Consumers who wish to purchase these items are known as "collectors". These collectors would pay thousands of dollars for a half-eaten bag of candy from clown paintings of Charles Manson or John Wayne Gacy. Serial killers are known as artists. Selling items such as hair, paintings, letters, clothing and even nail clippings and toe scrapings. The serial killer would not be an “artist” without the victims. Indeed, the problem here is that society condemns the murder of victims but glorifies them by purchasing their “art”. The interesting thing is that society does not want to embrace or admire the serial killer or his actions, but wants some part of the serial killer to feel a connection and understand. People actually want to collect things once touched or possessed by serial killers because they feel a connection to the killer in some way. It is human nature to be interested and try to understand what happened. Society has an overwhelming need to dehumanize them and distinguish them from the rest of society. Interest in serial killers has moved to a new level. There are films and television programs that depict the lives of serial killers and show the murders. Serial killers have become a big market in the news and entertainment industry. Movies are made about real-life serial killers, such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. The interest in serial killers is such that the public seems to want to identify or empathize with serial killers and it is a large market. At what cost does the public interest cause the victims of these murders? Kahan states that “murder selling glorifies violent crime and causes the victim's loved ones undue pain”
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