I Am Not a Serial Killer

Well, I've never seen anything like that.

Yeah.

Something tore him up.

Yeah.

What's your prognosis, John?

Well, he's dead for sure.

Somebody's been killed downtown, they said it was Jeb Jolly.

The mechanic?

That's terrible.

I mean, you guys are the ones that are worried about going out of business.

That's two bodies in a week, that's money in the bank.

Don't even joke like that, John.

- You okay here? - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

- It stinks really bad. - She.

- She stinks really bad. - She does smell for a woman.

Wish someone had found her sooner. Leg.

Turn your head.

Ron's getting lazier. He didn't even clean her.

He just declared natural causes and shipped her over.

Other leg.

Aneurysm hooks.

How's school?

I mean, you know, Aunt Margaret,

it's the first week, nothing much really happens.

- Make any new friends? - It's funny, actually.

All those kids that I've gone to school with since kindergarten,

they all left, so...

they're all new kids and they all wanted to be friends with me.

And it was pretty sweet.

Who are you?

My name is John.

And welcome back to Clayton's WXPC, it's just about the top of the hour.

Some startling new developments on a story we've been following for the last 48 hours.

The death of a Clayton man, Jeb Jolly, aged 53 is now under police investigation.

The local mechanic's body was found yesterday by one woman

who likened the violent scene to quote, "a bizarre animal attack."

Clayton County Police Department have declined to comment,

citing the need for an official coroner's report.

Jolly's family asking only for our prayers.

Principal Layton wants to see you.

Mrs. Cleaver, take a seat please.

John, adolescence can be a difficult time.

It's normal to be interested in the world and all of its problems.

Normal to be drawn to death and murder.

But unfortunately you can go too far down that road.

Too far away from...

Well, normal thoughts.

What do you say, John?

I'm interested in how many times you felt it was necessary to say the word "normal."

It's not like there's a whole lot to say about Einstein. I mean,

he discovered E equals MC square and nuclear bombs but that's it.

I'm lucky I got half a page at all.

And you missed two points for length, you missed another two for spelling.

I mean, you managed to spell Einstein a different way every time.

- That's creativity. - No, that's remarkable. That's amazing.

So, you guys catch that smell?

Smells of something dead. Something rotting.

Freak.

So, what psycho did you write about?

Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer.

That's how he signed all of his letters to the media as "bind, torture, kill."

How many people did he kill?

Maybe 10, they're not... not sure but could be more.

Only 10? The guy you wrote about last year was way better at it.

Jeffrey Dahmer. He was a cannibal and he kept severed heads in his freezer.

I remember your pictures now. They gave me nightmares.

Nightmares are nothin', man. Those pictures gave me a therapist.

Oh, what up? That black cloud above ya's growing.

I broke one of my rules.

- Stalking anybody? - No.

What else?

Have you heard about the MacDonald Triad?

Three traits shared by 95% of all serial killers,

bedwetting, pyromania, animal cruelty.

You do admit I have all three.

What really gets me is...

you know, animal cruelty predicts violent behavior...

but until I read that I didn't think it was wrong, you know.

What else?

Well, if I'm thinking about hurting a person, then...

you know, I'll just give them a compliment.

If somebody's really bugging me to the point where...

when I think about killing them then...

I'll just smile and I'll say something nice... you know?

Is that hot chocolate?

I'm good.

John, you have a... a lot of predictors

for serial killer behavior, but...

predictors are just that, they predict what might happen, not what will happen.

You're in control of your own destiny.

You're a good person, John. That's important.

- Hey, John? - Yeah, Mr. Crowley?

Come here.

What do you know about smartphones?

I don't know. What do you need?

I want to send my wife a kiss.

You want to send her a kiss?

You're supposed to be able to take photos and send them to each other.

- Alright. - Show me how it's done.

Well, so, it's that button.

And then...

you can use this one to take the picture, so... Here you go.

Okay.

And there you go.

