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| Serial killer | |
| Classification: | Vocation |
| Associated franchises: | Child's Play DC Universe Marvel Universe |
| Associated films: | The Brood Howling, The Time After Time |
| Associated programs: | Heroes Timecop True Blood The X-Files |
| Associated comics: | Batman Vol 1 Walking Dead Vol 1 |
| Character examples: | Drew Marshall; Gabriel Gray; Ian Pascoe; Ramsey Murdoch; William Barrow |
| Related articles: | Psychopath |
A serial killer is one who murders select individuals to satisfy a pathological need. They often employ a very strict modus operandi when it comes to not only their victims, but the manner in which they kill them, as well as the time and location.
Characters[]
Appearances[]
Television[]
- Almost Human: Straw Man
- Charmed: Pilot - Jeremy Burns.
- Charmed: Something Wicca This Way Comes - Jeremy Burns.
- Flash: What's Past Is Prologue - Orlin Dwyer as Cicada.
- Heroes: I Am Sylar - Sylar.
- Heroes: Orientation - Sylar.
- Heroes: Brave New World - Sylar.
- Smallville: Cure - Curtis Knox.
- Teen Wolf: Galvanize - William Barrow.
- Timecop: A Rip in Time - Ian Pascoe.
- Timecop: Stalker - Ian Pascoe.
- Timecop: Public Enemy - Ian Pascoe.
- True Blood: Strange Love - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: The First Taste - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: Escape from Dragon House - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: Sparks Fly Out - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: Cold Ground - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: Burning House of Love - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: The Fourth Man in the Fire - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: Plaisir d'amour - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: I Don't Wanna Know - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: To Love Is to Bury - Drew Marshall.
- True Blood: You'll Be the Death of Me - Drew Marshall.
- The X-Files: Orison - Donnie Pfaster.
Comics[]
- Action Comics 709 - Ramsey Murdoch.
- Action Comics 711 - Ramsey Murdoch.
- Action Comics 712 - Ramsey Murdoch.
- Evil Ernie 1 - Ernest Fairchild.
- Walking Dead 13 - Thomas Richards.
- Walking Dead 14 - Thomas Richards.
- Walking Dead 15 - Thomas Richards.
- Walking Dead 16 - Thomas Richards.
- Walking Dead 17 - Thomas Richards.
- Walking Dead 18 - Thomas Richards.
Films[]
- Brood, The
- Curse of Chucky - Chucky & Tiffany.
- Dark Half, The - George Stark.
- Dead Zone, The - Frank Dodd.
- Howling, The - Eddie Quist.
- Insidious: The Last Key - Gerald Rainier & Ted Garza.
- Misery - Annie Wilkes.
- Seed of Chucky - Chucky & Tiffany.
- Time After Time - Jack the Ripper.
Novels[]
- Dark Half, The - George Stark
- Dead Zone, The - Frank Dodd
- Doctor Sleep - Rose the Hat is a psychic vampire that feeds of children.
- Misery - Annie Wilkes historically kills around 30 people, including infants.
Notes[]
- Serial killers redirects to this page.
- A serial killer is distinguished from a mass murderer in that they are patient and methodical. A mass murderer, such as the type seen in most slasher films, kills multiple people at one time, or throughout the course of a limited time period.