This story is going to start with some preamble about a specific condition.

This might seem unnecessary or you might not understand why it was included at first, but

the more you listen, the more you'll start to feel a creeping sense of something horrifying

happening.

Unfortunately, whatever you assume might occur will be nowhere close to how bad the actual

events were.

In addition, this is probably the most gruesome story I've ever covered,

so I know I say it all the time, but listener discretion is really strongly advised for this one.

It's a rare and especially sad thing when a case is only victims. Some cases are cut and dry and have a clear quote-unquote bad guy, but there are others when no one makes doubt unscathed.

The people involved, the people who sought, or even the people who came to help.

On the other hand, it's common for the media to throw words around and twist their meaning either intentionally to generate interest or because of a misinterpretation of their meaning. Sometimes these issues are complex and a

cursory search isn't enough to get a legitimate understanding. Schizophrenia is

one of these words and just by saying it you probably had a dozen different

definitions come to mind, some of which may be common misconceptions about

the condition so before we go any deeper we need to be on the same page. Schizophrenia is a developmental difference in the brain that causes it to work in a way

it isn't supposed to. Exactly what that looks like, though, is difficult to nail down, since it can

present entirely differently in each person. Usually, some part of the brain doesn't quite grow

the way it's supposed to, and a person's brain can have difficulty producing or responding to certain neurotransmitters as a result. Often, the difference of some

minor structural abnormality, like a membrane being too thin or even a bit more asymmetry between

the two halves than is normal. Of course, every person will have something different with their

brain, but it's the chemistry part where things actually become an issue. However, this also

isn't easy to nail down, since potentially dozens of different chemical changes can happen,

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