17 People Share What It Was Like To Meet A Murderer And What They Were Like

Murderers are often stereotyped as scary-looking, unhinged, problematic, or just plain strange. But the reality is that we wouldn't know if we were looking at one, even if we were staring right at them, unless we knew what they had done.

And that's the scary part. These people, who may have hurt someone or are on their way to do that, are just like everybody else.

They're like you and me. They can have great family situations, they can have tons of friends, they can be smart and charming, and they can be completely normal.

At one point, they might not have even been thinking about killing somebody. It's just that life took them in an utterly different direction.

You just wouldn't know by looking at them that they've done something horrible. That's why many people who have met murderers before they committed their crimes, or even after, are quite bewildered.

After all, people aren't always keen on meeting a murderer. It's not something you put on your bucket list.

And it's also not something you'd usually expect to happen in life. So when it does, it often sticks.

With that, here are the stories of some people who met real-life murderers, and they share what the experience was like.

1. This could have been a heartwarming story if only it weren't for the murder

godca_grema

2. Thankfully, they didn't meet her and get on her bad side when she was at the peak of her murdering days

Randers420

3. He was just chillin' and vibin' like he didn't just murder his own parents in cold blood

Jiltedjohn

4. Why is it always the bad guy that survives in the end? On the other hand, though, this guy got to live the rest of his life mutilated and in pain, so maybe that's his punishment.

grdvrs

5. Some people deserve to go straight to the deepest bowels of hell

halfastormyevening

6. Sometimes, you can never really know people until it's just too late

VorlonKing

7. Their best disguises are just their plain old normal selves

Cycleofmadness

8. The granddad must have been some kind of saint for giving that person a second chance like that

StAnger99

9. You might pass them on the streets, and you'll just never know

MrNogi MrNogi

10. They're not automatically born as killers. Sometimes, they just fall in with the wrong crowd.

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11. Honestly, there are no words for this situation, but only gratitude that you weren't the one at the end of the murder weapon

happyscatteredreader

12. It was a narrow escape for this family

Due-Paleontologist69

13. This guy would have had a perfectly normal life if not for the murder

dirtymoney

14. Some people who've killed can still be decent people if not for their actions

bkutch7

15. The signs were there, but it's not always easy to assume so

unifyzero

16. Sometimes, it's the most common-looking ones you have to watch out for

Kenshiro199X

17. She met Charles Manson's angel of death

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As proven by these stories, people who've taken the lives of others can be as normal and decent as can be. In fact, they can even be the people you'd want to be friends with or the people you'd want to be like.

That's what makes each of these chance encounters more chilling. These people could have been the targets, and they wouldn't have ever seen it coming.