Season 6 Episode 3 Ken Bianchi: The Trial of the Hillside Strangler “Nature or Nurtured”

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Last week Tony covered the terrible effects of ABS Abandoned Baby Syndrome. We know how bad Ken’s first 3 months were and now we will hear some of what the rest of his childhood was like.

Tony will quote comments from some of the Medical reports that go back as far as the 1950s. Here are a few examples:

• “The relationship between Ken and his adoptive mother was not normal”
• Ken Bianchi was a bed wetter and when he was taken to the hospital the first time a quote from the attending doctor read “Mother Needs Help”
• The worker went on to say
• “Mrs. Bianchi was unwilling to accept the possibility she as well as the boy might need psychiatric treatment rather than medical treatment.”
• We also learn that relationships were always a problem, Ken proposed to a girl named Susan in 1969 but she turns him down, so he marries Brenda Beck for a few months, but she doesn’t meet his standards.
• In 1971 Ken marries again but this time his wife leaves him after 8 months.

The title of this episode is Ken Bianchi, “Nature or Nurtured?

Dr Jim Fallon does a great job explaining the differences between the two.

Murderphoniacs can make up their own minds as to why he became the monster that he is.