A review by vulveeta
The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Pat Brown

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what a nonstop thrill ride in stupidity! here are some choice quotes: [trigger warning for rape, murder, etc.]-

"She was smiling at me when she signed it. I thought, You don't look too bent out of shape for a rape victim."

"As a female, I could tell you exactly why that girl had leggings hanging off her left leg. That’s because women who have sex in the backs of cars end up with leggings hanging off one leg."

"The police never quite proved Suspect #2 was in the area at the time of Sarah’s murder. One of the reasons that some people thought it might be him was because he worked with horses, and Sarah had two hangers wrapped around her head. But if you look at any kind of pornography or bondage, you find lots of women with bridles around their heads. That’s the way brutal men control women." BDSM NOT SAME AS BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER, HULK SMASH (i actually don't remember if that case involved rape but she's bringing pornography into the mix so i'mma just include it)

"So this cross-dressing weirdo was a decent suspect." NO

"He didn’t technically rape her, but he did roll her onto her stomach, putting something under her belly to elevate her buttocks." is detailing a case about unwanted sexual contact really a good time to debate technically rape?

"Also, the killer looked in on the children. Why? What interest, if he wasn’t a rapist, would he have in checking out sleeping kids? And, since there were teenage girls in the house, a rapist would have been more than pleased to make such a find." rapists don't solely rape young women, you know that, right? some rapists in fact prefer older women because they are more vulnerable and "weak" JESUS FUCK

"She thought the low voice sounded like it belonged to a black man, although “it could have been somebody with a Southern twang accent.” It was not a voice Laurie recognized" so i get that pat brown didn't say that, but the fact that she included it kind of leaves me to believe that she believes in black voices as a thing

"He also said Doris knew things about him he had never told anyone. Was he suggesting she was psychic?" what? that sounds to me like he fucking told the lady shit he never told anyone else, for christ's sake

"A lot of men who are considered child predators are not pedophiles. A pedophile is somebody who has an obsession with having sex with children, with childlike children, little children. A pedophile is not necessarily a sexual predator, because some pedophiles don’t do anything about it, they just think about it a lot." who gives a shit, people who want to fuck children regardless of acting on urges are shitty people


I HAVE LITERALLY LIKE 5 PAGES ON MY KINDLE OF NOTES FROM THIS BOOK AND I AM TIRED OF IT I AM JUST GOING TO STOP I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT'S FUCKING HORRIBLE