Father Contemplated Murdering Son Concerned He Would Grow into a Killer | Aaron Foust Case Analysis 

My heart goes out to his parents. I went through similar fears about my son. He’s now living with his dad in another country though it came at a major cost to me. I spent over 130k on therapy, diagnosis etc and nearly lost my job from all these therapy appointments. Sometimes there’s no way out for parents who have kids like this. I consider myself very lucky.

That poem to his dad made me cry. What can a parent do when their kid is a sociopath?

I, 56/f, have been trying to keep my brother, 58, from killing our mother for her sizable estate since our beloved father died. It’s been a nightmare. Sometimes we do know evil is in our midst.

Dr. Todd always has the slickest punchlines slipped in so casually lmao. That deadpan delivery is top tier 💯 😂

It’s truly touching he tried to console his father. He knew his father would feel bad even though he felt nothing.

As a child I could feel no sympathy or understanding for my father who would often be put in a mental asylum. I only understood the effects it had on my life. Only now, later in life can I feel sympathy and understanding of the torment he must have gone through.

To anyone familiar with classical theatre, the fact that his last name is pronounced 'Faust' is nothing short of foreshadowing.

The father thinking of killing his son so he wouldn't kill someone else is the exact ending to the original movie The Bad Seed.

I have autism, I am high functioning, it took a lot of work and determination. One of the symptoms I have is not able to feel loneliness. The description of loneliness does not match what I feel when I’m alone. I understand and there is a feeling associated with being alone, loneliness is something I would love to feel. There are all the things that I do not understand, concepts, outside of my innate intellect, is the concept of time. I understand, I keep time, punctual as possible to appointments and gatherings, so this has been taught to me, and I’ve learned… in my mind, what happened in the past it’s like it happened yesterday. Time seems to fold in on itself and I’ll certainly stop a conversation, only a week or sometimes several months down the road, I’ll pick up the conversation again, as if I had never stopped talking on the subject. It had been pointed out to me when I do this we are usually in the same spot where I stopped talking. I do not notice this myself, but my friends have. I have difficulty remembering what day it is, because I lose track of the time that has passed or has not yet passed. it is very difficult for me to express with words what I’m thinking, so I hope I made at least a little bit of sense.

Thank you for being gracious where the Fathers thoughts were concerned. Being the parent of a very troubled child can take you to some dark places.

Aaron was so self aware. He knew what and who he was and admitted it. Glad he wrote that letter to his father, his dad would at least know he was appreciated

What an absolutely heartbreaking story. The man had such astounding insight into himself, yet no ability to change it. Fascinating, but horrific.

Aaron’s self awareness and honesty feels quite rare. I watch a lot of crime stories, and I’ve almost never come across one where the perpetrator has admitted feeling no remorse, not pretended to be crazy, and stated as much in court. Just an unabashed recognition of their psychopathy. Fascinating. 💔💔💔

Not only did he lack remorse he also completely lacked fear. Not even death was scary for him.

I had considered the same with my son. At 19n he stabbed a woman at Walmart and now is in prison.

I have an aunt who said she really considered killing one of her sons who had behaviors like this when he was a child. He was constantly in trouble and always hurting other children, including his siblings. He would also hurt and torture animals, which is hallmark behavior for a future serial killer. Nothing her and her husband did or said seemed to work. She said the only reason she didn't kill him was she knew family and neighbors would question where he was, and she didn't want to go to prison. He went to church with a friend one day and it was like a switch turned on. He ended up becoming a preacher, working a full-time job, getting married and having children who all loved him dearly. Everyone was shocked that he actually made something of himself other than a prisoner or dead. He passed away from a heart attack before he turned 50 and we miss him very much.

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I saw the whole interview with the father on the show “Evil Lives Here.” The father was so loving and would do anything to help his son, but nothing worked. His son was just born a psychopath.

I went to school with a boy who looked and acted almost identical. I remember being in first second grade being terrified of him. Something was off even at six/seven years old. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if I found out he was some kind of psychopath/sociopath.

