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The Psychology of Serial Killers presentation 5-2-26

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  This was a lecture style  presentation with the noted speaker Dr. Rachel Toles held at the Byham theatre in Pittsburgh on May 2 that I attended with my wife.  My wife and I are both rather familiar with the subject of serial killers having read books, documentaries, etc and we were looking forward to this and I really wanted to like it. I was disappointed.  She obviously was very knowledgable on the subject and has a great resume for books, speaking and movie consultation but this presentation was little more than a rehash of documentaries we've seen before.  She jumps into the what factors 'create' a serial killer and she presents these 9. She then uses these 9 points to  discuss 3 headliners - Jeffrey Dhamer, Ted Bundy and  Aileen Wuornos and apply these 9 to those 3.  She mentions briefly Dennis Rader, the BTK killer.  She took some questions from the audience in a Q & A session which was interesting and silly at the same time as the...