Dr. Marissa Harrison

So more so than someone in the general population would experience. But let me tell you something that I don't necessarily have data on that I probably could gather data on. But when I wrote the book, Just as Deadly, I put together about 27 different case studies. And I try to write about the psychology and whatnot. And what I did was I wrote about Five men and then the rest were women.

And I wrote about the men to show just how different female serial killers are. And I can tell you in almost every one of those cases, that person was severely sexually abused when they were younger. And I've heard people come out of the woodwork and say, no, it's a myth that serial killers were women. Sexually molested? No, it's not. No, it's not. I have read this.

And I wrote about the men to show just how different female serial killers are. And I can tell you in almost every one of those cases, that person was severely sexually abused when they were younger. And I've heard people come out of the woodwork and say, no, it's a myth that serial killers were women. Sexually molested? No, it's not. No, it's not. I have read this.

And I wrote about the men to show just how different female serial killers are. And I can tell you in almost every one of those cases, that person was severely sexually abused when they were younger. And I've heard people come out of the woodwork and say, no, it's a myth that serial killers were women. Sexually molested? No, it's not. No, it's not. I have read this.

Now, again, let me stress, for people who have had that terrible thing done to them when they were kids, almost everybody would never grow up and hurt somebody else, let alone kill them. But if you want to see a common denominator in both male and female serial killers, you see this profound CSA, childhood sexual abuse. I've seen it in the data.

Now, again, let me stress, for people who have had that terrible thing done to them when they were kids, almost everybody would never grow up and hurt somebody else, let alone kill them. But if you want to see a common denominator in both male and female serial killers, you see this profound CSA, childhood sexual abuse. I've seen it in the data.

Now, again, let me stress, for people who have had that terrible thing done to them when they were kids, almost everybody would never grow up and hurt somebody else, let alone kill them. But if you want to see a common denominator in both male and female serial killers, you see this profound CSA, childhood sexual abuse. I've seen it in the data.

Absolutely. You said that brilliantly. You're absolutely right. And when somebody experiences that violation when they're younger, I mean, it's shown in the research that I don't conduct, right? Definitely behavioral neuroscience research, your nervous system literally rewires itself. So imagine somebody who is violated when they are a child. Certainly they are more reactive.

Absolutely. You said that brilliantly. You're absolutely right. And when somebody experiences that violation when they're younger, I mean, it's shown in the research that I don't conduct, right? Definitely behavioral neuroscience research, your nervous system literally rewires itself. So imagine somebody who is violated when they are a child. Certainly they are more reactive.

Absolutely. You said that brilliantly. You're absolutely right. And when somebody experiences that violation when they're younger, I mean, it's shown in the research that I don't conduct, right? Definitely behavioral neuroscience research, your nervous system literally rewires itself. So imagine somebody who is violated when they are a child. Certainly they are more reactive.

Their nervous system is more sensitive to any kind of aggression, et cetera, et cetera. Um, it's, it's terrible. It absolutely changes who the person is. And you're right. And again, Male serial killers, again, I don't study them as thoroughly as I do female serial killers, but it is my understanding. Most are sex crimes and they might start out as experiencing a paraphilia.

Their nervous system is more sensitive to any kind of aggression, et cetera, et cetera. Um, it's, it's terrible. It absolutely changes who the person is. And you're right. And again, Male serial killers, again, I don't study them as thoroughly as I do female serial killers, but it is my understanding. Most are sex crimes and they might start out as experiencing a paraphilia.

Their nervous system is more sensitive to any kind of aggression, et cetera, et cetera. Um, it's, it's terrible. It absolutely changes who the person is. And you're right. And again, Male serial killers, again, I don't study them as thoroughly as I do female serial killers, but it is my understanding. Most are sex crimes and they might start out as experiencing a paraphilia.

So what that is, is like an abnormal sexual interest, maybe in like I'm not saying it's abnormal. Do what you need to do. But there are. Um, psychological classifications that would say, for example, a shoe fetish is abnormal, et cetera. So it might start out with that and then it might eventuate to watching somebody get undressed and maybe that doesn't fulfill the gratification or the fantasy.

So what that is, is like an abnormal sexual interest, maybe in like I'm not saying it's abnormal. Do what you need to do. But there are. Um, psychological classifications that would say, for example, a shoe fetish is abnormal, et cetera. So it might start out with that and then it might eventuate to watching somebody get undressed and maybe that doesn't fulfill the gratification or the fantasy.

So what that is, is like an abnormal sexual interest, maybe in like I'm not saying it's abnormal. Do what you need to do. But there are. Um, psychological classifications that would say, for example, a shoe fetish is abnormal, et cetera. So it might start out with that and then it might eventuate to watching somebody get undressed and maybe that doesn't fulfill the gratification or the fantasy.

Uh, so it, it eventuates and, and, and. sorry, escalates right to attacking somebody. So we see that there was somebody by the name of Jerome Bruto. It's Jerome Brutus, who was a serial killer. And he started off with a shoe fetish.

Uh, so it, it eventuates and, and, and. sorry, escalates right to attacking somebody. So we see that there was somebody by the name of Jerome Bruto. It's Jerome Brutus, who was a serial killer. And he started off with a shoe fetish.

Uh, so it, it eventuates and, and, and. sorry, escalates right to attacking somebody. So we see that there was somebody by the name of Jerome Bruto. It's Jerome Brutus, who was a serial killer. And he started off with a shoe fetish.

Then he started killing women and literally keeping their legs, literally severing their body parts and keeping their legs, sexually assaulting them and then keeping their legs to show off his shoe collection. And, So that's a really, really worst case scenario, right? But it happened. And again, serial murder is rare and female serial killers are even rarer, but it does happen.