In 1977 Franklin, a self-proclaimed racist and anti-Semite, began his murder spree after concluding the organizations he had joined—the American Nazi Party, the States Rights Party and the Ku Klux Klan—were not serious enough in putting their extremist and violent beliefs into practice.Although Franklin’s murderous acts can undoubtedly be traced back to the constant beatings his father gave him, they were also the result of his indoctrination by extremist groups he joined—the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party and the National States Rights Party (NSRP).Uneducated and shiftless young men like Franklin were targeted by the KKK, the American Nazi...