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re: Serial killers in the 70's...
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:46 pm to Alltheway Tigers!
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:46 pm to Alltheway Tigers!
have to wonder how many were murdered but not linked to a particular killer.Or before killers started "taking credit".
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:47 pm to schatman
Dean Corrl operated in the early seventies in Houston. He is one of the most sadistic serial killers I've ever read about.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 1:48 pm to ClientNumber9
quote:Sounds like an interesting rabbit hole. Know where I can find any writing on this?
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 1:49 pm to schatman
And a lot of them were in California.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 2:17 pm to northshorebamaman
Research the Keddie Murders in 81
Huge rabbit hole. Still not solved, some major suspects are dead now. I was just shocked by how many sketchy people lived around this family. Like 90% of them had history of child abuse or molestation. Sends chills. There are some sick f'ers out there.
Huge rabbit hole. Still not solved, some major suspects are dead now. I was just shocked by how many sketchy people lived around this family. Like 90% of them had history of child abuse or molestation. Sends chills. There are some sick f'ers out there.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 2:20 pm to schatman
Detectives of the OT didn't have the resources back then like they do now.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 2:40 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?
Was before DNA and advanced techniques, young society was more sociable and trusting.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:33 pm to Montezuma
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It isn't happening now
It's still happening. There's a famous unsolved one on Long Island, some in Canada or Alaska where Inuit women are being taken off of a highway.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:36 pm to schatman
The boomers were better at everything. Even murder.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:46 pm to Bench McElroy
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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.
Don't know about serial killers specifically, but there are researchers studying if there's a connection between lead poisoning and higher crime levels up to the early 90's.
Brookings Institute - Lead and Crime
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:46 pm to schatman
A lot of reasons...
First of all there were serial killers before then, people just didn't know it...
Secondly, improved policing procedures in the 70s led to more linking of crimes, including serial killings. Of course, by that point the Baby Boomers were the largest generation numerically in history, so naturally there were going to be more crimes than ever. Drugs were now everywhere, leading to worse behavior. Also, people started attacking others to get money for their drug habit. The Sexual Revolution had a side effect of more sex crimes, as people explored violent forms of sexuality and couldn't seem to handle pornography now being available everywhere without acting it out. The Boomers were called the "generation who forgot God" and without the fear of going to hell stopping them any more, they now could commit more violence. Communications were better and more extensive than ever, leading to many good things but also the sharing of sick and twisted ideas; sadomasochists and pedophiles were even able to meet up and form clubs back then, thanks to these new methods of communications. Some of these later jointly looked for victims together.
First of all there were serial killers before then, people just didn't know it...
Secondly, improved policing procedures in the 70s led to more linking of crimes, including serial killings. Of course, by that point the Baby Boomers were the largest generation numerically in history, so naturally there were going to be more crimes than ever. Drugs were now everywhere, leading to worse behavior. Also, people started attacking others to get money for their drug habit. The Sexual Revolution had a side effect of more sex crimes, as people explored violent forms of sexuality and couldn't seem to handle pornography now being available everywhere without acting it out. The Boomers were called the "generation who forgot God" and without the fear of going to hell stopping them any more, they now could commit more violence. Communications were better and more extensive than ever, leading to many good things but also the sharing of sick and twisted ideas; sadomasochists and pedophiles were even able to meet up and form clubs back then, thanks to these new methods of communications. Some of these later jointly looked for victims together.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:20 pm to schatman
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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?
That's just like, your opinion, man
Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:26 pm to TheDude321
TheDude321 may have brilliantly summed it up better than I have ever seen
Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:29 pm to schatman
This is a big interest of mine (insert creep pic) but there was a huge amount of active serial killers during this time. There’s a number of theories but many include children raised by dads of WW2/Korea/Vietnam. The dads witnessed unimaginable horrors and passed a lot of cold parenting onto their sons (SKs mostly men) I could go on and on about this but you can read about it.
Also, lack of a nationalized central database was a huge issue. A guy could be a serial rapist in one city and then 50 miles away be a notorious serial killer (see night stalker case of California)
Also, lack of a nationalized central database was a huge issue. A guy could be a serial rapist in one city and then 50 miles away be a notorious serial killer (see night stalker case of California)
This post was edited on 3/27/20 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:31 pm to schatman
Just throwing another couple of theories out there is that the nightly news glorified serial killing then and perhaps some wanted that notoriety.
Also movies and TV shows increased in showing violence. Also, in a way glorifying crime.
Also movies and TV shows increased in showing violence. Also, in a way glorifying crime.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:44 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
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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.
Damn that sucks. Got me to go look him up. According to Wikipedia, it sounds like he never got released from prison, just got sent to Michigan prison to serve life for murders there after Texas decided to release him. But Wiki isn’t always correct.
I’m not saying you are wrong, just mentioning it in the hopes it gives you a sense of relief knowing he may not have ever had a day of freedom after the Texas arrest.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:57 pm to schatman
Houston was sure the hell full of them
Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:00 pm to TutHillTiger
Google Richard Kluklinski. Crazy shite. Basically an independent contract killer. Cold and calculating
Posted on 3/27/20 at 11:06 pm to TheDude321
Nicely freakin put, man...
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