Murder Most Foul

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I have this weird morbid streak that I don’t really understand. It’s a strange dichotomy in my personality that I’ve known about for a while, but never really figured out.

On one hand, I’m fascinated by serial killers. I’ve read most of the articles on the historically famous ones and even some of the more obscure ones at Crime Library While I’m horrified that a human being was capable of the things some of these people did, I keep reading them. I’m also addicted to shows like CSI that get really into the nitty gritty of some really ugly crimes.

On the other hand, though, I can’t even be ruthless to PCs or NPCs in games I’ve run and played. I was mortified when my players killed off a bad guy (by tossing him out of a 30 story building – he couldn’t fly) they were convinced was trying to kill them. I even have trouble killing off background characters in stories I’ve written.

The book I’m reading right now (Haunted by Kelley Armstrong) is dealing with a ghost chasing down a demon that’s been inhabiting people and encouraging to fulfill their violent impulses, some of which could be considered serial killers.

Maybe it’s the mystery and the idea of the bad guy getting caught. Except for a few of the more historic ‘unsolved’ crimes, I really prefer reading about the cases where they got the bad guy and he ended up in jail (he because there’s really only a few, very rare female serial killers).

Anyway. Right now I’m running a fever and trying to stay awake at work for the last hour and a half. I’m probably not making any sense and horrified people with the dark secret that I like reading about serial killers.

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I read about him too. :) There are people who think he and Jack the Ripper could have been one and the same based on the timelines. I think there's more than enough depravity in the human race for there to have been two of them.