CAMELOT FANTASIES

Very recently I watched an old episode of 48 Hours. It was about the serial killings in Texas bayous in the 80s spanning over a few decades. However the killing has stopped since the last decade and my guess is, the serial killer got older and unable to prowl as much or might have even died, who knows. About 30 or more girls, most being under 20, went missing and most of them were never found. Parents are still searching for answers. Local Police were never a big help as they simply dismissed all cases as being a 'run away' case so parents were left helpless and had to take matters at hand out of desperation but most importantly, to find out the truth. They even made a movie on this in 2011 called "Texas Killing Fields" (you can find it on NetFlix) but that movie, like any other Hollywood cliche, is a feel good movie and far from the real story (you need this episode to know this), as usual. So I wouldn't really recommend you to watch this. I would rather watch that 48 Hours. Why settle for fake stuff?

This then led me to do this little research of mine as I've come across so many American serial killer stories over the years that one really have to wonder about these things and here's what I found.

- America holds the notorious record of producing the most serial killers in the world. More than half what rest of the world has produced so far. Wiki has a very long list of all the American serial killers.

America also happens to be the country...

- where most school shootings have taken place (believe it or not, the shooting goes as far back as the 1700s)

- the most obese country in the world

- one of the top ten countries that are in deep debt

Those are some staggering stats I must say.

Staggering indeed Emma. Fascinating post.


We seem to have most freedom here so that could be a variable in the serial equation.

Americans are also able get their hands on deadly weapons fairly easily or so it appears