"Serial murder may be a much older phenomenon than we realize. The stories that filter down about witches and werewolves and vampires may have been a way of explaining outrages so hideous that no one in the small and close-knit towns of Europe and early America could comprehend the perversities we now take for granted. Monsters had to be supernatural creatures. They couldn't be just like us."
~John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, true crime authors
"People with narcissistic personality disorder not only have to be the center of attention, they create drama in their lives. They are a one-person wrecking crew."
~Candice DeLong, Deadly Women, Vicious Vixen
"Somebody framed me."
“The killing was a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn’t enjoy doing that. That’s why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid in the drill [to the head], but it never worked. No, the killing was not the objective. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, not having to consider their wishes, being able to keep them there as long as I wanted.”
~Ed Gein
“The killing was a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn’t enjoy doing that. That’s why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid in the drill [to the head], but it never worked. No, the killing was not the objective. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, not having to consider their wishes, being able to keep them there as long as I wanted.”
~Jeffrey Dahmer
"If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well."
~Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking
“As far as I’m concerned,” said Judge Mills Lane, “they committed one of the most heinous crimes that I’ve been involved in, both as a prosecutor and a judge. I was a judge for eight years and a prosecutor for twenty. Everyday they breathe, there’s no justice. And that’s the way I feel about them.”
~Judge Mills Lane, The U-Haul Murders
"Hell, I've been sued for things I didn't even know happened, but [Nevada is] one of the least sued highway patrols in the western part of the country.”
~Former Col. Mike Hood, NHP
"Propofol is, in a nutshell, the world's most powerful anti-breathing drug."
~Mystery Detectives, Needle in a Haystack,
James Colaw State Attorney (his quote)
"We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow."
~Ted Bundy, serial killer quotes
"Homeschooling is a godsend for abusive parents, they can get away with their crimes longer."
~Candice DeLong Deadly Women
“I seen Dracula movies. I watch a lot of those. But I don’t drink people’s blood; I drink animal blood, sometimes I don’t cook it, I eat it. People, no, but I look at people, and I think... maybe soon.”
~Alvaro Calambro, The U-Haul Murders
"If they want him, he'll be there to perform his civic duty. However, I don't htink he has a good enough handle on the justice system to make any informed decisions."
~Stephani McLaughlin says about her 17-year-old pet TURTLE,
Max, when he was summoned for jury duty. According to
Newsweek, May 14, 2001, Max could not be reached for comment