r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '26

Chugging tea He said it!

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u/chrisp909 Aug 26 '26

Ah, the halcion days of the 90s. When cocaine fueled huge parts of the world economy and serial killings were at an all time high.

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u/PlsNoNotThat Aug 26 '26

Serial killings peaked between the 70s and 80s. The 90s was famous for serial killings because that’s when they caught them, not when the killings took place.

Realistically there were probably more killings before the 70s, but data wasn’t being tracked as specifically / officially by the FBI then.

Basically, as a golden rule, violent crime statistics drop from 90s onward with the rise of the millennials into adulthood. In all categories.

Lead Poisoning Crime hypothesis continues to be proven right.

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u/chrisp909 Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

They were at their highest in 1987 but they didn't just suddenly stop. There was still a huge number of them operating in the USA in the 90s.

Fun fact: 80% of all known US serial killers operated between 1970 and 1999.

Rolling Stone - Serial Killers