Season 3 Episode 3 “Growing Up In The House Of Sin” The Making Of A Serial Killer Part Two “Vietnam”

Murder Phone

• In this Episode Tony will cover some excerpts from Arthur’s book describing his time in Vietnam.
• You will also hear more actual conversation with Art describing certain things that happened while he was in “Vietnam”
• After listening to the atrocities that Art both witnessed and committed in Vietnam, and think about how he was raised, you’ll understand why Tony and Al believe that his is a classic case of nurturing a monster.
• Art’s stories become a text book example of Narcissism 101.
• Tony close’s with a letter from Art dated April 19th, 2007. It’s the first time he heard that Shawcross was writing a book for him about his early years and Vietnam.
• Art obviously agrees that his book could have been titled “The Making of a Serial Killer”
• Art says “I know there are reasons for the way I turned out, and I believe a lot had to do with my early years.” “I’m not making excuses for what I did or what I became, I’m just trying to make sense out of all of it.”