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Poll: What tropey TV/movie serial killer character type do you think real serial killers are actually most like?
  • Eerie calm smirking
    63.6%
  • Berserker on edge
    13.1%
  • Manic giggling crazy eyes
    4.8%
  • Other
    18.6%
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One type has a calm exterior veiling festering ressentiment toward someone in their lives with a certain archetype. A bit of transferance (and moral vacancy) later and a killer is born.
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Ted Bundy gave TV writers (and thus, Americans) a very atypical picture of a serial killer. Most are just gonzo batshit, and only made it as long as they did due to the incompetence or negligence of the police.
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