606: The Boogeyman Effect

When a new serial killer is caught, police have the tendency to try to blame them for every other murder in the vicinity. Why is it easier for us to believe in one Boogeyman rather than several?

Covered topics: Sam Little, Arie Kruglanski, Donna Webster, Edward Wayne Edwards, Rex Heuermann, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius

Further Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism https://www.orionphilosophy.com/stoic-blog/4-stoic-life-lessons-to-manage-fear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Edwards_(serial_killer) https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/01/26/avery-case-great-falls-ties/79376778/ https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-we-need-answers https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/btk-daughter-dennis-rader-kerri-rawson.html https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/in-the-shadows https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/10/11/akron-mother-murdered-was-victim-serial-killer-samuel-little/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/05/29/texas-ranger-serial-killer-samuel-little https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/how-serial-killer-samuel-little-was-caught.html https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/worst-serial-killer-history-samuel-little-confessions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Little https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619 https://www.dps.texas.gov/coldCase/Home/Details/197 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.