<p>Many serial killers are survivors of early childhood trauma of some kind – physical or sexual abuse, family dysfunction, emotionally distant or absent parents. Trauma is the single recurring theme in the biographies of most killers, but there are many many more times the amount of people that have child hood trauma, abuse, neglect sexual abuse etc and yet the rest of us aren’t out here slaying bodies we just out here with complex PTSD…. SO the real question still remains why are some people predisposed to be serial killers?  My answer its simple… its both nurture and nature… the person has to be born chemically or biologically different and then nurture has to get involved and introduce violence, neglect, abandonment, abuse… and wham bam serial killer, lets discuss GARY GILMORE</p>

Many serial killers are survivors of early childhood trauma of some kind – physical or sexual abuse, family dysfunction, emotionally distant or absent parents. Trauma is the single recurring theme in the biographies of most killers, but there are many many more times the amount of people that have child hood trauma, abuse, neglect sexual abuse etc and yet the rest of us aren’t out here slaying bodies we just out here with complex PTSD…. SO the real question still remains why are some people predisposed to be serial killers? My answer its simple… its both nurture and nature… the person has to be born chemically or biologically different and then nurture has to get involved and introduce violence, neglect, abandonment, abuse… and wham bam serial killer, lets discuss GARY GILMORE

<p>Many serial killers are survivors of early childhood trauma of some kind – physical or sexual abuse, family dysfunction, emotionally distant or absent parents. Trauma is the single recurring theme in the biographies of most killers, but there are many many more times the amount of people that have child hood trauma, abuse, neglect sexual abuse etc and yet the rest of us aren’t out here slaying bodies we just out here with complex PTSD…. SO the real question still remains why are some people predisposed to be serial killers?&nbsp; My answer its simple… its both nurture and nature… the person has to be born chemically or biologically different and then nurture has to get involved and introduce violence, neglect, abandonment, abuse… and wham bam serial killer, lets discuss GARY GILMORE</p>

Nature or Nurture The Gary Gilmore story

<div>Early on Wednesday.</div>
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<div>That’s when the stories nobody wants to tell start to unravel. When the headlines have gone quiet, but the evidence still screams.</div>
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<div>Every week, two investigative journalists dig past the official reports and tear into the cases that never found closure. Unsolved murders, vanishing cults, the fractured psychology behind true crime—if there’s a file stamped “inconclusive,” we’re the ones prying it open.</div>
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<div>But we don’t stop at crime scenes and courtrooms. We follow the trail into conspiracies, cryptids, and the paranormal—anywhere the facts twist into something darker. We gather what’s buried, piece together what’s missing, and hold up the uncomfortable truths that most would rather leave in the dark.</div>
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<div>On Early on Wednesday, you’ll find the psychological patterns behind the horror, the hidden details history tried to erase, and the connections that make your skin crawl.</div>
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<div>Because every mystery leaves a paper trail. And we intend to follow it—wherever it leads.</div>

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Early on Wednesday. That’s when the stories nobody wants to tell start to unravel. When the headlines have gone quiet, but the evidence still screams. Every week, two investigative journalists dig past the official reports and tear into the cases that never found closure. Unsolved murders, vanishing cults, the fractured psychology behind true crime—if there’s a file stamped “inconclusive,” we’re the ones prying it open. But we don’t stop at crime scenes and courtrooms. We follow the trail into conspiracies, cryptids, and the paranormal—anywhere the facts twist into something darker. We gather what’s buried, piece together what’s missing, and hold up the uncomfortable truths that most would rather leave in the dark. On Early on Wednesday, you’ll find the psychological patterns behind the horror, the hidden details history tried to erase, and the connections that make your skin crawl. Because every mystery leaves a paper trail. And we intend to follow it—wherever it leads.

Early on Wednesday.

That’s when the stories nobody wants to tell start to unravel. When the headlines have gone quiet, but the evidence still screams.

Every week, two investigative journalists dig past the official reports and tear into the cases that never found closure. Unsolved murders, vanishing cults, the fractured psychology behind true crime—if there’s a file stamped “inconclusive,” we’re the ones prying it open.

But we don’t stop at crime scenes and courtrooms. We follow the trail into conspiracies, cryptids, and the paranormal—anywhere the facts twist into something darker. We gather what’s buried, piece together what’s missing, and hold up the uncomfortable truths that most would rather leave in the dark.

On Early on Wednesday, you’ll find the psychological patterns behind the horror, the hidden details history tried to erase, and the connections that make your skin crawl.

Because every mystery leaves a paper trail. And we intend to follow it—wherever it leads.

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