That poem got to me, as does the fact that he understood on a coldly objective level there was something wrong. There was a contract killer who I think was called Iceman - and he had the same lack of remorse or feeling, and he too understood on some level that it wasn't normal.

Those pictures of him show that a smile can hide a lot. Looking at his cheerful countenance, you'd never guess at the darkness beneath.

This a textbook case for psychopathic personality disorder. He genuinely did not care about anything; however, he saw his father struggle with him. I find this interesting because it implicates psychopaths are very well aware of sympathy, but they cannot feel it. Kinda like knowing what something is , but never experiencing it. The human mind can be very sad and fascinating

Thank you Dr. Grande for outlining what it is like for the families of mentally ill persons. I do not know if a person with severe personality disorders suffers from their affliction, but I know first hand how family suffers from the actions of them.

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What a heartbreaking and utterly sweet poem for his father to read. So sad. Thank you Dr Grande!

One of your best ones thanks. It’s tragedy. Where the bloody hell did Aaron get this? But he was capable of real love. You don’t bother to write a poem like that -one which isn’t soppy, sentimental, or self-serving , or only all about yourself, but is designed to benefit the welfare of another person in real ways (ie making sure Dad doesn’t feel bad in his life) - unless you have love. Its an act of love - not just an expression just of feelings. This one has got me. Id love to know more about Dad, Mom, and both sets of grandparents. This one was a stunner

" No common language!" Perfect description of dealing with ASPD.

Thank you for clarifying that the babysitters cat survived because anytime a pet is mentioned in a video of this nature, my heart jams in my throat.

It’s really very sad because some kids are just born wired “differently.” Heartbreaking.

I haven't heard of this one. I will however, speculate about what might be happening in a case like this. 👍

I watched the episode of evil lives here with his father telling his story. I felt so bad for him.

Sounds like his life turned at age 4 when his parents divorced and his dad couldn't be around and left him with a sitter, it didn't seem like his mom was in his life either, some young kids are so angry they grow up hating the world, they become so mean and mad that everyone who meets them ends up just done with them, which in turn doesn't help the situation, they soon grow to be angry adults that do a lot of damage.

From what I understand the frequent razor blade giveaway days have been cancelled in most prisons.

I know a lot (if not most or all) people with ASPD become that way from trauma. That lines up with how his dad described the sudden shift in his behavior. I wonder what happened that made him this way

Frequent razorblade give-away days 😂 You crack me up every. single. time. I so appreciate your humour!

This story was featured on the show " Evil lives here" Aaron's father told the stories how he jad to deal with his son , it's really sad what the dad went through for his kid!

He was very handsome as a young lad. I don’t know how kids like this end up this way without serious trauma…Sometimes you can parent very well and they just aren’t right. I’m sad the father had to feel that way about his own son. I have 4 sons with my husband. They’re 31, 20, 16 and 10 years old and I’m never complaining about them again…

Wow. I can see precisely why the father thought what he did.

This guy's videos are awesome bc the subject matter is often quite mad and the Dr just calmly explains it all.

Some kids are more sensitive to divorce. I wonder if that had anything to do with the behavioral issues that began after the separation. It makes sense that an only child would take his parents' separation even harder than a child who had more close family relationships. It would be interesting to learn more about this man's childhood and the relationship he had with his mother after the divorce.

So he was a calculating psychopath... But didn't understand consequences and was impulsive.

In previous centuries, Aaron would be conscripted into an Army and go on to win or die famously on a battlefield.

I learn so much from you I take notes and make my own research Today was a little bit heavy but all new to me (cluster b, histrionic personality disorder) You're an amazing educator/mentor I can't thank you enough, I'm so grateful 💚🌻

Always love your cacti and analysis. Great video as usual.

you explained that so well, and i'm really glad he sent the card to his father it might make a difference over the years .. thanks as always Doc

I can't imagine being abandoned by his mother helped him much. I kind of wonder what she was like towards him the first four years of his life.

hi Dr. Grande, could you consider doing an analysis of the Jackie Brucia/Debi Stevens case where Debi was fired AFTER giving her boss, Jackie, a kidney to save her life? Thanks!

