MARTIN WHITLY.

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martin whitly is an intelligent and charismatic man and a world-renowned doctor. as a serial killer, he is nicknamed the surgeon, although he was not personally identified as a killer until his young son malcolm turned him in. once he was arrested, he was charged with the murder of 23 people. however, after making a deal with nicholas endicott, he was sentenced to spending his life sentence in claremont psychiatric hospital, a luxurious mental health facility, instead of a regular prison.

despite his fractured relationship with his son, it is clear that martin still wishes that someday malcolm will become a prolific killer just like him. in fact, even though malcolm is an adult, most of martin's conversations with his son suggest that he is still trying to groom him. martin has also shown an interest in continuing his relationship with his wife and daughter, though he does not appear to be as obsessed with controlling them as he is with controlling malcolm.

josh dean, the host of the podcast killers & coffee, mentioned an anonymous source who was close to dr. whitly in his days in grade school. the source told dean that one of the most notable memories he had were of martin having a fascination with dissecting frogs. after graduating top of his class, he married jessica whitly and they had two children, all while secretly moonlighting as a serial killer. in the 1990s, dr. martin whitly was one of the most notorious serial killers of his time, the surgeon, who was only apprehended after his young son, malcolm, called 911. initially, the call was assumed to be a prank, but gil arroyo, the responding officer, was sent to the whitly home to investigate. initially, everything looked fine to him, although while martin was preparing him a cup of tea in the parlor, one that was laced with ketamine, malcolm approached the officer quietly in the hallway and informed him that his father was going to poison him. heeding the boy's warning, gil called in for backup and arrested dr. whitly.

when malcolm was around 10 years old, martin took him on a camping trip with his friend, paul lazar. there, he had decided he was going to kill his son because he was remembering too much information about martin's victims (essentially, the chloroform he was using to regularly sedate malcolm with was no longer working). however, martin had a sudden change of heart, and so paul decided to take care of malcolm instead, a plan that was thoroughly botched when a 10-year-old malcolm successfully stabbed him. after this incident, martin decided to keep malcolm around, and they both returned from the camping trip, leaving paul presumably for dead.

over the next ten years, malcolm continuously visited martin in prison, up until he graduated harvard university and decided to leave new york for quantico in order to become an fbi agent. this decision led to an argument between them, and martin didn't see or hear from his son again for the next 10 years.

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