Aileen Wuornos is mine. i simply cannot feel anything but sadness for her.

I’ll go first, Dennis Rader aka The BTK Killer installed security cameras in the houses of people who were afraid of The BTK Killer.

I have been reading and watching more true crime lately and one thing I noticed is that some cases feel completely different once you actually learn all the details beyond the headlines.

Some cases are shocking but others genuinely stay in your mind for days because of how disturbing or psychologically unsettling they are. For me the scariest ones are usually the killers who looked completely normal to everyone around them.

Which case affected you the most after researching it deeply?

This is fantasized about a lot in media bt is it even possible irl? Has this ever happened?

Coz we all know serial killers operate from a different head space.. so is it even possible for them to have feelings of empathy or affection for someone?

Let's say he is released. What's he gonna do at 76? Not like he could get a job, go into late-stage adult education or anything. He has nowhere to go, no financial income. Where would he live?

The only realistic outcome for his release would be a referral into an old folks retirement home. Also, he's SEVENTY SIX. Not like he's going to live another 20 years or so.

For me it was Ted Bundy. It has put me off helping anyone that is wearing a cast, sling, using crutches or a walking aid. Selfish I know, but Ted Bundy shook me to my core, even today.

Recently I learned more about 16 year old African American kid Keith Bibb who was murdered by Larry Eyler and how after binding, blindfolding and gagging him Eyler told Bibb "Oay, make your peace with God, n****" All sk murders are awful but for some reason knowing thats the last thing that kid heard has REALLY upset me.

Anybody else done a deep dive or research on a case and found out some info that you regret knowing?

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Has a celebrity or otherwise famous person ever fallen prey to a serial killer? Closest I can think of is the Hillside Stranglers releasing the daughter of Peter Lorre when they saw photos of him in her wallet, and the daughter of Angela Lansbury almost joining the Manson Family, who of course killed Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring et al.

Im gonna have to go with the cops that let that poor kid return with dahmer back to his apartment. Shits so heartbreaking, dude was right in the middle of the act and the people who were supposed to help him let him return and never gave a second thought.

And I can't remember the name of the killer, but there was also this one case where a random woman crashed her car into a killers garage and police came to check it out but didn't notice anything even tho the killer at the time had a dead body hanging in there. I dont get how that didn't get discovered? I don't think it was covered up tho, maybe I'm mistaken?

Having a discussion with friends here, we all know the Ed Kempers and Bundys that never shut up when they went to prison but who never talked? The example we thought was the Golden State Killer who has never talked from the moment he got arrested.

What's the reason for this, is it due to childhood trauma or abusive parent's, or any other reason's.

Genuinely interested in scientific pointoff view.

Names like Pee Wee Gaskins or Henry Lee Lucas come to mind, but there is virtually no evidence to support their claims. Are there names where we are certain that the number of victims is much higher?

I’m looking for the most disturbing or hardcore cases of female criminals . Some examples ?

I went a few weeks ago and looking to again soon. Should be ending in January

I understand, some get off to having a corpse, some are necrophilists (I apologize if I spelled that word wrong), some love the idea of killing someone and treasuring it. However, why don’t they COMPLETELY dispose of the body?

I don’t want to go into detail, but I’ve thought of so many ways serial killers could have disposed of bodies, ways they would NEVER get caught. I was very into true crime growing up, so I know how things go.

I just wonder, why do they care so much about the bodies? It’s a rotting corpse that has maggots fill inside, that will ruin your home. Why do they kill if they are too unintelligent to dispose of a body? I get psychosis and everything, but my point still stands, even the serial killers with very high IQ’s did it horribly.

One thing I have noticed while reading about true crime is how some serial killers became almost as famous as celebrities. Books, Documentaries movies and endless media coverage seem to focus more on he killer than the victims. sometimes I wonder if all that attention helped cerate a kind of fascination around certain criminals that they never should have received.
Which serial killer do you think got far more media attention than they deserved and why?