> I have, however, scoured decades of court documents and police records
If you don't see how this is distorting your view on reality worse than consuming lots of murder porn documentaries on Netflix, then I don't know what to tell you.
> "they seemed like such a nice person" statements.
You're misusing that phrase. It's typically uttered by neighbors or coworkers that didn't actually know somebody. Hence the "seemed like".
If you're actually close friends with somebody, there is very little chance to hide something like psychopathy.
If you don't see how this is distorting your view on reality worse than consuming lots of murder porn documentaries on Netflix, then I don't know what to tell you.
> "they seemed like such a nice person" statements.
You're misusing that phrase. It's typically uttered by neighbors or coworkers that didn't actually know somebody. Hence the "seemed like".
If you're actually close friends with somebody, there is very little chance to hide something like psychopathy.