Why Do People Kill?

The 5 Reasons to Kill.

Alcohol and drugs

Revenge

Mental illness

Money

The domestic argument

Jeffrey Dahmer said that serial killers were born with a "part" of them missing.

Herbert Mullin blamed the voices in his head

Carl Panzram said that prison turned him into a monster

John Wayne Gacy boasted that the victims deserved to die.

Psychopath

Brain

Is this a bigger problem than we think?

In a study 300 undergraduates were tested:

60% of males 32% of females

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