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He wasn't abused

posted 10 years ago by manram24
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Keith Jesperson, the real Happy Face Killer didn't have an abusive childhood. Would have been interesting if they gone with that instead of using the tired old "he was abused as a child" gimmick that every serial killer movie uses. It makes it more surprising/interesting that he had a happy childhood yet became a killer, I think.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] crazysweetfahsho 10 years ago

Keith Jesperson, the real Happy Face Killer didn't have an abusive childhood.

What source are you basing that on that no abuse occurred?

According to the author Jack Olsen who wrote a book on Jesperson, Olsen was able to confirm much of the abuse claims.

[–] manram24 10 years ago

What source are you basing that on that no abuse occurred?

Just the documentaries I watched. I'll have to look up the book by Olsen though, I'm just going by what I heard/watched. I've never read the book.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] manram24 10 years ago

So in the book does it mention anything about him wanting to be a Mounty? B/c I personally never heard of that until the movie...

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours