A Chair Made Of Antlers: Red Dragon And The Fetishisation Of Serial Killers

Join Cian for a coffee on an autumn morning at the cabin in the woods to discuss:

-Thomas Harris' 1981 book Red Dragon

-memories of serial killers from the N64 game Shadowman from 1999

-the literary debut of Hannibal Lecter

-the stereotype of the genius serial killer in fiction

-the stereotype of the super-smart FBI profiler

-serial killer and the occult

-who serial killers target and the society that lets them do it

SOURCES:

Wide Atlantic Weird MERCH! CHECK IT OUT:

https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10108989

Red Dragon, Thomas Harris, 1981

https://suntup.press/red-dragon

Shadowman, N64, 1999

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Man_(video_game)

Paperbacks From Hell, Grady Hendrix, 2016

https://www.valancourtbooks.com/paperbacksfromhell.html

Criminal Profiling: The Reality Behind The Myth, Lea Winerman, American Psychological Association

https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/criminal.html

Making Murder: The Fiction Of Thomas Harris, Philip Simpson, 2009

https://books.google.ie/books/about/Making_Murder.html?id=uf4ouAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

A History Of British Serial Killing, David Wilson, 2009

https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-history-of-british-serial-killing/david-wilson/9780751541007#:~:text=In%20this%20fascinating%20and%20informative,leading%20expert%20on%20serial%20killers.

Are American Serial Killers A Dying Breed? The Guardian, David Taylor, 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/are-american-serial-killers-a-dying-breed

Quora Thread On Ted Bundy, including quote from Franklin Veaux

https://www.quora.com/Would-it-be-easier-or-harder-for-serial-killers-like-Ted-Bundy-to-kill-someone-nowadays-than-back-in-the-70-80s