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appalachiablue

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2. You never know. How this arsonist went undetected so long with such a sick mind

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 05:56 PM

Mar 2018

and was able to work while carrying out deadly obsessions and murder for decades is bewildering. Glad in some ways that I missed this DC story. In following a few cases of sociopaths in the news and some research, I've never come across information about whether or not sociopathic and psychopathic disorders are hereditary, run in families or are associated with other forms of mental illness. I hope not.

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"As with most sociopaths, he likes to brag." An investigator recalls D.C.'s deadly serial arsonist. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 OP

"He had only just begun to confess to his crimes." IronLionZion Mar 2018 #1

You never know. How this arsonist went undetected so long with such a sick mind appalachiablue Mar 2018 #2