Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Despite the abhorrent atrocities they commit, many people can’t ...

Reem is an Egypt-based writer and lawyer. Reem can recall spending a big amount of her early childhood watching movies in movie theaters. She is an avid fan of horror movies and is always looking for ...

Stéphane Bourgoin, a self-described French expert on serial killers, lived in a world of make-believe. While making low-grade films, he learned what hooked an audience: shock, sex, and gore. In the ...

Serial killers do not act randomly; they respond to deeply embedded neural scripts formed through early imprinting and reinforced by symbolic releasers. Ethologists like Konrad Lorenz and Niko ...