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Although serial killers have existed in most countries around the globe, a great many of them come from the United States. Whether we want to learn about the details of their crimes, delve into the bleak question of their psychological makeup, determine how so many go unnoticed and uncaught, or puzzle at the strange cases of killers who become ghoulish media spectacles, we can’t get enough of them.Įven a figure as frightening, mysterious, and frankly bizarre as a serial killer has an origin story. Our fascination also embraces the real thing.

It’s not just this genre of movies that captures our imagination. These sorts of human monsters appear everywhere in our cultural fiction. Just look at some of the most iconic horror movie franchise villains – Halloween’s Michael Myers, Anthony Hopkins’ unforgettable Hannibal Lecter, or the true crime-inspired Leatherface. From true crime to horror fiction, as a nation, we obsess over these terrifying, fascinating figures.

One of the most compelling sources of contemporary horror is the phenomenon of serial killers.