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'When I interrogate a serial killer I dive into the blackness of his soul. I am familiar with his feelings of emptiness, loneliness, depression, death, omnipotence and fear. I dive deeply to get a grip on his torment...' A profiler who wants to understand the mind of the serial killer must... read more

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  • “In the mean time I decided that I needed to take control of my work environment. Elmarie and I were swamped. At that stage we were handling fifteen active serial killers between us, of whom seven were in my head.”
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  • “The Atteridgeville killer was sentenced to 2410 years and will spend the rest of his natural life in the C Maximum Facility of Pretoria's Central Prison.”
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  • “We interrogated him on and off for two days. He claimed to have Multiple Personality Disorder and tried to give us his interpretation of personality changes. It was the biggest load of bullsh!t I have ever encountered.”
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  • SAPS: The rather unfortunate acronym for the South African Police Service

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As a child it was always my dream to be a writer.

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INTRODUCTION

1 THE STATION STRANGLER
2 CLEVELAND, PINETOWN & WITBANK
3 ATTERIDGEVILLE
4 DONNYBROOK
5 THE CAPE TOWN PROSTITUTE KILLER
6 NASREC AND KRANSKOP
7 THE CANE KILLER
8 LENYENYE, PYROMANIAC, WEMMER PAN/HAMMER & EASTERN CAPE
9 STEWART WILKEN
10 THE SALOON KILLER

CONCLUSION
A PSYCHODYNAMIC EXPLANATION OF SERIAL KILLERS
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  • Braai: Afrikaans for "cookout"
  • Shebeen: bar
  • Muti: a form of traditional African magical practice, said to be the traceable source of any disaster or great success in a person's life

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • The Abyss: This at times seems to be a metaphor by the author, representing the grim depths of a serial killer's deepest id, and at others she treats it as a literal place where she meets and interacts with these killers.

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This book is in True Crime: Serial Murder. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Micki Pistorius (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Definitely not for the kiddies.

Popular Tags
  1. 2011
  2. criminology
  3. forensics
  4. memoir
  5. non-fiction
  6. psychology
  7. true crime 

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