Elena

So she's like really being forced into it. And there's a power dynamic there too because he's so much older.

And after a couple of years, what had begun as a happy marriage started to kind of devolve into like a difficult, frustrating, and very confusing relationship for her. Yeah. And the more preoccupied that Ralphine became with their daughter Megan, because children require attention, the more depressed Jerry became.

And after a couple of years, what had begun as a happy marriage started to kind of devolve into like a difficult, frustrating, and very confusing relationship for her. Yeah. And the more preoccupied that Ralphine became with their daughter Megan, because children require attention, the more depressed Jerry became.

Yeah, he doesn't understand that why she's paying attention to her. And so he would leave the house. And when he left the house and spent a lot of time out of the house, he would engage in his own his old habits.

Yeah, he doesn't understand that why she's paying attention to her. And so he would leave the house. And when he left the house and spent a lot of time out of the house, he would engage in his own his old habits.

And when they were at home, Ralphine couldn't help but notice that Jerry seemed distant and became very disinterested in their daughter, actually just ignoring her or pushing her away whenever she wanted his attention.

And when they were at home, Ralphine couldn't help but notice that Jerry seemed distant and became very disinterested in their daughter, actually just ignoring her or pushing her away whenever she wanted his attention.

And later, Ralphine would wonder whether Jerry resented Megan for taking up so much of her time, and I believe that is it. Yeah, it sounds that way. He became more depressed, more unhappy when he was at home, and the more he isolated himself from his family and spent time outside of the house, the worse it got.

And later, Ralphine would wonder whether Jerry resented Megan for taking up so much of her time, and I believe that is it. Yeah, it sounds that way. He became more depressed, more unhappy when he was at home, and the more he isolated himself from his family and spent time outside of the house, the worse it got.

So by the end of the 1960s, his ability to resist his darker impulses that we know he has inside of him, they were weakening considerably. Now, his path to becoming a killer was very long and very complicated.

So by the end of the 1960s, his ability to resist his darker impulses that we know he has inside of him, they were weakening considerably. Now, his path to becoming a killer was very long and very complicated.

Yeah, and we're starting to enter the late 60s, but I mean, he's going through so many iterations of what his darker impulses are. And if you try to identify any one thing that pushed him over the edge into violence and brutality, I don't think you'd be able to figure out what it is.

Yeah, and we're starting to enter the late 60s, but I mean, he's going through so many iterations of what his darker impulses are. And if you try to identify any one thing that pushed him over the edge into violence and brutality, I don't think you'd be able to figure out what it is.

But we know that an event that happened right before things got really bad was the birth of his second child. Okay. And it was in late 1967. And so in Jerry's head somehow, he believed witnessing the birth of this baby would somehow absolve him of all the bad things he'd done and would set him on a better path. Okay.

But we know that an event that happened right before things got really bad was the birth of his second child. Okay. And it was in late 1967. And so in Jerry's head somehow, he believed witnessing the birth of this baby would somehow absolve him of all the bad things he'd done and would set him on a better path. Okay.

He said he just believed if he witnessed the birth of his child, he would become a better person. Okay. Which, like, that in and of itself is not, you're like, okay. I kind of get it. Sure. Like, why not?

He said he just believed if he witnessed the birth of his child, he would become a better person. Okay. Which, like, that in and of itself is not, you're like, okay. I kind of get it. Sure. Like, why not?

Yeah. So he made Ralphine promise that when the time came, she would have one of the nurses come get him from the waiting room and bring him into the delivery room so he could witness this. Yeah, okay. But when the time came, no one came to get him to see the birth.

Yeah. So he made Ralphine promise that when the time came, she would have one of the nurses come get him from the waiting room and bring him into the delivery room so he could witness this. Yeah, okay. But when the time came, no one came to get him to see the birth.

And he tried to force his way into the room, but the hospital staff actually blocked him and said they were given explicit orders from the doctor to keep him out. So what the fuck happened there? So this obviously devastated him because he had this whole plan. And then he learned that it was Ralphine who told the doctors not to let him in the room. And so he demanded to know why she would do that.