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S1E4: The Second Wave: America's Most Notorious Serial Killers
Becoming Evil: Serial Killers
Becoming Evil: Serial Killers S1E4: The Second Wave: America's Most Notorious Serial Killers
- Aired: 2019-05-14
- Runtime: 58 minutes
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Overview
After surviving the Great Depression and World War II, America entered an idyllic age, The Atomic Age, where wholesome values and classic Americana were king. Dads could work in a factory and afford to send his kids to college. Moms could stay at home. And families could afford homes in newly emerging suburbia. Life was home baked chocolate chip cookies. Simple and good. However, 50s America was also a time of heinous crimes. The emerging media of television shined its light on all sorts of cruel and inhuman acts - warfare, riots, segregation, and a new awareness psychopathic, serial killers.