Family Annihilation

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Family Annihilation has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Last Podcast On The Left (Dec 2025). Central theme of the episode, discussing the phenomenon of family annihilation and its psychological underpinnings.

A familicide is a type of murder or murder–suicide in which an individual kills multiple of their own close family members in quick succession. In half the cases, the killer lastly kills themselves in a murder–suicide. If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as a parricide. An individual who commits familicide is called a familicider.