I just finished watching a few episodes of Criminal Minds Season 1 with my sisters who are viewing it for the first time. This leads me to think about past lives once again.I wonder why I'm so drawn to crime-solving. Back in college when I was taking up Legal Management and still planning to go to law school, I so wanted to specialize in Criminal Law. I love watching crime shows. I'm a big fan of CSI Las Vegas, Criminal Minds, and Without A Trace. I'm also into crime novels. I have all of Agatha Christie's 80+ novels and plays. It took me a couple of years and 4 countries to complete the whole set, but once I started I couldn't stop! (Trivia: Agatha Christie is the most published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare). I also have a Sherlock Holmes collection, as well as novels by P.D. James and Mary Higgins Clark, among others. Needless to say, I like watching and dissecting crime films which a lot of people find depressing, like the Hannibal series, The Bone Collector, Copycat.
I like the puzzles, I enjoy figuring out who the culprit is, but more than anything, I am interested in finding out the "why" behind the crime - the motive. There's just so much about human nature that's explained in these shows and books: how people behave under certain circumstances, what makes them behave the way they do. Motive could be money, love, pride, power, security, to name a few. Others couldn't help the way they are because of traumatic childhood experiences. I learned that the making of a criminal is rooted in childhood and family...Some criminals are born (because of physiological dysfunctions), but most of them are made early on in life. (Attention all parents...)
Hmmm...I'm not sure though which side of the law I was on in my past life. I could've been a detective, a law enforcer...or maybe a criminal? Yikes! Hehe :p But if I had a choice, I would love it if I were a Profiler. I prefer to call it "mindhunter" -- catching criminals by thinking like them, predicting their next moves. So fascinating. But also so chilling. Oh well. I wonder if I have what it takes? One has to be extremely, remarkably emotionally sturdy. I guess to maintain my poise and creepy positivism, I'd have to take unbelievably grand vacations every so often! :D
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i used to be a big fan of serial killer movies -- the ones you mentioned and of course se7en. i also watched x files a lot and millennium. but then i didn't want to join the CSI craze. i also used to read about serial killers a lot. i guess this all started with the hardy boys and sherlock holmes for me. i haven't read a single agatha christie book.
Used to? So not anymore. Creepy but interesting right? Hmmm, I also started with Nancy Drew come to think of it!
wala na rin kasing movies na Seven quality or Silence of the Lambs quality eh.. mukhang sa TV na lahat ngayon, like Dexter.
Do watch Criminal Minds and see if you'll like it. It's not just thought-provoking, it's suspense-filled too!
i think the other commenters/readers have been positively creeped out by our conversation...
well i'd have to comment that it's still a positive kind of being creeped out so it's fine
Hahaha! Anobayun!
agree!
i saw this quote today seems appropriate
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
-Alfred Hitchcock
I like Alfred Hitchcock also - galing! His quote is creepy, hahaha!
'positivism'... the word just struck me... we need to chat one of these days so that you can infect me back with your positivism... i'm quite SNIOP nowadays...
hehehe
Mykl, why oh why so SNIOP? Sige, we need to turn you into a SPIOP again. Let's meet up, I will be in Makati one of these ordinary days. I'll schedule it! :)
I have a collection of Patricia Cornwell books. you can borrow anytime. But am sure, you'll be the most kikay profiler :-)
Thanks thanks, Anonymous! I haven't tried any of her books but I'm interested to try.
Kikay profiler, hahaha, that's a nice one! :D
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