The Childhood of EVERY Dark Wizard in Harry Potter EXPLAINED in Detail

Before they became Death Eaters, Dark Lords, Ministry tyrants, and some of the most feared witches and wizards in history, they were children. Some grew up surrounded by prejudice and cruelty, others by neglect or isolation—and a few had surprisingly normal childhoods before choosing a much darker path. In today’s Hogwarts lesson, we explore the childhoods of Harry Potter’s most infamous dark witches and wizards—from Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, Grindelwald, and Lucius Malfoy to Draco, Snape, Barty Crouch Jr., Umbridge, and more. Long before the Dark Arts, their earliest years may explain more about who they became than we ever saw in the movies.