This episode contains graphic details of vicious attacks and is not appropriate for children.

And it may want to be avoided by anyone sensitive to or triggered by these types of situations. E.H. Holmes is considered not only the first, but one of the most notorious serial killers in America, if not the world.

He was ruthless, methodical, and pure notorious serial killers in America, if not the world.

He was ruthless, methodical, and pure horror personified.

But don't worry, this isn't an episode about him.

Not yet, anyway.

I only bring him up now because something he said got me thinking.

After he was arrested for the murder of countless people, Holmes penned a written confession. In it he said, I was born with the devil in me.

I could not help the fact that I was a murderer no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.

I was born with the evil one standing as my sponsor

beside the bed where I was ushered into the world, and he has been with me since. Even for a

complete psychopath, that's an incredible articulation and a deep look into how he viewed himself.

He knew from very early on that he was nothing but evil.

There was no way around it for him.

That excerpt from his confession has always been thought-provoking to me.

Do you think that the most devious among us always know what they're going to turn into?

Anything is possible, I suppose. From what I have read that the most devious among us always know what they're going to turn into?

Anything is possible, I suppose.

From what I have read and learned is that most of the time, evil is a gradual progression.

There's always something there, but what it can turn into can sway depending on the individual and their surroundings.

It is said that people, most of the time referring to serial killers, have warning signs throughout the duration of their life that will indicate to outside viewers

that they are capable of much worse than whatever they're currently doing.

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