![]() He has to find a good place to kill the victim. He's usually going to be looking in a place where he's been before, so that being familiar with the surroundings, he knows where he will most likely succeed in finding someone he won't be caught with. The killer has decided that he is ready, and he is looking for a victim. This is the time when he is getting up his nerve to put action to his fantasies, he's building himself up. This phase can last from a few minutes to a few months. It is here that he might start abusing alcohol or drugs, which usually leads to the fantasies intensification and after awhile these fantasies have to be acted upon. People he comes in contact with might not even notice that there is a difference, but at this aura phase, he won't be trying to make any contact with other people that he isn't already obligated to talk to and interact with. He is like a person addicted to television, all he wants to do is to continue watching it, but the 'television' that he is watching is a fantasy in his head. He hasn't killed yet, but he starts to withdraw from family and friends, isolating himself more and more. ![]() Norris worked on the defense teams of several convicted killers from Georgia and completed 500 interviews with such individuals, during which he identified the following phases. They were identified and described by psychologist Joel Norris in 1988. ![]() There are seven psychological phases a serial killer goes through in his mind. Article BY Chris Bartholomew - Art by Chuck Hodi ![]()
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