Monster Essays - Serial Killers, the Minds, the Methods, the Madness
Serial Killers, the Minds, the Methods, the Madness
The murders are senseless. The killers are viscous. They could invoke a ritual of terror including rape, torture and eventually death. Death by strangulation, knifing and use of firearms. The usual prey includes women and boys, but everyone is vulnerable. The human culture has long been fascinated with the macabre, what is monstrous, aberrant and criminal. Whether or not the number of people who kill or are killed has risen recently, it is the concept of the serial killer that is becoming increasingly consequential to the way we perc....
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