The People Who Love Killers

Every day, murderers receive letters from people who admire them. Online communities on websites like Reddit bring together people with hybristophilia, essentially a sexual attraction to criminals.

In the case of one community, self-identified hybristophiles come together to discuss their mutual attraction to serial killers and other dangerous figures. Some users comment on how “hot” these people are, while some go as far as to discuss their satisfaction in the way the killers “had sex with” their victims. On the sidebar is a clear statement. “Some believe they can change a man as…