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zeiandren t1_jebxb93 wrote

Trends come and go. Right now the hot thing is shooting school children and we get like one of those a week.

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discountbbl t1_jebzlsv wrote

probably the internet. i’ve never murdered anybody but i wouldn’t even try because of the technology that’s available… really easy to get caught i’d imagine in 2023.

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never_go_full_potato t1_jeck80w wrote

I think it’s two factors. First, they weren’t as prevalent as we think they were in the past, we just lump a half century’s worth of serial killer history into “recent past” and it feels like they were everywhere. Second I think it’s a lot harder to get away with now. The combination of better inter-agency communication in law enforcement, digitized fingerprint and dna databases and cameras everywhere mean that they get caught before they go on decade long multi-state killing spree.

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