" I still feel the back - breaking weight of guilt and sorrow for the family of his victims . Nothing can be done to make correctly what he selfishly took from so many multitude . And that will forever haunt me . "
Ina recent AMA(ask me anything) Reddit thread, site userDesigner_Ad3014wrote, “My father was a serial killer AMA.” They clarified under the caption that, a few years ago, their dad had died. He had killed nine people. Here are some of the most-upvoted questions and answers:
Note : all of the people fancy below are from stock figure of speech and have no association with the story .
u/BigYonsanasked, “1) Do you think having a family prevented him from killing anyone at times? 2) How do you think he felt towards you? I genuinely wonder with most of the killers I’ve read about if the lack of empathy is total or greatly diminished but still present in some aspects.”
u/PersistNeverthelesswanted to know, “How is your relationship with your mother? How is she doing now? Do you think your father had a family in order to pass as normal? I hope your romantic partners don’t treat you differently when they find out.”
“How was home life? Also, do you think he felt remorse?“u/PossumKing94wrote.
“What did you go through in the year following his arrest? Emotionally and physically how did you react to finding out?“u/Ranch-dressing1999commented.
“Has it made you interested in psychology or completely uninterested? Different circumstances than yours but I learned some shocking information about a parent. I’m still trying to deal with it a year later. I can’t imagine being in your situation and also being so young at the time,“u/hdnpnwrote.
u/MoscuPekinwanted to know, “When you found out what your father had done, were there any ‘loose ends’ or behaviours of his that you understood at that moment?”
“How was the moment when you found out that he had been arrested? Where were you and what was the first thing you thought? How did your friends and schoolmates react?” askedu/MoscuPekin.
u/Curiousbabybellewanted to know which signs might out someone as a serial killer, to whichu/Designer_Ad3014replied, “A transient lifestyle, shallow connections, and no real deep history anyplace. Flashes of coldness and rage in an otherwise charming person. Honestly, it’s just a feeling I get from subconscious cues, having been raised by one. It’s hard to spot a serial killer because who the heck thinks someone is actually capable of it, even if they are a bad person.”
u/Spirited_Drawer_3408asked, “Is there any chance you or your mom could have used a murder weapon without knowing it was used to kill someone?”
When asked byu/whitegirlbuddhistif he had any compassion for his dad,u/Designer_Ad3014wrote, “I feel compassion for his childhood. If I picture a little boy like myself being treated horribly my heart breaks for him but the man that cruelly took lives and ruined the lives of their loved ones? No, I have no compassion for him.”
“Usually serial killers keep a ‘trophy’ from each victim. What were his trophies? Did he keep them stashed away somewhere? Did anyone ever find them prior to his arrest?” askedu/False-positive1971.
u/Unmarkable357wanted to know, “Has anybody talked about your dad’s case to you without them knowing you are his son?”
u/CourtesyLikasked, “What was your and your mother’s relationship with him after the arrest? Any contact or just cold-turkey cut ties?”
H/T to r/AMA andu/Designer_Ad3014for having this discussion.
Note : submission have been edited for length and/or clarity .
