22 Uncomfortably Interesting Facts About Serial Killers

There’s a fine line to walk when it comes to consuming true-crime media: It’s natural to be curious about the lowest depths of humanity, but if you get too into it, people start suspecting that you’re a serial killer. After all, this isn’t just the intellectual concept of death we’re talking about here. These are real people who died, and it’s gross to get too wrapped up in a stranger’s death, whether it’s Ted Bundy’s victims or Marilyn Monroe (the Marilyn Monroe truthers are a whole different article).

But some serial killers are, well, there’s a reason they couldn’t function in society to the point of abiding its most basic rule. The details of their lives are a sort of biographical trainwreck — you want to look away, but you just can’t. So when user zimmy9921 asked r/AskReddit, “What are some serial killer facts/facts about serial killers that you find extremely interesting?,” it’s not surprising that plenty of Redditors had already done the research. But maybe don’t make friends with any of them.