“He had served 12 years for murder. We were shocked, because he was totally normal.”
"I worked with a guy who'd killed someone in a bar fight. He was big and mean and had a terrible temper, but for some reason, he took a liking to me. We'd banter daily. I'd tell him I'd sort him out if he didn't watch it. People looked on terrified, but he just laughed it off. I think me treating him like other workers and making him laugh made him feel like he belonged, because everyone was terrified of him and wouldn't joke or interact much with him.
""He was one of the nicest next-door neighbors I've ever had. He always went out of his way to be friendly and seemed genuinely interested in how you were doing. Turns out he was physically and emotionally abusive to his wife, who had been in the process of leaving him for the last couple of years. He finally signed the divorce papers, shot her in the head, and then shot himself. She died, but he survived.""I saw my dad's murderer in court.