Podcast: What’s the Obsession with Serial Killers?

Welcome back to our podcast What’s the Obsession With…? Hosts Brie and Adri (and sometimes a special guest) explore the ins and outs of people’s fixations, one obsession at a time. We tackle some research, personal stories, and some totally unfounded theories on all sorts of topics people have been obsessed with for ages.

Each episode comes with a themed Spotify playlist, our research notes and links, and the occasional drinking game! Subscribe to our Patreon for various extra goodies (like original stickers and picking our next topic).

#005 “…serial killers?”

We try to unpack the obsession with serial killers, and end up instead ruminating on the animal within us all that is capable of murder. We are joined by special guest Zoe Broad, who in addition to being in the writers’ room for several TV shows we love (Shadowhunters, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) also has a serial killer pen pal (the Trailside Killer). From Hannibal’s “sophisticated” personality to Zac Efron “charming” as Ted Bundy, we try to get to the bottom of the more persistent serial killer stereotypes – both real and fictional. Do they seem normal in their everyday life? Are they really smarter than the average person? What did potential serial killers do a thousand years ago? We also would like to reassure you that you are statistically more likely to be eaten by a serial killer than a zombie. Take that as you will.