Something about this psychopath is strangely respectable. He actually understood his limitations as someone with ANPD, sounded logical, and of course as others have pointed, surprisingly had a special place in his heart for his father. I wonder how he would have felt if someone had killed his father before he died? Would that have inspired feelings from him?

Interesting how so many serial killers come from a home where the mother abandoned the family. As is they had a premonition that the kid was not right from the start.

My 10-year old nephew has shown weird behavior since he was very young. Until he was aged 2, his mother wouldn’t let anyone but herself (and my brother) touch him, which was quite frustrating for family members accustomed to hugging and kissing. After age 2, his mother lost interest in him and clearly preferred to spend time on her cell phone. My brother and her would often have bitter arguments in which my nephew would witness or be part of. As a toddler, my nephew was nervous and would often vomit. After age 2, he would often target my mother (his grandmother) and try to physically hurt her with punching, kicking or some object. He took longer than my other nephews and nieces to talk, which happened only after age 2. Once he started to talk, he’d say weird things, like talking to a teacher that he wanted to tie her up in a tree and shoot arrows into her until she died of bleeding. And he was around age 3 or 4! He has killed pets before. Once forcibly fitting hamsters into a tube until they died suffocated or squeezed. In another occasion, he tore apart limb after limb of a lizard in front of other cousins, and he felt amused while doing it. He never showed regret or shame. He also has no control over his emotions. He’ll have tantrums for little or insult others for any reason. He’s also selfish and unable (or unwilling) to share personal objects with others, especially children. He doesn’t seem to understand or care how his behavior affects people around him. Adults show clear sign of horror, disgust or disapproval for his actions but my nephew doesn’t care at all. Nor is he able to self-reflect. He also blames others when he does something wrong. I don’t recall him ever apologizing for his misbehavior. He has been universally disliked in all schools he attended. When he was aged 3-4, he was moved from morning classes to afternoon classes because his colleagues couldn’t stand him. After causing much trouble (including peeing on a female colleague’s head and laughing), he was asked to leave the school. He’s also disliked by all his classmates in his current school. They held an informal voting on whether they wanted my nephew around, and they all voted for him to leave the class. My brother and his wife reacted with frustration or sought to pretend that there was nothing wrong, often blaming others for what my nephew did. They also lied to us about many things regarding my nephew, trying to hide his misbehavior from us (and we learned the truth from other people). Only recently, with my nephew aged 10, that my brother and his wife sought to do something about it. Although my nephew has seen a therapist since he was aged 3, she saw nothing wrong with him (!!). Any parent would seek another professional, but not my brother and his wife. A psychiatrist diagnosed him with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which makes no sense when taking in consideration other aspects of his past behavior. I’d appreciate if anyone could give any suggestion on what to do, since I’m afraid my nephew will only grow worse.

This was extremely interesting and enlightening. Thank you, Dr. Grande!

”You Done messed up A-Aron”

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im terrified of the possibility of having a kid one day and the luck of the draw gives me a psychopath

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It’s odd how psychopaths don’t feel remorse. Is there a physical defect in their brain?

Kids and young Adults Like this DO exist. The medical and mental health systems cannot do much to help- unless and until the individual commits a crime - it’s pathetic. People have no idea what (we) parents go through.

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I’m shocked to hear he was executed in a year. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that in another case. It’s the way it should be with all death sentence cases.

Heartbreaking for his parents and what a sad life for Aaron who understood that he was not " normal". Dangerous individual in society, with no way to fix it! Hoping he found what he was looking for....

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I believe Aaron was going to take a boat trip across the river Styx to Hades, if my Greek mythology is correct.

Dr. Grande, what can a parent do in a situation like Aaron Foust? I can't help but feeling sorry for a person who has no ability to have love for other people. What a miserable sounding life.

