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Top 10 Serial Killers Who Had Even Creepier Admirers
Over the years, there have been many cases of highly intelligent individuals becoming infatuated with convicted serial killers to the point of obsession. Some have even married them behind bars.
Sheila Isenberg, the author of “Women Who Love Men Who Kill”, explains in her book that there are numerous reasons behind this phenomenon. Some of these individuals might have been abused by a partner or parent themselves, some simply enjoyed the thrill of knowing where their “boyfriend” was at all times and others were simply involved for the fame and attention.
These following cases all describe cases of “fans” who came across as very creepy to the public as they stopped at nothing – sometimes even turning to murder themselves – in order to get up close to the serial killer.
In the Dark and
Atlanta Monster, there’s no shortage of true crime podcasts. The genre is so huge that Netflix whose offerings in this arena include
The Staircase, and many more even created a parody true crime series (
American Vandal). Which raises the question: Why are we so obsessed with true crime? Here’s what the experts have to say.
1. Because being obsessed with true crime is normal (to a point).
First things first: There’s nothing weird about being true crime obsessed. “It says that we re normal and we re healthy,” Dr. Michael Mantell, former chief psychologist of the San Diego Police Department, told NPR in 2009. “I think our interest in crime serves a number of different healthy psychological purposes.” Of course, there are limits: “If all you do is read about crime and . all you do is talk about it and you have posters of it, and you have newspaper article clippings in your desk drawer, I d be concerned,” he said.
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Oxygen s two-night true-crime special Lovers Lane Murders focuses on the slaying of eight men and women at the Colonial Parkway in Virginia
The double homicides took play over a four-year span, starting with the murder of Cathy Thomas, 27, and Rebecca Becky Dowski, 21, in October 1986
Nearly a year later, David Knobling, 20, and Robin Edwards, 14, were found shot in the head along the bank of the James River in September 1987
Christopher Newport University students Richard CallLess, 20, and Cassandra Hailey, 18, vanished in April 1988 after attending a party together
CallLess s car was found at a York River, but their bodies were never discovered
10/9c on Oxygen, offers a fresh perspective on the unresolved murders that claimed the lives of eight young men and women over four consecutive years and continue to haunt the parkway area to this day.
Evidence that the Colonial Parkway murders are still on people’s minds can be found online and not just in periodic news stories about developments in DNA evidence in relationship to the case or in true crime blogs, but in a forum far from forensic science: TripAdvisor.
“There is no toll or charge but it is run by the Forest Service so don’t get caught speeding and you might want to keep a lookout for the Colonial Parkway Murderer of the 80’s - He was never caught,” reads one review. And that’s just one of a few cautionary comments posted over the years that turned up during a February 2021 search of the site.