The innocent-looking book in this photograph grew up to be one of the most evil men in the world.

On a spring day in May 1960, a baby boy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

His parents, a chemistry student and a teletype machine instructor, welcomed their firstborn son with hope and dreams for his future.

By all accounts, he was an ‘energetic and happy child’ in his earliest years, per A&E, full of life and promise. Continues…