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William Bonin - Pt 1 
Childhood
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Once he got back from the war, he would beat his wife, then regret it
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Once he left the orphanage and moved away, he would tie up and molest neighborhood kids and younger brother
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In Nov 1968, he bludgeoned, restrained, raped a 12 year-old boy then released him
Once Bonin climbed in the ranks, he raped two lower-ranked soldiers
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Had a 120 IQ
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In 1973, was moved from hospital to prison, where he raped other inmates
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In Sept 1975, Bonin picked up 14-year-old David McVicket. Pulled over in a desert, then stripped, bound and beat him.
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Podcast reflections
The idea that his mother sent him to an orphanage for a better life is juxtaposed with the harshness of the living conditions.
I was shocked that it only took a single night of talking to convince Vernon Butts to kill children with him.
The narrator tried to get people to sympathize with Bonin in his early years by describing in vivid details the horrors he experienced as a child.
It bothered me when the narrators would describe what he did to children and then just write the cause off as a replication of his own upbringing.
Described as cruel, malicious monster, most arch-evil person to exist, soulless killer