Mixed Signals
A woman killed herself by drilling a hole in her skull in an attempt to get rid of her tinnitus. Her husband has since developed the condition, apaprently out of empathy, and is drilling holes in other people's skulls since they won't tell him where that awful noise is coming from.
Tropes
- Body Horror: The UnSub drills holes in his victims' skulls.
- Freudian Excuse: The UnSub's wife killed herself to get rid of her tinnitus. This caused him to get tinnitus and go on a serial killer rampage.
- You Will Be Spared: The UnSub spares the life of a woman he was about to kill when he realises she's deaf, and therefore can't hear the sound plaguing him, even bitterly calling her lucky for it.
