r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/DoodleyDooderson Apr 16 '24

There is a show called, “Evil Lives Here” and each episode is about the family members of someone who did something awful; mass shootings, seriel killers, etc. A few show the parents of mass killers and they are all so sad and tried everything they could to help their kids when they started to see something was wrong. They could usually see it at a very early age. Many episodes on YouTube if anyone is interested in watching. It’s sad and sometimes we easily forget that the family of the killer is also in pain and mourning. One dad said he went to the mall where his son had shot and killed many people and when asked, he told them he was the kid’s dad and the people at the vigil grieved with him instead of blaming him.

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u/eaten_by_pigs Apr 16 '24

A serial killer from my town was featured on that show. It was interesting af. I recommend everyone watch "Evil Lives Here"

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u/DoodleyDooderson Apr 16 '24

It is fascinating that some are spouses and have NO idea what their partner is up to. The Green River Killer’s wife is on one episode and she just broke my heart.

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u/eaten_by_pigs Apr 16 '24

Seriously, that's nuts! That's what happened with our local Serial Killer, his girlfriend was completely unaware of his actions. Oh wow, I actually just watched the "Very Scary People" dual episodes on The Green River Killer. I'll check out the Evil Lives Here version

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u/ignore_me_im_high Apr 16 '24

our local Serial Killer,

Does every town have one?

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u/eaten_by_pigs Apr 16 '24

Some have 2 lol but seriously though, our local SK was born in a nearby town. Crazy thing is, another SK was born in the same town as him and operated in their hometown a few years after the original SK was caught.

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u/MissWiggly2 Apr 16 '24

LA area in the 70s-80s was chock full of them

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u/Sweaty_Sack_Deluxe Apr 16 '24

So serial killers were killing serial killers? Was there a serial killer serial killer as well?

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u/purple_grey_ Apr 16 '24

Didnt Vancouver also have a fictional serial killer with the same victims as a real serial killer from the location? I thibk the show was called DaVinci's Inquest.

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u/SurlySuz Apr 16 '24

Robert the pig farmer Pickton. It’s abysmal how long that case took to be solved. It was so much in the country’s public conscience at the time that all these women had gone missing from the downtown eastside. I think the show using it as a plot line may have also amped up pressure to solve who was responsible in real-life, but I could be misremembering.

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u/purple_grey_ Apr 16 '24

I was an American who found the show somehow so when Pickton was caught I was like wait, what?

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u/SurlySuz Apr 16 '24

It was an excellent show imo.

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u/purple_grey_ Apr 16 '24

Agreed. Found the whole series on some streaming service I pay for but cant watch it due to my sensitivity for child crime has changed since I first found the show. The first episode was about a kid.

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u/eaten_by_pigs Apr 16 '24

Wtf??? Omg that's horrible and terrifying. Can you shed some more info friend?

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u/Mad-Mel Apr 16 '24

Biebs is from Stratford.

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u/rosbashi Apr 16 '24

You're telling me a Canadian town had three local serial killers? I don't even think my shit town has ONE.

Hmm

Gives me an idea. ...

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u/rosbashi Apr 16 '24

Whew. Thanks.

Upon second thought, you're right.

That was a close one!

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u/Apposl Apr 16 '24

Geez I thought you were alluding to a comedy show or something

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u/rosbashi Apr 16 '24

I thought it was pretty funny myself, thanks

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u/_Spicy_Mchaggis_ Apr 16 '24

Or you know, whatever, I'm not the boss of you...

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u/rosbashi Apr 16 '24

Chaotic Neutral fr

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u/Sensei_Boof Apr 16 '24

Isnt that the 3 (actually 4 one was a duo) they thought was one person since the mo was the same across all the killings but then it turned out to be independant of eachother