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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

KILLER DADS-Mary Papenfuss

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2013

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

No crime is as horrific, as mesmerizingly perplexing, as a child's murder at the hands of a parent. In most cases, the perpetrator is the father. A veteran journalist explores five examples of "family annihilators" in this troubling snapshot of American crime twisted by the dark trajectory of machismo in economically stressful times. Her research includes some fifty in-depth interviews of victims' friends and family, an examination of police files, and detailed profiles of the researchers who track these "killer dads." She also presents experts' theories on the causes that drive men to commit these heinous acts-ranging from economic pressures, the stress of perceived failure, and distorted egos, to the disturbing statistics on abuse of adopted children by step-fathers and the connection between murder and pregnancy. Finally, she discusses factors in contemporary society that may foster such crimes, and measures we can and should be taking to prevent them. Well-researched and often-shocking, Killer Dads provides disturbing insights into the dark forces that can turn family dynamics into the worst imaginable nightmare. KILLER DADS-The Twisted Drive That Compels Fathers To Murder Their Own Kids-Mary Papenfuss

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

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and the authors that have written about them.

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Casey, Bundy, Dahmer, the Night Stalker, DCK, every week, another fascinating author

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talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

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True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

1:09.4

Good evening, this is your host, Dan Zufanski, for the program True Murder, the most shocking

1:22.8

killers in true crime history, and the authors that have written about them.

1:29.2

No crime is as horrific as mesmerizingly perplexing as a child's murder at the hands of a parent.

1:37.8

In most cases, the perpetrator is the father.

1:41.2

A veteran journalist explores five examples of family annihilators in this troubling snapshot

1:47.5

of American crime twisted by the dark trajectory of machismo in economically stressful times.

1:55.5

Her research includes some 50 in-depth interviews of victims, friends and family, an examination

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