So although there may be more one-off killers than serial killers, serial killers still account for a larger group of victims. But as you will see in the next few sections, your chance of meeting a serial killer is almost nonexistent.

It's based on the book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker and John E Douglas and charts the development criminal profiling in the US from the 1970s. Produced by David Fincher (who also directs four episodes) it stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany as the FBI agents who spearheaded the FBI's Behavioural Science Unit in an effort to mine the minds of serial killers in the hope of gleaning information which could help with future investigations. The most fascinating aspect of the series, however, is the fact it features the stories of real life serial killers and kicks off with that of Edmund Kemper, a murderer and necrophiliac whose modus operandi was particularly horrifying. The league season 5 episode 11 cast.

He's played to chilling effect by the actor Cameron Britton, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Kemper, who is a striking 6' 9' tall. IndieWire has highlighted some clips of the real life interviews with these serial killers on which Mindhunter is based. Here are some of them: Ed Kemper (The Co-ed Killer, played by Cameron Britton).