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Did Lead Poisoning Create a Generation of Serial Killers?
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show

Media discuss Caroline Fraser's new book, "Murderland", which posits that lead pollution from a specific smelter in Tacoma, Washington, may have contributed to creating a generation of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway..
Writer
Gideon Lewis-Kraus (staff writer)
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Updated Jun 25, 2025

Release date
Jun 25, 2025 (United States)

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Ted Bundy
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Caroline Fraser
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus
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Charles Manson
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Gary Ridgway
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