Yes, he was extremely abusive. Ted's mom tried to get him out of all that, but a little too late. And it has been proven by DNA that his granddad was NOT also his dad. So that myth is laid to rest, finally. But his mother *did* take pills to try and abort him when he was just a baby in her womb. Sad, really. Starting off in the world unwanted and abandoned for three months - a crucial time when babies need to be held and loved and bonded to their parents... He didn't get that. A lot of killers start life off that way, and progress through life dealing with trauma and abuse. It doesn't excuse their actions, but it's an unfortunate commonality amongst them.
