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->Multiple murder, however, is not a [[OlderThanTheyThink new 'activity' in the social]]... Taking a sociological approach, Elliot Leyton claims that multiple murderers are "very much men of their time," whose individual histories are enmeshed with social histories.
-->--Murders and Acquisitions: Representations of the serial killer in popular culture
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->Meanwhile, Vaughn Parry is England's [[TheDreaded present nightmare]]. Above and beyond Islamic extremists with rucksacks and [[RabidCop policemen who shoot plumbers nine times in the head for being diffusely non-white]], the great fear of every right-thinking person these days is that Parry was not unique, [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse that there lurk]] amid the wide wheat fields and bowling greens of the Home Counties yet more bloody-handed killers who can unlock your window catches and sneak into your room at night, the better to tear you apart. Parry is under custody for the moment, held in some high-security hospital under the scrutiny of doctors, but something in him has cut the nation deep.
-->--''Literature/{{Angelmaker}}''
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->''"What about me, you ask? It's really quite simple. I love to tear the flesh of the living, to kill for the simple, intoxicating pleasure of feeling blood between my fingers...'''I KILL, THEREFORE, I AM!!''' Whethever I'm real or a human doesn't matter. I'm a killer, and that's all I need to know!"''
-->-- '''Barry the Chopper''', ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''
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->''"Body Found". Again, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday which one?]]''
-->-- bigMooney06, ''[[https://youtu.be/ZNIwJCH90tk?t=32m9s A House Built on Sand Kill Everyone Challenge!]]''
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->''"There's no sense to it, and one killer without reason is an oddity, but it seems to me that it's spreading. We had a monster and we couldn't catch him. Now how many monsters are there? It's not just the Ripper anymore. Something's changed in this city and everybody knows it. They're all scared, everybody out there's scared, and it's [[OutsideScopeVillain more than we can deal with]]."''

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->''"There's no sense to it, and one killer without reason is an oddity, but it seems to me that it's spreading. We had a monster and we couldn't catch him. Now how many monsters are there? It's not just the Ripper anymore. Something's changed in this city and everybody knows it. They're all scared, everybody out there's scared, and it's [[OutsideScopeVillain [[OutsideContextVillain more than we can deal with]]."''
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->''"There's no sense to it, and one killer without reason is an oddity, but it seems to me that it's spreading. We had a monster and we couldn't catch him. Now how many monsters are there? It's not just the Ripper anymore. Something's changed in this city and everybody knows it. They're all scared, everybody out there's scared, and it's [[OutsideScopeVillain more than we can deal with]]."''
-->-- '''Inspector Blacker''', ''The Yard''

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-->--'''{{Music/Sparks}}''', "National Crime Awareness Week"

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-->--'''{{Music/Sparks}}''', -->-- '''{{Music/Sparks}}''', "National Crime Awareness Week"



->When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster.
-->--'''''Series/TheXFiles''''', "Squeeze"

->Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all.

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->When ->''"When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' '''that room''' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster.
-->--'''''Series/TheXFiles''''',
monster."''
-->-- ''Series/TheXFiles'',
"Squeeze"

->Smith ->''"Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."''



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-->--''Film/BartonFink''
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->You know what flavor of killer takes trophies, don't you? Serial. Souvenirs help them [[ButForMeItWasTuesday differentiate between the victims.]]

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->'''Tailor:''' His eyes promise only death, and his words are worse! Is he some kind of serial killer?\\
'''Bunny:''' A ''serial'' killer? No, if anything, he's ''[[FalseReassurance massively parallel]]''.\\
'''Tailor:''' ''[deadpan]'' Oh. Okay.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
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'''Rebecca:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"

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'''Rebecca:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"it!]]''
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-->-- '''''Series/ThePractice''''', "Swearing In"

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->'''Bobby Donnell:''' Even ''if'' they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again?\\
'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"
-->-- '''''Series/ThePractice'''''

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->'''Bobby Donnell:''' ->'''Bobby:''' Even ''if'' they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again?\\
'''Rebecca Washington:''' '''Rebecca:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"
-->-- '''''Series/ThePractice'''''
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->'''Bobby Donnell:''' Even ''if'' they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again?
->'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"

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->'''Bobby Donnell:''' Even ''if'' they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again?
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again?\\
'''Rebecca
Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!]]''"



