It’s a life we would never choose to live, and the fact they can so voluntarily, so easily, is insane to the normal psyche.īut with all the fascination comes glory and a sense of sensationalizing their crimes.
Our idea of pushing the boundaries doesn’t come close to theirs, and they live on the outside perimeter of human existence boundless. The notion that a human could do something so horrendous to another human boggles our minds.Īnother factor as to why we love learning about serial killers steams from how the risks we may take amount to nothing when compared to the risks a serial killer is willing to take. In a Huffpost Live interview Bonn explains why society has such an intense fascination with serial killers, and most recently mass murderers.īonn says it’s the fact these humans act in a very inhumane manner by kidnapping, torturing and killing their victims. Scott Bonn is a sociology and criminology professor at Drew University and author of the book Why We Love Serial Killers. Why do they do it? What made them become the killers we know them to be today? How did they develop their method of operation? All questions only the killers themselves hold the answers to. The mind of a serial killer is one we will never understand, and that drives us crazy. I believe my reason for sheer fascination is the same reason for most, we simply just can’t wrap our brains around the crimes of a serial killer. It’s been a long standing guilty pleasure of mine to research everything from famous serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Jack the Ripper, to organized crime and infamous mobsters, to mass murderers. In fact, the documentary has generated so much buzz a petition was created and currently has 330,929 supporters.īut my fascination with crime didn’t start with Steven Avery and Making A Murderer. People are loosing their minds over the ten episode documentary. Recently the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer is on everyone’s radar. The old newsroom saying “If it bleeds, it leads” is still a mantra, and ratings show if the story is about a fire, accident, or murder the story is usually the most popular one. As morbid as this sounds, my guess is so have you, and so does the rest of the population because the proof is in the pudding. The Reaper offers Hotch the same deal in a message delivered via telephone, but Hotch refuses to take it.I’ve always had a fascination with crime and serial killers.
Hotchner takes over the case because the contract expired with his colleague's death. "Omnivore" begins with Agent Hotchner visiting an old, dying colleague, who informs him that he made a deal with the Reaper 10 years ago: The Reaper would stop murdering if the police agreed to stop "hunting" him. The Reaper on Criminal Minds communicates with authorities in a similar way.
The first message from the Zodiac Killer took credit for two shootings and demanded his note be printed in three local papers, or he would kill a dozen people that weekend. The main similarity between the Zodiac and the Reaper is they both send messages to the police that often contain codes and attempt to bargain with authorities. The Reaper, whose real name is George Foyet, appears in multiple episodes, but in the episode " Omnivore" it features striking similarities to the real-life case.
#CRIMINAL MINDS SERIAL KILLERS IN OPENING CREDITS SERIES#
If you're a Criminal Minds fan and you know your serial killer trivia, you may have already figured out that The Reaper from the TV series is based on the Zodiac Killer.
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