He argues that while serial killers may have been victimized, their subsequent horrific actions remain their own conscious choices.

“You can have been victimized and be an absolute monster because you make choices.”

She believes the accused neonatal nurse is diabolical and evil.

“I call her diabolical and evil I realize presumed innocent until found guilty but there are seven babies that are dead and other babies who have suffered consequences allegedly at her hands”

Edna believes that serial killers like her cousin are incapable of experiencing guilt or remorse for their actions.

“I would say having interviewed a lot of serial killers and and medically diagnosed Psychopaths he shows every sign of being a legitimate psychopath where they're incapable of feeling yeah guilt and remorse and things like that they just can't feel it”

Stephanie Harlowe believes that serial killers like Dennis Rader are driven by power and fantasies of control rather than mental instability.

“It's just he was driven by power and fantasies, not mental instability. That's a classic psychopathic profile.”

The host presents the narrative that Dennis Rader committed serial murders as a result of his choice to do so despite his attempts to blame an internal monster.

“We all make choices. Raido made his and 10 people died.”

Eleanor Neale believes Andrew Cunanan likely descended into insanity as he continued his killing spree.

“But I think it makes sense that after the first killing, he just kind of devolved into insanity and by the fifth killing of Gianni Versace, he didn't have anything to lose and so I think he was just insane, at that point in time and so yeah, he continued, he just kept going with it!”

The offender likely suffered a mental breakdown and targeted women who reminded him of someone from his past who had hurt him.

“maybe he had a relationship with a woman who had brown hair who in his opinion uh quote unquote I'm doing air quotes here for anyone who's not watching on YouTube ruined his life maybe it was a significant other who left him for whatever reason and he couldn't get over it and he snapped ”

Dean Corll was likely a secondary psychopath whose behavior was shaped by an abusive environment rather than being born with a psychopathic or sadistic core.

“I don't see him as the primary psychopath I see him as a secondary psychopath the one created by an environment where you know he had a father who was very rigid and controlling and and him for for stupid little things so I think I think he became Psychopathic in more of a defensive way”

Serial killers like Peter Sutcliffe are motivated by a compulsion that they feel they cannot control.

“I had the urge to kill any woman the urge inside me to kill girls was now practically uncontrollable”

The motivation behind BTK's correspondence with authorities was narcissistic, self-gratifying, and aimed at gaining notoriety.

“They conclude that his actual goals in writing to the authorities were narcissistic and self-gratifying. He wanted to create terror, gain notoriety, and also like demonstrate this intellectual superiority.”

The decision by a reporter to publish a portion of the BTK killer's letter was a mistake because it gave the killer the notoriety he craved.

“I'm just going to do half of a botched. Okay. I'll give it that. Because this is really the thing that like sets it on fire. Like, now he's gotten all the attention that he wants. This little freaky letter is now published in the paper, and that's exactly what this guy wanted.”

Modern serial killers have effectively evolved into school shooters because the latter offers a more direct and immediate path to fame.

“well serial killers now just go on parlor they go in parlor there's no they never get to the actual hard work of stalking and killing yeah they just pop off well we have I think they mutated into School shooters oh interesting Incarnation is that's it your theory”

Derek Levasseur believes serial killers like BTK are driven to interact with law enforcement to build their public legacy and notoriety.

“It wasn't just about the murders anymore. It was about getting away with it. He was playing this game with law enforcement.”

A victim escaping a serial killer can force the perpetrator to adapt their methods to prevent future victims from succeeding.

“it seems extremely likely that this med student was supposed to be the first victim of John Wayne Gayy, but he leapt out of the car, forcing John Wayne Gasey to change his strategy and make sure the next person was not able to do that.”

Serial killers often adopt increasingly risky behaviors and new variables to replicate the initial rush of their crimes as their gratification diminishes over time.

“It's like a drug addict, right? The the original drug that you took and how much you took of it, you're not going to have that same effect after you've used it a hundred times. So, with these murders, he's adding these new layers to create that anxiety, that fear of getting caught”

He argues that serial killers often escalate their behavior and audacity over time.

“I think that, combined with possible escalation in the crimes and the audacity, I think that's I still think it's one dude.”