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Excellent synopsis. Thank you. (From someone who’s experienced close association with ASPD.)

The brain is still massively under explored. Trauma could happen during gestation, birth, infectious diseases. Sadly treatments for mental illness and brain trauma is pretty rudimentary. Perhaps in another two hundred years or so there will be better technology available to really explore and understand the human brain and mind.

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Very informative. Thank you. Happy New Year to All.

That's terrible for the parents. I'm sure they tried everything they could.

I'm so ambivalent about this case. Personality disorders are called as such for a reason. They're the person's self, their being, who they really are. You can't fix them with medication and you can't fix them with therapy. Some personality disorders are damaging beyond what is acceptable, thus the high percentage of sociopaths in prisons and mental hospitals. It's hard to know how to feel about these people, who are sometimes beyond redemption (on a human scale) and are sometimes so far gone that they'd be happier victimizing would-be rescuers than accepting any help. This case is especially confusing. This man seemingly had no redeeming qualities, but some of his aggression was particularly aimed at other sociopaths, and that poem to his father was so heartbreaking. Somewhere in there was true love.

Excellent assessment, Dr. Grande! I am writing a parenting book and I have included a couple of essays about the incorrigible and mentally I’ll and substance-addicted child. It was the hardest part of the book to research along with having to lay a child to rest.

I always see and hear how some people don’t feel feelings but anger is a feeling. It’s one everyone feels but leads to violence for only some situations or some people.

I watched this story a few years ago. As a father myself, the interviews with Aaron’s father brought tears to my eyes. He honestly tried. On another note, it’s about time some company capitalized on the doc’s natural suave and debonair presence!

People think remorse is tears, crying, feeling emotions of regret. Remorse is in the will. Emotions or tears are not necessary. Remorse...sorrow....regret....is in the WILL. I do hope he had true remorse for all his sins. By the way....my youngest a girl of 25 was just diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. That diagnosis explains a lot of her actions when younger.

Hi Dr G...I hope you, Mrs G, and your family had a wonderful Christmas. As always, wishing you all the best! 😺

Hi Dr Grande, excellent analysis. As always I learn something new from your videos.

About three and a half minutes in, and the "crime" has not yet been committed. By this point, it was obvious that this is a person who should be locked away from society. How many warning signs does it take before we can act?

To paraphrase a quote from Karl Marx, "The psychologists have only interpreted the patient, in various ways; the point is to change him."

One of the best you've covered Dr. G. Very unique.

Fascinating insight into this man. Sad to know how many people there are like this.

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This was really sad. Thanks for another stellar analysis Dr Grande.

Great work on this one.

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Excellent analysis, Dr. Grande. My heart goes out to his family who it sounds like tried everything they could. Also, my heart goes out to his victim(s). Thank you, Dr. Grande!

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Thank you Dr. Grande for your informed, compassionate and non judgemental commentary on this lost soul. So many lives ruined by mental illness. Thanks to God for all his tender mercy.

Feel so sad for the father. Hope he's okay and to the victims family. ❤

After your tour of your Christmas decorations , my therapist said i will recover and it was only a small overdose of Christmas . Just Kidding .

Thank you for another interesting case. Happy New Year to you and your family! 🎊🎉🥂📰🎉🎊🎆🥂🐲🎉

Enjoy your New Year doc!

Aaron sounds like he did care but there was a severe detachment, he may have suppressed his sense of caring due to trauma. My daughter is a bit like that, not murderous but she is cold, detached and has difficulty in relationships, she is very manipulative and self-serving, rarely does she let remorse show but on a few occasions she dropped her wall and actually verbalized that she felt bad about her cold-nature toward me. It’s so sad how these individuals get stuck in unhealthy patterns that at one time probably served them in their struggle to survive. GOD help us. Amen❤

The mind is unbelievable so many suffer with mental health issues. He was suffering he understood he was different and never felt joy or love.

Excellent Video!

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With a name like Faust he’s already made a deal with the devil!

Aarons description of his murder victim seems to describe himself as well.