The Twisted Origins of Barty Crouch Jr (Cut from the Movies) - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be looking into the early life of Barty Crouch Junior—with a particular focus on how he became so terribly EVIL. That is, what happened to him during his childhood and adolescence that may have contributed to the incredibly dark wizard he turned out to be? In looking further into his life, it seems that his capacity for doing terrible things came from a combination of innate evilness and mental instability...here’s what I learned about the character who's story was never told in the movies.

The second of his name, Barty was officially born Bartemius Crouch Junior sometime during the year of 1962 to a Bartemius Crouch Senior and a frail, wispy-looking witch known only as Mrs. Crouch. Growing up, Barty Junior was described as a pale boy with straw-coloured hair and freckles.

The Crouches came from a long line of pureblooded witches and wizards, with Barty Senior holding a prominent position in the British Ministry of Magic even back in the 1960s. As it were, Mr. Crouch was extremely focused on hunting down dark wizards and held great ambitions of one day becoming Minister for Magic—so much so that he rarely had time for his son. With this information, it’s easy to assume that Barty Senior spent much of his time at the Ministry, and very little of it at home with his family.

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