Financial ruin? Marital rage? Or just profound self-pity? We run down the terrifyingly mundane reasons a person decides their entire family is better off gone. Tune in for a rapid-fire look at familicide, the crime where the destruction is total and the motive is pure, twisted control.

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Independent - "Woman who planned the murder of most of her family reveals why she did it."
Daily News - "Dad whose wife and sons were slaughtered forgives daughter for plotting murders"
NBC News - "Police: Boyfriend wanted to kill girl's parents"
Oxygen - "'I Don't Care - Do What You Gotta Do': Texas Teen Plots The Slaughter Of Her Family With Her Boyfriend"
abc News - "Shooting, Arson Survivor Whose Family Was Slain forgives Daughter, Killers For Plotting Murders"
The New Zealand - "Chilling moment police tell Terry Caffey his daughter had their family killed"
CNN - "Daughter, 16, charged in murder of mother, brothers"
Texas Monthly - "Flesh and Blood"
True Crime Central - "Piers Morgan Interviews Woman Who Killed Her Entire Family | Erin Caffey | True Crime Interview" (YouTube)

abc News - "British Millionaire 'Killed Family, Torched House'"
The Guardian - "Millionaire facing ruin shot wife and daughter and then killed himself"
BBC News - "Police praised for Osbaston House mansion deaths case"
Crime and Investigation - "Christopher Foster"