A Texas Ranger got a prolific serial killer to talk

Post by maxerickson » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 6:22 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #14

archeantus wrote: post #7

Kind of sickening how he builds up his ego and tells him he loves him. Seems like that kind of treatment could potentially skew the accuracy of the confession. “Hmm, I like being loved and praised and fed milkshakes here in prison, I’m going to keep talking, even if it isn’t true!”

Very few details about the confirmations of the confessions here, and a lot of insistence that Little has a "photographic memory" a pseudoscientific claim which implies we shouldn't question whether these confessions are real. There is a mutual relationship here: Little gets company, attention, and praise, police get to wipe 57 cases off their books that they have no intention of ever trying in a court, and this part…

Post by DanBC » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC

maxerickson wrote: post #21

pessimizer wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very few details about the confirmations of the confessions here, and a lot of insistence that Little has a "photographic memory" a pseudoscientific claim which implies we shouldn't question whether these confessions are real. There is a mutual relationship here: Little gets company, attention, and praise, police get to wipe 57 cases off their books that they have no intention of ever trying in a court, and this part…

It's so weird to be deeply cynical about the detective's obviously cynical relationship with the killer.

Post by rendall » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 7:43 PM UTC

rjf72 wrote: post #13

e40 wrote: post #6

Pressed about his life story, Little traced the urge to kill to his youth. He said he got his first erection in kindergarten when he watched his teacher touch her neck. Later in grade school, he dreamed of killing a girl who stroked her neck while teasing him. He said it, but I have trouble believing that. There had to be something before that, perhaps something too far back to remember?

Let's imagine a hypothetical. Imagine we take a fresh planet, mostly identical to Earth. And we populate it with 1 billion infants, a billion robotic baby sitters, and no external influence. Our robotic Rosies will all behave identically and simply ensure the children do not starve and receive a homogeneous education. All will also be raised in mostly homogeneous settings. Do you believe that there would be no murder…

Post by js2 » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 8:10 PM UTC

santiagogo wrote: post #20

stebann wrote: post #17

It's amazing how can a professional solve this cases where others couldn't. Why there is so much hate towards women in US? I mean, particularly, these serial killers. Cases like this are rarely seen in South America, where violence has other drives (many times much less psychological).

Unfortunately (I am South American) I think you are wrong. Some of the most prolific serial killers have been South Smerican, but serial killers are not such a popular topic on the news here so it's not as widely known. I would think it's also logical that serial killers tend to focus on women and children because they are generally easier to overpower than another male. There is probably also a sexual component to k…

Post by johnisgood » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

Enginerrrd wrote: post #10

e40 wrote: post #6

Pressed about his life story, Little traced the urge to kill to his youth. He said he got his first erection in kindergarten when he watched his teacher touch her neck. Later in grade school, he dreamed of killing a girl who stroked her neck while teasing him. He said it, but I have trouble believing that. There had to be something before that, perhaps something too far back to remember?

It shouldn't be that hard to believe. The reality is some people are born with biologically or structurally dysfunctional brains. Is it hard for you to believe that someone could be born with schizophrenia? What about autism? What about poor impulse control? When you think about the complicated interplay of social interaction in HEALTHY humans, which includes their innate capacity for violence (We definitely are part…