Countless pages have been written about them, dozens of movies and TV series made, until by now they’ve become stereotypes with a mythical dimension the public considers as typical: a broken childhood, torturing animals, fascination with fire, the need for sexual gratification. All these details may be present in serial killers, whereas often they are not. This simplification comes from society reacting to something it doesn’t understand, creating a caricature out of what is an everyday reality.
