Fascinating read. On this subject, there's one bit that has always intrigued me: the majority of serial killers are in America. I wonder if it's just the function of the media reporting or if other countries just don't recognise the phenomenon of serial killers.
Thank you for sharing the thought. I just did a little research on this and indeed, it is interesting. While there are cases of serial killers that are not from America such as Jack The Ripper or H. H. Holmes (U.K), Pedro Lopez (Colombia) or the Rostov Ripper (Russia), America seems to be home to the most serial killers in the world.
I found a website that says the US has produced 3,000+ serial killers so far https://www.worldatlas.com/crime/countries-that-have-produced-the-most-serial-killers.html, (I don't really see any sources for such statistics tho) but it's quite impressive. And yea, media plays an important role in reporting about this but the fact that most films about these notorious killers are produced by Hollywood just leads me to believe US has the most serial killers.
Just as I thought, although I got that out of the FX series The Shield some years back lol. There was another line in the series finale about 70% of American serial killers being active in California, and the arrested serial killer quipped, 'maybe we want to be famous'
Oh really? I didn't know California is such a hot spot for them. Thanks for the insight, I guess that I should watch The Shield too now, sounds amazing :D
Fascinating read. On this subject, there's one bit that has always intrigued me: the majority of serial killers are in America. I wonder if it's just the function of the media reporting or if other countries just don't recognise the phenomenon of serial killers.
Thank you for sharing the thought. I just did a little research on this and indeed, it is interesting. While there are cases of serial killers that are not from America such as Jack The Ripper or H. H. Holmes (U.K), Pedro Lopez (Colombia) or the Rostov Ripper (Russia), America seems to be home to the most serial killers in the world.
I found a website that says the US has produced 3,000+ serial killers so far https://www.worldatlas.com/crime/countries-that-have-produced-the-most-serial-killers.html, (I don't really see any sources for such statistics tho) but it's quite impressive. And yea, media plays an important role in reporting about this but the fact that most films about these notorious killers are produced by Hollywood just leads me to believe US has the most serial killers.
Just as I thought, although I got that out of the FX series The Shield some years back lol. There was another line in the series finale about 70% of American serial killers being active in California, and the arrested serial killer quipped, 'maybe we want to be famous'
Oh really? I didn't know California is such a hot spot for them. Thanks for the insight, I guess that I should watch The Shield too now, sounds amazing :D
Great article! I've never heard the story explained in such detail.
Thank you very much, well, I failed to include some additional details about his victims tho
Eh whatever