I believe that everyone is familiar with the classic crime novel "24 Billy", and even the inspiration for the movies "Split" and "Split" comes from "24 Billy". This time, the Netflix remake of the documentary "Demons in the Heart: 24 Faces of Billy Milligan" allows everyone to understand the past and present lives of the criminal of the century from another perspective.
Directed by Hurricane Rescue 2 director Olivier Mighaton, the documentary features a cinematic interview with Billy's family, as well as interviews with Billy's friends, doctors, and law enforcement officers trying to unravel the truth.
In 1977, a serial offender caused panic at Ohio State University, but investigators quickly found evidence that the killer was Billy Milligan, a laid-back, but tragic young man with a long history. However, when Billy was arrested, he had no memory of the crime he had committed, and his personality was changeable, and he finally invited a psychiatrist to diagnose him.
The documentary also tells the cause of Billy's illness, it turns out that he was sexually abused and violently treated by his stepfather in childhood, Billy's stepfather, Chalmer Milligan, who severely physically and sexually abused Billy during his childhood, causing his personality to split into 10 independent personalities, and his first split personality, Christine, appeared at the age of 3 and later as many as 24. In the trial and documentary, Milligen's mother, sister, and brother all testify to Chalmer Milligan's brutal and abusive character.
Billy was later transferred to a series of state psychiatric hospitals for treatment, but Billy later said he received limited treatment at those hospitals. The Lima Hospital and Dayton Justice Center, where Billy was eventually transferred, treated patients in a very inhumane way, causing Billy's condition to deteriorate like never before, and he once planned to commit suicide. More than 10 years later, he was finally released in 1988, and finally confessed that he had returned to his childhood home, stating that he intended to be tolerant of everything. A few years later, Billy eventually moved back to Columbus, Ohio, where his sister bought a mobile home for him. He spent the rest of his life there until he died of cancer in 2014 at the age of 59. Billy's relatives and friends are interviewed in the documentary.
After his release, Billy was addicted to gambling, drugs, and alcoholism, and his mental condition fluctuated, sometimes becoming aggressive and aggressive, threatening people around him to kill you, and committing many minor crimes. A household name at the time, he played in Hollywood with superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger. After learning that he had cancer, Billy continued to drink heavily.
It is also mentioned in the book that After his release, Billy was involved in the murder case, and it is not known whether he was the murderer in the end. The documentary also interviews Billy's niece, who was billy's main caregiver before his death. She confessed that her uncle asked her from his sickbed on his deathbed, "Do you think God will forgive me for what I have done in this life?" I killed someone, do you think He will still forgive me?" This sentence put an end to the tragedy of his life.
More than 40 years after this groundbreaking trial, the case is still full of controversy: Is Billy really controlled by his multiple personalities? Or is he an antisocial narcissist who is different from ordinary people? How should crimes committed by mentally ill persons be handled in court?