The Incel Ideology: Roots and Radicalization
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Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This one’s not your usual 10 Minute Murder. It started as a blog I wrote for the site, and a lot of people asked to hear it out loud. So here we are.
This is a more thoughtfully written piece than what I usually record... something I originally meant for reading, not necessarily narrating. But the topic matters too much to leave it on the page.
We’re unpacking the incel ideology. Where it came from, how it spread, and why it turned violent. What began as a lonely corner of the internet turned into a breeding ground for hate. We’re talking about real cases like Elliot Rodger and Alek Minassian, and what connects them.
It’s uncomfortable, but important. If we want to stop this kind of violence, we have to understand where it starts.
Read the original blog here: https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/from-isolation-to-infamy-the-dark-reality-of-incel-related-murders/
Thanks for listening.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Joe with 10-minute murder. Today's episode is a little bit different. Usually I'm telling |
| 0:05.6 | you about one killer or a case wrapped up in about 10 minutes, but this time I'm sharing something |
| 0:11.1 | from the blog over at 10-minute murder.com. It's a deeper dive into a topic that I wrote about |
| 0:16.9 | that's been getting a lot of attention, the roots and radicalization of in-cell ideology. |
| 0:23.5 | Because it started out as a blog post, I didn't really convert it to a 10-minute episode. |
| 0:28.8 | So this one's longer than usual. I don't know exactly how long. We'll find out together. |
| 0:33.7 | So if you're ready for something a little different, let's get into it. |
| 1:05.2 | Music So if you're ready for something a little different, let's get into it. The term in cell is short for involuntarily celbent. |
| 1:12.4 | It started decades ago as a simple label for people, mostly men, who were struggling with loneliness and the frustration of not being able to form romantic or sexual relationships. At first, the community was fairly |
| 1:18.8 | innocuous. It was a place where individuals would commiserate, share their feelings of rejection, |
| 1:25.0 | and seek some measure of comfort or understanding. |
| 1:28.3 | The intention was support and solidarity, not necessarily hatred. |
| 1:33.6 | But as time went on, what began as a space for empathy and connection became a breeding |
| 1:38.7 | ground for something much darker. |
| 1:40.9 | The community transformed into a volatile, ideological crucible where bitterness and resentment |
| 1:46.8 | were the main currencies. The conversation shifted from shared pain to collective grievance. |
| 1:54.1 | Encells started to see themselves not as just unlucky or shy, but as victims of a rigged system designed to keep them out of the social or |
| 2:03.4 | sexual hierarchy. This shift brought with it an extreme sense of entitlement and a dangerous |
| 2:10.4 | narrative about women and society in general. At the heart of this in-cell ideology lies a powerful |
| 2:17.4 | sense of collective disenfranchisement. |
| 2:20.5 | The belief that basic human needs like intimacy and affection are owed to them, |
| 2:25.6 | it creates a psychological malaise that goes far beyond disappointment. |
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