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20113120 minPG-13documentary

1.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Killer Kids

20113120 minPG-13documentary

1.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Exploring the unsettling motives behind youth violence and murder.

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Kevin R. Hershberger

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Exploring the unsettling motives behind youth violence and murder.

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Kevin R. Hershberger

Kevin R. Hershbergerdirector

Bennett Smithwriter

Ashton Smileycast

Bryson Pitts

Bryson Pittscast

Matt Mitchellcast

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Killer Kids provides an in-depth profile of the lives of kids who kill. What can possibly motivate kids to commit criminal acts and even murder? From hate crimes to gang initiations, murders of family members to occult ceremonies, each case in the series exposes different motives and methods of murders by children.

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