My fascination with serial killers started after the movie Seven, starred Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey. There's a twist towards the end of the movie that questions morality and duty of upholding the law or personal vengeance. Its one of those movies where the bad guy wins at the end, in a way. If its confusing, you might want to rent the movie and watch it.
Better still buy it, because it worth to just collect for detective/investigation movie buffs. Other than that, you can try watching Dexter, a TV comedy-drama based on a book by Jeff Lindsay and Criminal Minds about a bunch of really good looking FBI profilers kicking asses and taking names.
After the movie I started researching the net for similar movies. Then I started buying books that research on serial killers mentality. FYI, I don't sneak out in the middle of the night to dismember cats or decapitate unsuspecting joggers at the park but I do have immense interest in why they do the things they do. They are like us, but why is killing a necessity to them? I'd like to delve into their minds and understand what exactly is up with them. Just to satisfy the investigator in me.
You might want to check out the book, Mind Hunter written by former FBI agent, John Douglas one of the pioneers in profiling criminal behavior. The book explains serial killer behavior on a case-by-case basis. Along with Douglas, Robert K. Ressler is also a good read, Whoever Fights Monsters which you can't find in Kinokuniya or Borders. Your best bet should be amazon books. Douglas's approach to serial killers is the good guy versus the bad guy with his book peppered with moral integrity wherelse Ressler's book is the more humane approach to serial killers understanding that it is a need they cannot control. For anyone who has slight interest in serial killers, they should start with Hunting Humans, written by Elliot Leyton, his perspective of serial killers are based on research and his oh-so-coincidental bump into 2 serial killers, which inadvertently fueled his passion to write a book about serial killers. The book is a good start for people who in interested because the author writes the book also as someone who is new to the subject.
They covered cases like the ever-suave Ted Bundy, Dahmer, Ed Kemper and the rest of the most prolific serial killers in American history. But westerners being westerners they failed to cover asians killers. C'mon, are we that unimportant to match the ranks of American killers? You want cannibals? Yeah we have cannibals, go to China and you can see them eating whatever that moves. Which reminds me, its not until recently that Japan had one of their own quirky still-living cannibal, Issei Sagawa, who murdered and ate his dutch woman-friend during his time studying in France. He scored one for the Asians by describing in detail why he did it and allowing interviews with magazines all over Japan to promote himself. I mean, the psycho earns more than me and you by churning out books after books on cannibalism and food recipes (I shit you not!), propelling himself to a somewhat mini celebrity in Japan. Here is an interview in English. Or maybe our very own Mona Fandey a local shaman, whose case generate such publicity that movies were made (and banned) here in Malaysia.
Anyways, do check out the books i recommended for any detective buffs out there. You might be surprise that the killers themselves may not be so different from you and me.
After the movie I started researching the net for similar movies. Then I started buying books that research on serial killers mentality. FYI, I don't sneak out in the middle of the night to dismember cats or decapitate unsuspecting joggers at the park but I do have immense interest in why they do the things they do. They are like us, but why is killing a necessity to them? I'd like to delve into their minds and understand what exactly is up with them. Just to satisfy the investigator in me.
You might want to check out the book, Mind Hunter written by former FBI agent, John Douglas one of the pioneers in profiling criminal behavior. The book explains serial killer behavior on a case-by-case basis. Along with Douglas, Robert K. Ressler is also a good read, Whoever Fights Monsters which you can't find in Kinokuniya or Borders. Your best bet should be amazon books. Douglas's approach to serial killers is the good guy versus the bad guy with his book peppered with moral integrity wherelse Ressler's book is the more humane approach to serial killers understanding that it is a need they cannot control. For anyone who has slight interest in serial killers, they should start with Hunting Humans, written by Elliot Leyton, his perspective of serial killers are based on research and his oh-so-coincidental bump into 2 serial killers, which inadvertently fueled his passion to write a book about serial killers. The book is a good start for people who in interested because the author writes the book also as someone who is new to the subject.
They covered cases like the ever-suave Ted Bundy, Dahmer, Ed Kemper and the rest of the most prolific serial killers in American history. But westerners being westerners they failed to cover asians killers. C'mon, are we that unimportant to match the ranks of American killers? You want cannibals? Yeah we have cannibals, go to China and you can see them eating whatever that moves. Which reminds me, its not until recently that Japan had one of their own quirky still-living cannibal, Issei Sagawa, who murdered and ate his dutch woman-friend during his time studying in France. He scored one for the Asians by describing in detail why he did it and allowing interviews with magazines all over Japan to promote himself. I mean, the psycho earns more than me and you by churning out books after books on cannibalism and food recipes (I shit you not!), propelling himself to a somewhat mini celebrity in Japan. Here is an interview in English. Or maybe our very own Mona Fandey a local shaman, whose case generate such publicity that movies were made (and banned) here in Malaysia.
Anyways, do check out the books i recommended for any detective buffs out there. You might be surprise that the killers themselves may not be so different from you and me.
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