Heil Psychos!

Blaze Bernstein had been a “popular, smart-alecky kid with wide-ranging interests” in his artsy California high school. After graduating, in 2016, he went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied psychology and was named managing editor of the student foodie magazine, Penn Appetit. Home on winter break during his sophomore year, he delighted in cooking his family an entire Thanksgiving meal, having stayed east for the actual holiday.

Sam Woodward, a high-school classmate of Bernstein’s, could not have been more opposite—brooding, angry, and fond of racist postings on social media.