Join Cian for a coffee on an autumn morning at the cabin in the woods to discuss: -Thomas Harris' 1981 book Red Dragon -memories of serial killers from the N64 game Shadowman from 1999 -the literary debut of Hannibal Lecter -the stereotype of the genius serial killer in fiction -the stereotype of the super-smart FBI profiler -serial killer and the occult -who serial killers target and the society that lets them do it SOURCES: Wide Atlantic Weird MERCH! CHECK IT OUT: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10108989 Red Dragon, Thomas Harris, 1981 https://suntup.press/red-dragon Shadowman, N64, 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Man_(video_game) Paperbacks From Hell, Grady Hendrix, 2016 https://www.valancourtbooks.com/paperbacksfromhell.html Criminal Profiling: The Reality Behind The Myth, Lea Winerman, American Psychological Association https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/criminal.html Making Murder: The Fiction Of Thomas Harris, Philip Simpson, 2009 https://books.google.ie/books/about/Making_Murder.html?id=uf4ouAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y A History Of British Serial Killing, David Wilson, 2009 https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-history-of-british-serial-killing/david-wilson/9780751541007#:~:text=In%20this%20fascinating%20and%20informative,leading%20expert%20on%20serial%20killers. Are American Serial Killers A Dying Breed? The Guardian, David Taylor, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/are-american-serial-killers-a-dying-breed Quora Thread On Ted Bundy, including quote from Franklin Veaux https://www.quora.com/Would-it-be-easier-or-harder-for-serial-killers-like-Ted-Bundy-to-kill-someone-nowadays-than-back-in-the-70-80s