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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.

— Val Kilmer

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✓Similar Perspectives

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.

— Jo Nesbo

Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.

— Pat Brown

I read a lot about serial killers.

— Jamie Dornan

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it.

— Sarah Koenig

Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.

— Paul Guilfoyle

Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.

— Pat Brown

I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.

— Karin Slaughter

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.

— Pat Brown

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.

— Pat Brown

The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.

— Pat Brown

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