"Mind of a Rampage Killer"

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on NOVA tonight:

"Mind of a Rampage Killer"

New, 2/20/2013, Science & Technology, Topical

Correspondent Miles O'Brien explores the possibility that the desire for their own death and media glory are what drives spree killers, while also examining the information that science can provide about a brain that is at risk for violent behavior.

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1. watching now...

Good program. Getting some more specifics on juveniles who become violent.

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2. They had that last week

Is this a different episode, a part 2?

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3. Last week there was a frontline show about Newtown and the guns issue.

This was Nova. I don't think this one has been aired before. I think there will be many shows coming up on PBS. This was good information- although it certainly highlighted the unpredictability of knowing which person with violent tendencies or mental problems will go on a killing rampage. It makes you realize that there are many people who could, but never do.

I think the unexplored factor in a lot of this is the media attention. Somewhere in all this the young killer wants to change his image. Even though he is committing suicide, a rampage killer wants to leave an impression by killing others. The heavy reporting and attention given to mass killings somehow plays into this. I don't know if it perpetuates it, but the young men who kill are very aware of others who have done so. Each killer wants to outdo the last one...

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4. It was Nova

definitely. I watched Frontline and Nova.