->''"When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster."''

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->''"When ->When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster."''



-> ''"Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."''

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-> ''"Smith ->Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."''



->'''Sylar''': I'm not a serial killer.
->'''Luke''': But you've got a pattern. You go after specific victims. You collect mementos.
->'''Sylar''': Okay, [[VerbalBackspace technically]], I'm a serial killer.

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->'''Det. Deutsch:''' His name is Mundt. Karl Mundt.\\
'''Det. Mastrionotti:''' Also known as Madman Mundt.\\
'''Deutsch:''' He's a little funny in the head.\\
'''Barton:''' What did...? What did he--\\
'''Mastrionotti:''' Funny. As in, he likes to ventilate people with a shotgun and then cut their heads off.\\
'''Deutsch:''' Yeah, he's funny that way.
-->--''Film/BartonFink''

->'''Sylar''': I'm not a serial killer. \n->'''Luke''': \\
'''Luke''':
But you've got a pattern. You go after specific victims. You collect mementos. \n->'''Sylar''': \\
'''Sylar''':
Okay, [[VerbalBackspace technically]], ''[[VerbalBackspace technically]]'', I'm a serial killer.



->'''D.J.:''' Let me get this straight. Chris left us for dead, and now we're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw is on the loose?
->'''Duncan:''' No! We're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw and a '''hook''' is on the lose!!

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->'''D.J.:''' Let me get this straight. Chris left us for dead, and now we're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw is on the loose?
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loose?\\
'''Duncan:'''
No! We're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw and a '''hook''' is on the lose!!



->''"You know what flavor of killer takes trophies, don't you? Serial. Souvenirs help them differentiate between the victims."''

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->''"You ->You know what flavor of killer takes trophies, don't you? Serial. Souvenirs help them [[ButForMeItWasTuesday differentiate between the victims."'']]
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-->--'''Music/TalkingHeads''', "Psycho Killer"

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-->--'''Music/TalkingHeads''', "Psycho Killer"
Killer" from ''Music/TalkingHeads77''.



-->-- '''''ThePractice'''''

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-->-- '''''ThePractice'''''
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-> ''"Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."''

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-> ''"Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[JackTheRipper [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."''

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->'''Frank Briggs''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill...when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.
->'''Mulder:''' Feel what, Frank?
->'''Briggs: '''When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster.

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->'''Frank Briggs''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill...when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.
->'''Mulder:''' Feel what, Frank?
->'''Briggs: '''When
->''"When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster. "''
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->''"And no one knows a thing about my life\\
I can come and go as I please\\
And if I want to, I can stay\\
Oh, or if I want to, I can leave\\
Nobody knows me, Nobody knows me, Nobody knows me\\
Nobody knows me, HA! HA! Nobody knows me..."''
-->-- '''Music/{{Morrissey}}''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-poVc0wFAA "Jack The Ripper"]]''
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->'''Briggs:'''When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that'' room is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster.

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->'''Briggs:'''When ->'''Briggs: '''When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that'' room ''that room'' is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind of human monster.
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->'''Frank Briggs''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill; when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.

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->'''Frank Briggs''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill; Mill...when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.
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->'''Frank Briggs:''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill; when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.

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->'''Frank Briggs:''': Briggs''': I called it quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in Powhatan Mill; when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.

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-> ''"Just you wait, it won't be long.\\
The man in black will soon be here.\\
With his cleaver's blade so true.\\
He'll make mincemeat out of ''you!''"''
-->-- ''Film/{{M}}''



->'''Bobby Donnell:''' "Even if they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again"
->'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, they keep doing it!"
-->-- ''ThePractice''

-> ''"Just you wait, it won't be long.\\
The man in black will soon be here.\\
With his cleaver's blade so true.\\
He'll make mincemeat out of ''you!''"''
-->-- ''Film/{{M}}''

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->'''Bobby Donnell:''' "Even if Even ''if'' they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again"
again?
->'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, ''[[ShapedLikeItself they keep doing it!"
it!]]''"
-->-- ''ThePractice''

