Listener, in today's episode, we're going to cover the inner workings of a troubled mind.

This episode is a prelude to an episode that will be full to the brim with source audio.

That includes 911 calls, body cam footage, and interrogation audio.

And though I will be using some source audio here today,

most of the content you hear today will be quoted directly from our killer.

Much of what I read will be directly from posts he made to the internet

before committing a horrific crime.

For this episode, I'm going to leave out the killer's name. That won't matter

until part two, though I will sprinkle in some source audio throughout just for some flavor.

For now, we focus on the turbulent mind of someone on the downward spiral to evil. Now,

let's get on with it.

Welcome, listener. I'm glad you're here. Take a seat. Next to the fire.

Welcome to Obscira, where we shine a light on the dark. And when did you start thinking about telling people?

So how old are you?

I turned 19 last month.

So in January, two months ago.

Thinking back, it sounds like you killed a cat.

Well, actually I was thinking of killing people during the cat, but I wasn't acting on it.

But I started seriously thinking about killing people a year ago. How about when you were 12? Did I think about coming home? acting on it. But as part of the series, they didn't be about two million people, I'd

year ago. How about when you were 12? Did you think about coming out? So what in your life

has changed or what in your mind has changed? Makes you know. A little bit like something

all of a sudden one day you woke up and thought, I'll kill someone or was it a gradual?

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