1 In 6 Serial Killers Are Women, Here's Why - Dr Marissa Harrison

That thumbnail gave me chills. My BF and I picked her up while she was hitching along I-4 here in central Florida back in 1989, thinking that her car had broken down or some such. The moment she got into the back seat every instinct we had screamed "GET HER OUT!" She gave us a sob story about needing to get to Tampa because her kids had no sitter. We dropped her off at a Waffle House with enough money to make a few phone calls (the only way to lure her out of our car). Not having a TV and being very busy with work at the time, I didn't find out who she was until the film "Monster" came out. Needless to say, that was the last time I so much as paused for a hitchhiker.

I noticed in school that I could get away with anything but certain people would get detention if they breathed wrong. I'm small and quiet. That doesn't mean I wasn't skipping class. It's weird, the associations we make. You can get away with a lot as a small woman!

Dr Harrison’s insights into the psychology of female serial killers add a whole new layer to understanding human behaviour. It’s fascinating (and chilling) to see how motives and methods differ by gender.

My mother was a cold person whose energy literally scared anyone she met. She was incapable of empathy and thought she was better than literally everyone. I dont think she was a killer, but it us so odd because her mother was the sterotypical sweetest, softest, most gentle but smart lady i ever knew. I was raised by grandmother my mother was who knows where. Theres nothing wrong with feminine steroetypes. Id rather be a loving, kind woman than the opposite.

I got into this to analyze my mother and why she does and says the things she does. Outwardly and looking at patterns of behavior she most likely is borderline/narcissist. No one believed me it was as bad as it was for years. Not even a therapist. This demographic that you described hit me in the gut. Society needs to wake up and believe people when they say they are being hurt by someone in someway! Thanks for the info!

never thought I'd ever click on a Video with a title like that, but here I am

“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others”.

Dr. Harrison is such a sweet heart.

Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Here's the timestamps: 00:00 Studying Female Serial Killers 03:56 Why Marissa Receives So Much Criticism 06:50 Why is the World Obsessed With Serial Killers? 11:41 Demographics of Female Serial Killers 19:34 The Jump From Nurturing to Murdering 25:38 Why More Female Serial Killers Are Married 28:59 Does Abuse Create Serial Killers? 35:17 Most Common Victims of Female Serial Killers 39:36 How Often Do Female Serial Killers Kill Their Children? 44:31 Motives Through an Evolutionary Lens 49:06 Most Common Weapons of Choice 54:43 Does Our Current Society Deter Potential Serial Killers? 1:00:47 The Important Role of Psychology in Stopping Crime 1:02:58 Where to Find Marissa

While visiting London in 1997, I went to the controversial Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art. The painting titled, Myra was a reproduction of Myra Hindley's mugshot. The artist painted it as a mosaic using casts of an infant's hand. I knew nothing of the murders - just what I read in some of the papers at the time - seeing it was honestly the most visceral reaction I've ever had to a piece of art. Chilling doesn't begin to cover the range of emotions it stirred up. Bone-chilling and haunting are closer. As the English used to say, "it did my head in" and I still think about that painting from time to time. Easy to understand why she's still such a controversial figure - for all the reasons mentioned in this conversation and way more. I don't have children of my own but I think protecting babies is such a primal instinctual component of what it means to be human that to intentionally harm an infant is surely the definition of inhuman, inhumane monster.