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** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', Medium Dave and Banjo were apparently brought up to be criminals by their mother, who is fondly remembered for her ruthlessness by other criminals.
** Although a bit more civilized about it than most examples, the Selachii noble family of Ankh-Morpork have a long-standing tradition as Assassins. The Boggis family is equally well-embedded in the Thieves' Guild, though Ankh-Morpork thieves generally avoid killing their victims (because the Assassins' Guild considers that to be trespassing on ''their'' bailiwick, and because it's hard to rob someone ''again'' in the future once they're dead).
* The Grissoms from ''[[
* The book series has [[Dexter]] training Cody and Astor in the ways of [[Serial Killer Killer|serial killer killing]].
* An instance of this shows up in ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' with {{spoiler|Gottfried and Martin Vanger}}.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The Family of Blood and the Family Slitheen from ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' Sam and Dean are investigating a murder, and they discover that it's a crazy redneck family that has been hunting people for [[The Most Dangerous Game|the ultimate hunting experience]]. This extends to the little girl, and once the dead wife is mentioned there is a distinct note of 'this is you guys if you were evil cannibal rednecks who didn't know there were real monsters to hunt.'
** Also true for the Winchesters, and other hunter families, although less with the homicide. SA Henriksen, who spends a season and a half on a quest to catch Dean, thinks they are this, straight-out. A hunter mentions this phrase in episode 3x01, just before kissing his wife.
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== Real Life ==
* The [
* While the Benders became subjects of legend, [
* Gordon Stewart Northcott, his mother Sarah Louise Northcott, and his heavily abused nephew Sanford Clark, perpetrators of [
* In medieval times of war, particularly [[Badass Family|bad ass families]] not only slay and stay together, they often manage to climb up the social ladder all the way to becoming Kings/Queens over the bodies of their fallen enemies and establishing empires. Empires they keep within their family's possession by slaying and staying together...
* The trope name used to be applied to Charles Manson and his "Family".
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