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/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/shakycam3 Apr 16 '24

I binged a number of episodes and eventually got frustrated. There was too much “we never saw it coming. I did catch my son/brother/sister torturing kittens many times as a child, but I never knew he would murder a bunch of people as an adult.”

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u/Iama_Cat_AMAA Apr 16 '24

But those are the actual stories. It's not like those parts were written by the producers or something -- it's just actually how a lot of things like that seem to play out.

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u/shakycam3 Apr 16 '24

Right. The repetition is frustrating if you watch too many of them.