American Madness
(Originally titled American Psychos… but the new title just worked so much better)
So, would I sound crazy if I said I was drawn to articles about serial killers?
I thought American Psycho was well written, I am a fan of some horror movies, but my tastes tend to lean more toward 28 Days Later and Evil Dead then slasher and killer movies, but why is it that when I find an article about a real life honest-to-god nutcase serial killer I can’t help but want to read it?
I didn’t actually notice this as a trend until I saw this article from yesterday’s New York Times about Robert Charles Browne who claimed to have murdered 48 people in 9 different states. It brought me back to an article I had read back in September about everyones favorite “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz from New York Magazine (The Devil in the David Berkowitz).
I would have guessed it was just me and some really odd interest in the real life macabre, but the article on Browne is the 19th most emailed article today. For me I think it is an interest in the mind and looking to these articles to find out what actually made these people snap, essentially get a snap shot of crazy from some of the crazies still alive out there today. What is it about Helter Skelter that could inspire some one to kill?
Anyway, as the NY Times showed me, I am not the only one who likes reading about incarcerated psychos so I felt someone else out there reading this might be interested in these articles as well
