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Stuff You Should Know

What makes a serial killer?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2010

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Serial killers are notorious for their grisly crimes and disturbing behavior, but what makes a serial killer a serial killer? Josh and Chuck discuss the history, psychology and methodology of serial killing and serial killers in this episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:30.4

Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.

0:33.2

It's ready.

0:34.0

Are you?

0:35.8

Welcome to StuffyShitNo from HouseStuffWorks.com.

0:45.7

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:47.4

Actually I should probably try it.

0:49.1

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:51.3

This is about serial killers, right?

0:53.7

Yeah.

0:54.7

Actually, I'm glad you brought that up because I wanted to mention that we have a lot of fun

0:58.0

in the show and we joke around and we will probably do that in the serial killer podcast.

1:02.4

You know we will.

1:03.4

And I find them fascinating but we always remember that there are real victims here and we

1:07.9

don't want to mix light with that.

1:09.7

Yeah, no.

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