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I've read about a few. I wanted to know what kind of person that was that could do all the awful things they did. I also wanted to know about their background. How does one become a serial killer? Then I wanted to know how they got away with all those killings until they were finally caught.
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Yeah, the only thing that interests me when I read it is what happened to them to make them do the things they did. I look for something that happened in their childhood, or while they were young, what their parents were like etc.
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I do, how they do it, why they do it, the psychology behind it interest me. -
It is just interesting how the human mind is, and what people choose to do. It's upsetting at the same time. I mean, read about Charles Manson. That man started his own cult/family and got people to do whatever he wanted. He was a weak man with a lot of power - if that makes sense. The whole deal about the Beatles White Album with messages? Crazy!
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I don't read about serial killers in general, but I was interested in the story of Eileen Wuornos, mostly because she was so taken advantage of while she was in prison. I thought it was just awful that those two predators - the pseudo born again Christian and the faux lawyer - were able to see that she would be a vulnerable, gullible, easy mark and take advantage of her to make money, even while she was incarcerated. * But of course, that is not usually the case with serial killers, and generally, I don't read about them.
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I have read a few books, I have also taken a class in college on serial killers. For me what catches my attention is the kind of people who are serial killers. Some are just your everyday ordinary people who one would never expect to be serial killers (Dennis Rader, David Berkowitz, and Gacy) who give off the appearance of being normal individuals. Yes they had their oddities, but they didn't really throw of any odd vibes to neighbors and such.Then you have complete freaks like Manson and Kemper. They were odd from the get go, in trouble with the law from a young age. So to me the individuals themselves are extremely fascinating. Also I like to understand what triggered their crimes, why choose a certain victims, how did they commit crimes. It is unreal when I read my course textbook, to see all the signs these men had shown throughout their lives, and how they actually spent time planning these murders.
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I've read every one there is i think & i read them because it boggles the mind. I'm facinated by what actually makes theese animals tick. There has got to be some common thread buried somewhere in their brain that has not yet been found. +5
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I read them all the time. I find it fascinating that people can be that screwed up. I also find it interesting, that most of them seem religious and condone their behaviour =based on biblical references.
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I do out of fascination! Whatever your beliefs on these sickos are, it's human nature to want to know why they did what they did! It's like when you're driving along & there's been an accident.You slow down to look! Morbid fascination, we can't help ouselves.+4 Alice.
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For Dennis Rader I would recommend " Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty Year Hunt For Notorious Wichita Serial Killer" by John Douglas. I used the book for a school paper, and my dad knows a guy that worked that case. He said mostly everything in the book is factual. Plus it looks at his victims also. So you are seeing Dennis and his victims.
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