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This episode looks at possible reasons why persons become killers. Dr. Dorothy Lewis puts forth the explanation that according to her studies, there is a history of brain injury, mental disease, and child abuse in killers. Two mass murderers (Terrance Wainright, Arthur Shawcross) are profiled.
22) Serial killers
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"Through extensive research and interviews with five notorious serial killers, author Joel Norris demonstrates that serial killers have specific biological and genetic makeups that can be identified as early as five years of age. A compelling read for both the curious layman and the concerned professional."--Publisher's description.
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On December 13, 1934, Albert Fish was apprehended by Detective William King for the kidnapping and murder of ten-year-old Grace Budd. Fish's defense attorney obtained the services of Dr. Fredric Werham for Fish's psychiatric examination. Dr. Wertham's files were ordered closed until 2010. Documents from Wertham's files, including confessions and writings by Albert Fish, are publishered here for the first time in history. -- back cover.
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Early on the morning of February 17, 1970, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a Green Beret doctor named Jeffrey MacDonald called the police for help. When the officers arrived at his home they found the bloody and battered bodies of MacDonald's pregnant wife and two young daughters. Errol Morris reopens a famous closed case and reveals that, forty years after the murder of MacDonald's family, they still have no proof of his guilt.
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