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Current FBI definition of a serial killer: Two or more separate incidents by the same offender.

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If you're new to the sub, please read this post. You'll quickly see how easy it can be for a killer to hide in plain sight, and these movies will have you on the edge of your seat.Welcome to r/SerialKillers.

As a bonus, some of these movies are based on true stories of real serial killers, which makes them that much scarier. Halloween may be coming up, but it doesn't need to be October 31 to enjoy a frightening film. Managing fear and anxiety is a year round thing, so there's no bad time to watch these movies about serial killers. 'I think people who watch them a lot are learning how to deal with uncertainty and suspense and anxiety.' 'It's about trying to learn to predict the world around you,' Scrivner said. Coltan Scrivner, a PhD candidate from the University of Chicago's Department of Comparative Human Development, told Health that he thinks people love to terrify themselves with these kinds of films because they're essentially building a survival kit of their own and thinking about how they, themselves would adapt to certain scenarios. In theory, it shouldn't be fun at all to intentionally scare oneself, but yet the horror film industry is thriving. There's something so fascinating about the desire people have to watch scary movies, especially movies about serial killers.

Serial killer pictures as kids