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What makes a serial killer?

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The Psychological Problem With Serial Killers

The good news is, Josh, you are not insane. No, I know it because I know right from wrong. And if I were a serial killer, I'd just really, really like to kill or like Gary Ridgeway. You turned out to be a serial podcaster, thankfully, for all of us. Because they occur in a series. Right. Sociologists say, yeah, they have anti-social personality disorder. But it doesn't mean that that's a problem psychology has to tackle. It's not a mental flaw. It's a character flaw. People can go through that and never become a serial killer.

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