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S3 Ep.2: A Different Kind of Killer

Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper

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Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgeway's Formative Years

Ted Bundy was born illegitimate, and his mother left him at the home in Vermont. When he was four years old, his relatives sent Ted and his mother away to Coma Washington where they lived with a violent grandfather who had been institutionalized more than once. Gary Ridgeway's childhood fits some ideas about early life trauma contributing to violent behavior later in life. However, we should be talking about nature and nurture instead of genes and nurture.

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