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Advances in police investigation (for example, the ability to link murders more effectively) and improved data collection could help explain the uptick. In reality it’s not clear whether there truly was a surge of serial killing, or at least not one as pronounced as the data suggest. Various theories attempt to explain this change. died by the hands of a serial killer in 1987, compared to 30 in 2015. In a stunning collapse, these criminals that terrorized and captivated a generation quickly dwindled. The rough estimate on the global rate appeared to show a similar drop over the same period. The sudden plummet came with the new century, when the rate fell below 400 in the aughts and, as of late 2016, just over 100 during the past decade. throughout the 1980s, and just under 670 in the ’90s, based on data compiled by Mike Aamodt of Radford University. Nearly 770 serial killers operated in the U.S. Today, however, we see far fewer twisted tales in the vein of the Zodiac Killer or John Wayne Gacy.Īfter that three-decade surge, a rapid decline followed. Douglas’ true-crime book “Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit.” Douglas was one of the first criminal profilers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has inspired television FBI agents like Mandy Patinkin’s character on “Criminal Minds” and Bryan Fuller’s Will Graham on “Hannibal.” Douglas is the inspiration for “Mindhunter” protagonist Holden Ford, played by Jonathan Groff.From the 1970s through the ’90s, stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer - both of whom pleaded guilty to killing dozens of women - dominated headlines. He is played by Cameron Britton in “Mindhunter.” Kemper murdered his mother and his paternal grandparents in the 1960s before abducting and killing several women throughout the early 1970s. He targeted young female hitchhikers and decapitated his victims after their deaths and performed forced oral sex with their severed heads. He is played by Happy Anderson in “Mindhunter.” Brudos died of liver cancer in March 2006 while imprisoned. After committing a murder, he would dress up in high heels and masturbate. He is played by Sonny Valicenti in “Mindhunter.”īrudos was a serial killer and necrophiliac who bludgeoned and strangled four women in Oregon between 19. Rader bound, tortured, and killed 10 people in Sedgwick County, Kansas between 19. The show features Rader in various cold opens before he became an infamous serial killer, which will most likely be one of the major plot points in Season 2. We only know Dennis Rader as the “ADT Serviceman” in “Mindhunter” Season 1. He is played by Jack Erdie in “Mindhunter.”ĪDT Serviceman (aka Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer) He died of a heart attack in 1991 while in prison.

Speck tortured, raped, and murdered eight student nurses from the South Chicago Community Hospital in July 1966. Watch real interviews with the show’s lead FBI agents, as well as a number of its featured serial killers, in the videos below. The first season of “Mindhunter” is now streaming on Netflix.

ACTIVE SERIAL KILLERS IN THE US 2017 SERIES

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“Mindhunter” puts its characters face to face with real serial killers such as Edmund Kemper, the murderer and necrophiliac known as The Co-ed Killer, and Jerome Henry “Jerry” Brudos, who murdered four women in Oregon. While the characters played by Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany are only inspired by the real FBI agents, the serial killers featured in the 10-episode season are the real deal. Ressler, who headed the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit and interviewed dozens of America’s most infamous serial killers throughout their careers. Executive produced and co-directed by David Fincher, the show is inspired by the stories of real criminal profilers John E. Netflix’s serial killer drama “ Mindhunter” has become the streaming giant’s new must-binge series.