CC202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Flashlight, Ruth Wilson, Autopsy
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80s marked what we understood what a serial killer was and what satanism was. Introduced concept of satanism as basis of serial homicide. Born in el paso, texas in 1960. Main influence was his adult cousin: lsd marijuana cocaine addict, vietnam veteran, showed him polaroid of him killing people at war, learned how to night fight from him. By 13 he is a total social outcast. Becomes only eye witness to his cousin stabbing his wife 100 times. Within few years, he only lived off chocolate and cocaine. Only listened to heavy metal music: fan of acdc, and the song night prowler. Said heavy metal would lead young men into moral decay: devil"s music. Interested in phenomenon called back masking: you play it backwards, singers would layer their music with subconscious messages of. Law made that u can be fired if u said anything about back masking.
