[ SECRET POST #4130 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4130 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation]



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[Lee Pace]


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[Spyro Reignited Trilogy]


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[How I Met Your Mother]









Notes:

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Comments

They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

This case is of the same levels of infamy as the Zodiac Killer.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/us/golden-state-killer-development/index.html

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[mrs_don_draper]

I always comforted myself about those stories by telling myself I didn't need to worry about people like them because they were probably dead already, so this definitely freaked me out! :|

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, statistically you are far more likely to be murdered by someone you know than a random serial killer.

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

This is true. More specifically, a man you know: boyfriend/husband, family member, friend, or co-worker.

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

On the one hand, just because specific serial killers get old and die, that doesn't mean that evil people stop being born.

On the other hand, the number of active serial killers has apparently dropped significantly since the 80s (from around 200 to around 50 according to some estimates) so you're probably OK

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

I LOVE the theory that the number of serial killers (and overall violence) dropped along with the change from leaded to unleaded gasoline. So fascinating.

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. I think that's probably only one reason among several but it's so interesting how things like that can have these deep, radical, far reaching effects.

But it also depresses me, because it underscores how much those seemingly small things matter. how many other little tiny harmful things are there out there that we let go on out of inertia or lack of political will and how much worse are they making the world?

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[mrs_don_draper]

I like the Tumblr post that posits that the number of serial killers decreased because people don't open the door for strangers/hitchhike/help randos on the street anymore like they did in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. I listened to the Case File podcasts of the Original Nightstalker and I was so scared that they never caught him, I hope the people he hurt can get some sense of justice/closure now they've found him

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[kamino_neko]

Jesus, he was a cop.

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[dani_phantasma]

I know that was my reaction. Holy carp that's scary to think about. *shudder*

Re: They caught the Original Nightstalker!

[nightscale]

Jesus.

I mean it's good that they caught him but wow.

My question is: has he really been dormant all this time?

[(Anonymous)]

Or did he just get better at covering his crimes up? I've seen speculation that he stopped because he had kids or DNA was gaining traction, but I thought a lot of serials feel a compulsion and generally only stop if they are physically incapable (through injury, disease, or imprisonment). I suppose it could have been channeled into something else, but if having kids is really the answer, I'm not sure what to do with that.