I feel confident in our ability to be just as sick and twisted as the next guy.
Tim might need some convincing.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:04:10 am PST #3283 of 10001
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:05:12 am PST #3284 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, I don't question the ability. I'm just wondering about stats.
Are you willing to contribute to the cause, ita?
I'm mainly an ideas person.
But I do have a lot of them.
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:08:15 am PST #3285 of 10001
I didn't do that much research into it. The stats that I did find a few months ago were very basic and didn't break down run-of-the-mill female serial killers from the crack-your-skull-open-and-wear-it-as-a-jaunty-hat female serial killers.
Though that could be a project to fill my time here at work.
DCJensen - Dec 03, 2004 8:09:39 am PST #3286 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
It's something like seven or eight percent of serial killers are women, the majority of them being in this country.
Maybe there are more, but they weren't caught due to a patronizing "Women wouldn't do that" attitude that is going away, so it's only apparently a rise...
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:11:07 am PST #3287 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think that women serial killers have tended to kill family members -- baby after baby, husband after husband, that sort of thing. And, yeah, that's easy to camouflage under "bad luck" rather than "bad behavior".
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:11:57 am PST #3288 of 10001
they weren't caught due to a patronizing "Women wouldn't do that" attitude
There is an interesting statistic here:
They examined 100 cases since 1900 and found an average duration of 8 years before being caught -- double that of the male serial killer.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:13:40 am PST #3289 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Female serial killers account for only 8% of all American serial killers, but American females account for 76% of all female serial killers worldwide.
1. Poison (80%)
2. Shooting (20%)
3. Bludgeoning (16%)
4. Suffocation (16%)
5. Stabbing (11%)
6. Drowning (5%)
Will the show (oh, I got mad questions, yo) cover serial killers (3 or more, long period of time) only, or also creative one shots?
I guess if you're profiling victims, the more the merrier.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:14:28 am PST #3290 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
1. Poison (80%)
See? Family crime. It's really difficult to poison a total stranger. Tylenol notwithstanding.
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:16:39 am PST #3291 of 10001
Will the show (oh, I got mad questions, yo) cover serial killers (3 or more, long period of time) only, or also creative one shots?
The group of agents that the show focuses on is described as a semi-autonomous unit within the FBI's VCU. It seems to be setup so that they can take on any case that looks interesting.
See? Family crime.
There's also the Angel of Death female serial killers, who kill patients in their care.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:17:13 am PST #3292 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Family crime. It's really difficult to poison a total stranger.
You have friends, right? Co-workers? You have to think outside the box, or you just get lost in the annals of history.