-> ''"Just you wait,
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->'''Frank Briggs:''': I called
it won't quits in 1968 after forty-five years as a cop. And those killings at Powhatan Mill... I was a sheriff then and I'd seen my share of murders--bloody ones. But I could go home and, pitch a few baseballs to my kid and never give it a second thought. You gotta be long.\\
The man
able to do that. You'd go crazy, right? But those murders in black will soon be here.\\
With his cleaver's blade so true.\\
He'll make mincemeat out
Powhatan Mill; when I walked into that room, my heart, went cold, my hands, numbed. I could feel, '''it'''.
->'''Mulder:''' Feel what, Frank?
->'''Briggs:'''When I first heard about the death camps in 1945, I remembered Powhatan Mill. When I see the Kurds and the Bosnians, ''that'' room is there, I tell ye. It's like all the horrible acts that humans are capable of, somehow, gave birth to some kind
of ''you!''"''
-->-- ''Film/{{M}}''
human monster.
-->--'''''Series/TheXFiles''''', "Squeeze"
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-->-- '''The Practice''', "Season 3 Episode 8, Swearing In"

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-->-- '''The Practice''', "Season 3 Episode 8, Swearing In"
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'''Bobby Donnell:''' "Even if they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again"
'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, they keep doing it!"

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'''Bobby ->'''Bobby Donnell:''' "Even if they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again"
'''Rebecca ->'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, they keep doing it!"
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'''Bobby Donnell:''' "Even if they are the serial killers, who's to say they're going to do it again"
'''Rebecca Washington:''' Of course they're going to do it again, they're serial killers, that's why they call them serial killers, they keep doing it!"
-->-- '''The Practice''', "Season 3 Episode 8, Swearing In"
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-->--'''The Sparks''', "National Crime Awareness Week"

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->''"Psycho Killer!\\
Qu'est-ce que c'est!\\
Better run run run run run run run away"''
-->--'''Music/TalkingHeads''', "Psycho Killer"

->''"I'll put it to you this way, I love to take chances\\
I'll Put it to you this way, I'm a happy happy guy\\
I'll put it to you this way, I love little headlines:\\
'Unknown Caucasian Strikes One More Time'"''
-->--'''The Sparks''', "National Crime Awareness Week"
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-->-- '''''Film/{{M}}'''''

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-->-- '''Inspector Fred Abberline''', '''''FromHell'''''.

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-->-- '''Inspector Fred Abberline''', '''''FromHell'''''.
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-->-- '''''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'''''

->''You know what flavor of killer takes trophies, don't you? Serial. Souvenirs help them differentiate between the victims.''

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->''You know what flavor of killer takes trophies, don't you? Serial. Souvenirs help them differentiate between the victims.''
-->-- '''Sherlock Holmes''', ''Series/{{Elementary}}''
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-->-- '''''TotalDramaIsland'''''

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-> Just you wait, it won't be long.
-> The man in black will soon be here.
-> With his cleaver's blade so true.
-> He'll make mincemeat out of YOU!
-->-- '''{{M}}'''

-> "Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."
-->Inspector Fred Abberline, ''FromHell''.

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long.\\
The man in black will soon be here.
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here.\\
With his cleaver's blade so true.
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true.\\
He'll make mincemeat out of YOU!
''you!''"''
-->-- '''{{M}}'''

'''''{{M}}'''''

-> "Smith ''"Smith was raped and tortured. That's cruelty. I can understand cruelty. Tabram was killed by frenzied and repeated stabbing. That's rage, I understand that, too. [[JackTheRipper This one's more... methodical.]] Someone near enough did surgery on this woman, I don't understand that at all."
-->Inspector
"''
-->-- '''Inspector
Fred Abberline, ''FromHell''.
Abberline''', '''''FromHell'''''.



-->-- ''{{Heroes}}''

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-->-- ''{{Heroes}}''
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->'''D.J.:''' Let me get this straight. Chris left us for dead, and now we're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw is on the loose?
->'''Duncan:''' No! We're alone while that escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw and a '''hook''' is on the lose!!
-->-- '''''TotalDramaIsland'''''



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->'''Sylar''': I'm not a serial killer.
->'''Luke''': But you've got a pattern. You go after specific victims. You collect mementos.
->'''Sylar''': Okay, [[VerbalBackspace technically]], I'm a serial killer.
-->-- ''{{Heroes}}''

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