In April 2025, information spread in Runet that people who were born in March or April had increased the risk of developing mental disorders and, as a result, more chances to become a serial killer. We checked the reliability of such publications.

“40% of maniacs are born in the spring - most often in March and April. According to research, those who were born in these months have increased the risk of developing mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar. This, of course, does not mean that every spring child will become a serial killer, but the risk of getting off the coils is a little higher, ”the post in the Telegram channel saidAx+"(2.6 million views at the time of writing this analysis). Virals also became publications in the channels "The ax live"(579 000),"Dual"(297 000),"Putin in Telegram"(174 000)"Leprosy"(113,000) and others. In addition, posts on this subject appeared in Instagram, Facebook And "VKontakte".

The connection between the time of the year when a person was born, and the chance of developing his mental disorders, indeed, documented In numerous research different years. According to scientists, among those born in the winter-spring period in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5.5% more suffering from depression, by 5.8%-bipolar disorder, by 8%-schizophrenia. I am a similar picture Watch And among the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere, born, on the contrary, in the fall. It is assumed that the cause of future psychological problems can be external factors during pregnancy: colder weather, viral infections or sunlight (and, accordingly, vitamin D). Be that as it may, it was not possible to find a study, the authors of which directly associate certain dates of birth with increased aggressiveness and even more so the commission of serial killings.

Apparently, the article on social networks has become an article "The most dangerous numbers are in the date of birth: in what months are most often the maniacs are born", Released in the Life.ru tabloid on April 11, 2025. In favor of this version, it also says that in almost all posts an illustration from this note is used.

In the article Life.ru, however, there is no question of any research. The author writes only about his own observations: “We turn to the notorious names. Anatoly Spesivtsev, nicknamed the Siberian Ripper, was born on March 1, 1970. Alexander Pichushkin, who received the nickname of the Bittsev maniac, is April 9, 1974. Angarsk maniac Mikhail Popkov - March 7, 1964. And this is only some of the long list of criminals, who are united by not only the cruelty of committed crimes, but also the spring date of birth. When studying the biographies of Russian serial killers, we noticed that about 40% of them were born in March and April. ” Further, as an argument in favor of this thesis, for example, the numbers 3 and 4, the serial numbers of March and April, are the numerological code of violence. The text itself is equipped with an esoteric tag, and its author also writes on Life.ru about Compatibility of people by names, Ways to detect a birth curse And The most suitable sports for different zodiac signs.

Thus, although studies confirm that people born in the spring in the Northern Hemisphere or in the fall in the South have slightly increased the risk of schizophrenia and some other disorders, scientists do not associate certain dates of birth with an increased probability of growing in a maniac. Viral posts that 40% of serial killers were born in March and April are not based on scientific calculations, but on an unproven article from the tabloid.

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