[true crime] im listening to a "lets not meet" podcast based on the Reddit board and it just occurred to me

ever since I was a kid, my mother especially has been leery of door-to-door people, demanding IDs, proof of employment even if it was a contractor. the only exception has been companies like CenturyLink

and this story was a group of people pretending to be apart of some gas and electric company and ADT

and then I remembered BTK. totally forgot my mother was living in Kansas during that time, in that area... with my older brother no less

I'd ask her about it... even with missionaries. like, I used to feel so bad for them, I always handed out water

her thing was "yeah, there used to be a guy back when your older brother was a baby that killed people that way" and now im like

orite

I can't even imagine how terrifying that was and plus the added fact that BTK even killed kids

who else has boomer parents that were extra hyper vigilant ?

then she moved back to Colorado not long after Bundy was there

the 70s were insane

I forget what episode it was too, but Marcus Parks from Last Podcast on the Left brought up a point that lead poisoning could have been a contributor to these issues

well it sounds like an interesting podcast

my mom wasn't quite that vigilant but she was a bit paranoid and taught me to be a bit paranoid too