
What makes a serial killer?
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The History of Serial Killers
The term was coined in the mid-70s by Robert Ressler, former FBI director of Violent Criminal Apprehensions Program. The key hallmark of a serial killer is that they kill for the pleasure of killing. And their subcategories we'll get into within that, but yeah, totally right on the money there.
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