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What makes a serial killer?

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The Effects of Society on Brain Damage

A lot of people think that, you know, these serial killers are so far gone that something is up with their brain. Right. They've got a brain malfunction going on. And they've done a lot of studies on brain damage. One I came across found that 20, 20 of 30 confess killers, not necessarily serial killers on death row are mentally ill. 64% of that 20 had frontal lobe abnormalities. 46% of all confess serial killers have no brain damage. So 54% do. It's like a totally different way to look at it. Totally.

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