80: The Killer Virgin - Inside The Twisted World of Elliot Rodger aka "King of the Incels"

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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0:44.3	Makeup podcast each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals
0:48.2	in history and today we are going to be talking about the case of Elliot Roger.
0:52.4	So Elliot Roger, I don't even know where to start with this man.
0:58.0	Elliot Roger is sometimes referred to as the King of the Insels or even the Killer Virgin. He spent a lot of time in
1:07.8	the Insel community online forming some pretty dark and dangerous views on society and women more specifically.
1:15.8	He called himself the supreme gentleman and was particularly bitter
1:21.6	about the fact that he was still a virgin and no woman was ever
1:25.2	interested in him and then on top of all of that he published a load of
1:30.2	YouTube videos venting about all of this which was very worrying and he also wrote a
1:36.8	137 page manifesto yeah you heard that right.
1:43.6	137 page manifesto and I had the unfortunate experience of reading every single page.
1:56.5	And it was not an easy read at all.
1:59.2	Elliot rambled on about how he was so hard done by throughout his life, which he wasn't, he was incredibly privileged.
2:07.5	But unfortunately, Elliot also wrote down some pretty disturbing views on the world. And after publishing this manifesto, he went on to carry out an absolutely horrific act.
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