Let’s face it — some serial killers appeared to be downright charming. Dr. Fran Walfish, Beverly Hills family and relationship psychotherapist, explains to SheKnows that women can become attracted to serial killers because the killer’s incredible charm “reaches an excitation level that is intoxicating.” That said, some women are attracted to power rather than charm. Dr. Howard Forman, forensic psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center, tells SheKnows that power of any kind can be attractive to some women, and that even includes the power to take lives.
Along with being charming, some serial killers are superior manipulators, and this appears to be more true if they are attractive. Dr. Melissa Hamilton from the University of Surrey School of Law points out that good-looking serial killers have probably learned to use their looks to seduce and control people. She adds that Ted Bundy is an example of how years of attention gave him the confidence to pursue women.
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Speaking of attractiveness, we as a society tend to place some value on it. Sometimes, it’s easy to think that good-looking people are also good people. Hamilton says that part of this behavior can be explained through evolution, stating that physical beauty “suggests good genes, superior physical health, positive parental care and the genetic likelihood of producing good-looking and healthy children,” per SheKnows.
