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The Apex on the Abyss presents the chasm, episode 17, The Clammer Girl Slayer.

In our last episode, we discussed the horrible crimes of Russell Williams, a man who compulsively documented his crimes and took photographs of his victims.

You may be shocked to know that while Russell Williams' crimes were unique to him, being a sadistic voyeur, was not. Harvey Glatman

was born in the Bronx on December 10, 1927, to Ophelia and Albert Glatman. Harvey would spend some time in Colorado as a young boy,

but eventually him and his parents would move back to New York. From an early age, his parents knew

that something was off about him. Harvey was an only child, so he did not have siblings to play with.

Beyond that, his parents noted that he was very

antisocial. As a toddler, Harvey exhibited behavior that was far from normal. He was what one would

call a sadomasochist, which means that Harvey found sexual gratification from inflicting pain and or humiliation upon himself or another person.

It is alleged that when he was between the ages of three and four,

Harvey had been seen tying a string around his genitals and placing the loose end of the string within a shut drawer and leaning backwards

so that he could feel the discomfort of his genitals being pulled. A few years later, Mr. and Mrs.

Glatman would come home to find their son with a swollen and burned neck from a rope. He had

been previously caught masturbating while asphyxating himself with a rope.

His father would berate him and throw homophobic slurs at him for these actions. When Harvey entered

junior high, his behavior began to escalate to even more unhealthy levels. Being an adolescent boy entering puberty, Harvey was going

through what most young adults go through, and it's typically very awkward. He was getting taller,

had acne on his face, and things of that nature. Puberty can sometimes be quite unkind,

and so can your peers.

Harvey suffered from severe facial acne and had large front teeth, and his ears stuck out, which caused him to be the butt of many jokes amongst his classmates.

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