606: The Boogeyman Effect The Philosophy of Crime

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

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