2012, the LAPD
1099
00:38:35,514 --> 00:38:38,524
created a Facebook page that
1100
00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:40,447
included 42 Polaroid images
1101
00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:42,392
recovered from Franklin's home.
1102
00:38:42,388 --> 00:38:44,758
They are seeking the public's
1103
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:46,526
help in identifying what could
1104
00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:48,055
very well be hundreds more
1105
00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,899
victims of this predatory
1106
00:38:49,895 --> 00:38:51,825
murderer.
1107
00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:56,070
But while the Internet provides
1108
00:38:56,067 --> 00:39:00,067
a tool for law enforcement...
1109
00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:02,941
it may have also been the very
1110
00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:04,811
same tool the killer used to
1111
00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:07,950
lure his unsuspecting victims.
1112
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:10,476
>> HICKEY: We've had serial
1113
00:39:10,482 --> 00:39:11,882
killers who have actually
1114
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:13,023
attracted victims online to
1115
00:39:13,018 --> 00:39:14,488
their homes, where they've
1116
00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:15,486
killed them.
1117
00:39:15,487 --> 00:39:16,657
We had one case in Missouri
1118
00:39:16,655 --> 00:39:17,915
where women were killed and
1119
00:39:17,923 --> 00:39:19,093
placed in different metal drums
1120
00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,830
before that killer was actually
1121
00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:22,926
caught.
1122
00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:24,828
>> NARRATOR: Chat rooms...
1123
00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:26,570
dating sites...
1124
00:39:26,565 --> 00:39:28,795
and social media forums.
1125
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Could the Internet really be the
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latest mask that serial killers
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wear to hide in plain sight?
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Has it become their latest
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00:39:37,676 --> 00:39:40,106
secret weapon?
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>> HICKEY: Serial killers today
1131
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are becoming more
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sophisticated, because they have
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so many different tools that
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they can use to create
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distractions and to create
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ruses.
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The internet has really opened
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up the opportunities for serial
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killers to find victims more
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easily.
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>> NARRATOR: Just what is the
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connective thread that binds
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serial killers like Ted Bundy...
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Dennis Rader...
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John Wayne Gacy...
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and Christopher Dorner together?
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And, if we find it, could it
1148
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explain why the United States
1149
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produces more serial killers
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than any other country in the
1151
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world?
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>> HICKEY: Any country has the
1153
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capacity to produce serial
1154
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killers.
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But there's some environments,
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some cultures, like American
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culture, where we almost
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encourage it.
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>> MAN (over TV): Lock your
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doors, lock your windows.
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>> MAN 2: Who wants to be next?
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I don't, no one else does.
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>> HICKEY: We also make movies
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about them.
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Hollywood does influence people
1166
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in its movies.
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People get ideas.
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There is information that's put
1169
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out there on television and so
1170
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forth.
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And we know that serial killers,
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as mass murderers do, they learn
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from each other's experiences.
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And so some might get better at
1175
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it.
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(commander shouts orders)
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>> DOMANICK: Dorner was not a
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product of the LAPD, he was a
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product of a wider American
1180
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,270
culture.
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(reporters clamoring)
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A media-saturated culture.
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00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:27,094
What we're seeing now with
1184
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:28,945
serial killing is one serial
1185
00:41:28,954 --> 00:41:31,524
killing leads to another serial
1186
00:41:31,523 --> 00:41:32,923
killing that leads to another
1187
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:34,764
serial killing, because you have
1188
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,700
your moment of fame...
1189
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and you go out like a shooting
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star.
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>> STRAND: In my research,
1192
00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:46,810
looking at, uh, serial killers
1193
00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:48,935
in the United States, there was
1194
00:41:48,940 --> 00:41:50,940
frequently a kind of class
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anxiety.
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They saw themselves as oppressed
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when everyone else was
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successful.
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I find it concerning that
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inequality seems to be such a
1201
00:42:03,689 --> 00:42:06,589
factor in driving certain kinds
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of individuals over the edge.
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>> NARRATOR: Will economic
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00:42:13,599 --> 00:42:14,869
insecurity...
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(protestors chanting)
1206
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...social unrest...
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>> MAN: I'm a innocent victim.
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>> OFFICER: Let's go.
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Yeah, we all are.
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>> NARRATOR: ...and an
1211
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,210
increasingly fragmented society
1212
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lead even more psychologically
1213
00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:29,582
disturbed individuals to become
1214
00:42:29,581 --> 00:42:32,251
full-fledged serial killers?
1215
00:42:34,219 --> 00:42:36,149
And if so, can anything be done
1216
00:42:36,154 --> 00:42:39,364
to stop the impending carnage?
1217
00:42:39,357 --> 00:42:41,687
Perhaps the ultimate answer lies
1218
00:42:41,693 --> 00:42:45,303
within ourselves... and the
1219
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,996
secret desires we hide from
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each other every single day.
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