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Serial killers in the 70's...
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:07 am
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:07 am
Been listening to podcasts, watching Netflix, etc.
I've noticed the trend for the mid to late 70s as a hotbed for serial killers and sex crimes. Anyone know why this is the case? Any theories? These would be baby boomer's kids, maybe? Or was there a correlation with the Vietnam War? And then it seems like they were less prevalent- was this the effect of abortion becoming legal, and multiple f'd up childhoods were spared?
I've noticed the trend for the mid to late 70s as a hotbed for serial killers and sex crimes. Anyone know why this is the case? Any theories? These would be baby boomer's kids, maybe? Or was there a correlation with the Vietnam War? And then it seems like they were less prevalent- was this the effect of abortion becoming legal, and multiple f'd up childhoods were spared?
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:08 am to schatman
Me too. Maybe that perfect transition zone between communication is available to everyone, yet technology isnt there yet to capture these guys?
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:09 am to schatman
Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll 
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:10 am to schatman
it was the drugs, man
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:11 am to schatman
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These would be baby boomer's kids, maybe?
I think it would be Boomers given the mean age of most serial killers.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:11 am to LSUAngelHere1
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Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll
Those were the days, my friend
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:14 am to schatman
They were fed up with the massive 70’s bush
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:14 am to schatman
I wonder if policing and news sensationalism started tying crimes together. It is hard to believe that there weren't serial violent individuals prior to that.
It isn't happening now because there are cameras everywhere and forensics is so vastly improved from back then. Bundy would have snatched only a couple girls before Twitter and reddit already had his bank account information and VIN.
It isn't happening now because there are cameras everywhere and forensics is so vastly improved from back then. Bundy would have snatched only a couple girls before Twitter and reddit already had his bank account information and VIN.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:18 am to schatman
I'd like to see a study of how many from that era had WW2 vet fathers.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:19 am to AUCE05
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Maybe that perfect transition zone between communication is available to everyone, yet technology isnt there yet to capture these guys?
You're on to it. Serial killers have long been around but during the 70s and 80s the media was able to report these killings much easier, as was travel across the country. But DNA wasn't yet be used, nor was the US blanketed with cameras, cell phone ping warrants, CCTV, etc.
Plus, while deviant behavior and serial killers have been around for as long as the human race, changes in society can lead to an increase in criminal activity. It's documented that during transition times, or when people feel society is unraveling, crimes like these are more prevalent.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:23 am to schatman
Hippies pissed off that their ideology and burnout lifestyle wasn't sustainable post-Vietnam.
That and the media thing someone else said.
That and the media thing someone else said.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:34 am to schatman
Technology today makes it much, much harder to kill 30, 40, or 50 victims before getting caught.
Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, and Gary Ridgeway didn't have to worry about DNA or cameras hanging everywhere. They had no cell phone or computers in their vehicles that GPS track their every move.
Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, and Gary Ridgeway didn't have to worry about DNA or cameras hanging everywhere. They had no cell phone or computers in their vehicles that GPS track their every move.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:37 am to schatman
There's a theory that exposure to lead was a big reason why there were so many serial killers back in the 60s and 70s. Individuals exposed to high lead exposure early in life are more likely to have behavioral problems and issues with impulse control as adults. And there was a ton of lead in gasoline until the EPA started issuing reduction standards for lead emissions in the 70s. After those lead reductions, crime dropped significantly.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:38 am to schatman
Posted on 3/27/20 at 10:53 am to schatman
Serial killers were scary back in my day. These Millenial serial killers are probably too scared of COVID-19 to cut anyone's throat.
Sad.
Sad.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 11:43 am to schatman
I had a family friend who was murdered by a serial killer named Coral Eugene Watts. Then the Great State of Texas had to let the SOB out due to a court order to depopulate its prisons. Fortunately he died in a Michigan prison.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:00 pm to schatman
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I've noticed the trend for the mid to late 70s as a hotbed for serial killers and sex crimes. Anyone know why this is the case? Any theories? These would be baby boomer's kids, maybe?
I turned 18 in 1980. I'm a boomer and people born 2 years after me are still boomers. Pretty sure all of those mid to late 70s serial killers were boomers or older.
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Or was there a correlation with the Vietnam War?
Doubt it.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:23 pm to schatman
I agree with the poster about ww2 fathers or even serving in the war when they were young
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:29 pm to schatman
The correlation imo is the fact that DNA test were not available back then and most of these cases didn’t get solved until DNA testing cane around.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:44 pm to schatman
Serial killers have always been around. They started to be more transparent in the 70s.
Technology advancement has allowed news media and law enforcement to share data. Light shines.
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