Good Lord, she's gonna be in shock, that's for sure.

Brooke? Come on down, dinner's ready.

Relax, he's dead. He's going nowhere fast.

- Is that Jeb Jolly? - Yes.

Hey.

You surviving?

Are you?

I'm not the one who has to live with Mom. You heard from Dad?

No. You?

Rarely. I ask him for money sometimes.

- John? - Yeah?

- Dr. Neblin told me. - What?

That you think you're going to kill somebody.

That's funny, 'cause that's not what I said. What I said was that...

I follow very strict rules to keep me from doing anything wrong.

Seems like you'd be happy about that.

Happy... is not a son who has to follow rules

to keep himself from killing people.

Happy is not a psychologist telling me my son is a sociopath.

He actually said that? That's kinda cool.

- Antisocial... - Hate to dump this on you

this time of night, April. It's a hell of a thing.

I think the damage is done, Mom.

What dive are you heading to tonight?

Somewhere with more living people than here, that's for sure. Have fun.

Oh, for the love of Mike.

- I call organs. - Fine.

- Dang it, Ron. - What?

Well, we're missing a kidney.

I've gone through the bag twice.

You think Ron would manage to send us all the organs, for crying out loud.

Well... what if the person who killed him took it?

- That's... - It's totally possible.

Look at that.

- It'll be on the forms. - I don't think so.

Wait, here. "Left kidney removed via incisions to renal artery,

- veins and ureter." - So he had it removed?

No, there's no record of that, it's just not there.

This is Ted Rath, live at the scene where the ambulance has just left

and as you can see the police and a crowd are gathering here in Clayton,

a normally peaceful town, where a killer has struck possibly for the second time,

leaving a dead body and a terrified town in his wake.

Stupid, stupid, the last thing this town needs is panic about a mass murderer.

I think the last thing we need are the killings.

Details are sketchy at this time, what I have been able to ascertain is

there was a small pool of oil or some black sludge

found near the body of local farmer, Dave Byrd.

We will, of course, be giving you details as they become available.

This is a 5 Live News exclusive.

Death stalks America's heartland.

Okay, so the first question of psychological profiling

is what's the killer doing he doesn't absolutely have to be doing?

Dude, I think it's a werewolf.

It's not a werewolf.

Dude, did you see the news?

It has the intelligence of man with the ferocity of a beast.

- What is that supposed to be? - Not a werewolf. Werewolves aren't real.

The stories of them probably started from serial killers, you know.

Vampire's too. It's just men who hunt and kill other men.

So assuming a basic goal of trying to kill somebody.

All you really need to do is shoot them, right?

Yeah.

So what's he doing that he doesn't have to do?

Well, he's stabbing him, rippin' into him.

Exactly, yeah, that's the first thing, you know.

He approaches 'em in person. Probably means he wants to be close to the victims.

- What else? - He attacked during the night, in the dark.

I think that's probably just something he had to do.

Doesn't that count for your list?

I mean, it's not a unique trait.

Nobody who kills somebody else wants to be seen.

Just put it on your list, I mean...

not everything in this has to be your idea.

Ted Bundy... the one that they...

they coined the term serial killer for.

He said that after you killed somebody...

you know, if you had enough time with them.

They could be whoever you wanted them to be.

You're weird, man.

I hate Halloween. It's absurd, you know.

This is the night when evil spirits are supposed to walk the earth.

You know, druids burning kids in wicker baskets, you know.

My position is vulnerable out here, boys, let's stay alert and keep moving.

- Can't you just tell him to go away? - Nah, leave him alone.

He's convinced the killer is gonna come out and get us.

Plus, it makes him happy. Right, Dad?

Let's just hurry up and get the hell outta here.

Dad, you said we could stay out till 9:30.

Trick or treat?

You boy's shouldn't be out this late.

Yeah. It's not safe with a killer out there.

That's what I'm saying.

You boys be careful.

Are you It?

Am I what?

The clown from "It," that Stephen king book.