Robert Pickton: The Pig Farmer and the Psychology of Vigilante Justice

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In July 2025, fiction met reality in an unsettling way. The TV series Dexter: Resurrection referenced “The Pig Farmer” — a nod to one of Canada’s most infamous serial killers, Robert Pickton. Just two months later, Pickton himself was murdered in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed to have acted “for the victims.”

In this week’s episode, I examine the …