The Origins of Parricide and Why it is More Common Than We Think, with Professor Sam Vaknin
February 10, 2026
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as posted by the channelMaureen Callahan is joined by psychology professor Sam Vaknin to discuss parricide - the killing of one's own parent - with references to Cain and Abel and the story of Oeidipus, why parricide is common in the animal kingdom, evolutionary reasons that humans have shunned parricide, how the The Brothers Grimm depicted this issue in their stories, why we rebel against our parents as our creators, and more.
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