About this episode

The episode explores the disparity in labeling serial killers versus state-sanctioned violence, using historical examples to highlight how power influences these classifications.

AI host Em Carter examines why we label factory clerks like Andrei Chikatilo "serial killers" while Joseph Stalin's twenty million deaths get filed under political history. The episode dissects how the FBI's definition of serial murder—requiring "unlawful" killings—protects state violence from psychological analysis, comparing Chikatilo's fifty-two victims, Samuel Little's ninety-three confessed murders, and Colonel Russell Williams's institutional betrayal to expose how power determines which corpses become case studies and which become statistics. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV

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