Manipulation, ruthlessness, lack of emotion, impulsivity and no feelings of guilt - that's roughly how you would describe psychopaths. And not that we want to sugarcoat it, but at least in fictional termsThis is the stuff from which really good stories are made. This usually ends in damn exciting criminal cases, absolutely incomprehensible behavior and spectacular action scenes.Put these seven series on your watchlist, because thanks to the psychopaths as the main characters, they are more than worth watching.
1. The Fall
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A psychopath is up to mischief in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Everything points to the inconspicuous family therapist Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan). Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) is called from London to Belfast to finally close a case that has been open for 28 years. The exciting thing about the seriesThe Fallis that the audience sees the real thingfrom the beginning and is therefore ahead of the police officers.Available:on Netflix.
2. Killing Eve
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Villanelle, whose real name is Oksana Astankova, is a cold-blooded but at the same time playful and charismatic serial killer with extremely psychopathic traits. She specializes in creative and often spectacularto carry out events that continue to shock with their brutality and unpredictability. Her victims are high-ranking or politically influential people, and she carries out her orders with a mixture of precision and joy in violence. If you really think about it, she is a complete psychopath who takes far too much joy in murdering other people.Available:on Netflix.
3. Dexter: New Blood
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Dexter Morgan is not your typical psychopath. From the outside, he leads a normal life. He is a successful blood evidence analyst with the Miami Metro Police Department and seems to be a friendly, helpful colleague. But behind this facade there is a dangerous serial killer. Dexter was traumatized as a child after witnessing his mother's brutal murder, which left him with a deep psychological disorder. This incident led to his urge to kill - which he pursues night after night. The sequelDexter: New Bloodtakes place ten years after the season finale of the original. Actually, his urge to kill is over. But new events cause old habits to flare up in him.Available:on Paramount+.
4. Hannibal
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Hannibal explores the complex relationship between FBI profiler Will Graham and brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who, in addition to his work as an FBI consultant, is secretly a serial killer and cannibal at night. The audience is offered profound insights into the psyche of a highly intelligent psychopath. Mads Mikkelsen plays the role of Hannibal Lecter absolutely fantastically, it sends icy chills down your spine.Available:on Joyn+.
5. Bates Motel
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As a prequel to PsychoThis series tells the backstory of Norman Bates and his mother Norma. It shows Norman's gradual descent into madness and the development of his psychopathic traits. how does this manifest itself? Through violent, murderous behavior. Of course, his mother is not innocent either. But unfortunately we can't anticipate as much as we would actually like...Available:on Magenta TV.
6. You – You will love me
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Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) has two problems: He falls so deeply in love with women very quickly that he becomes obsessed with them. He is also willing to eliminate everything and everyone until he achieves his goal. In the Netflix series It's primarily about a stalker, but one who seems to kill someone "accidentally" every episode. And at this point at the latest, all psychpath alarm bells are ringing. From season to season it becomes a tangled web of apparent, murder and escape.Available:on Netflix.
7. Sherlock
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This series probably raises the question of who is the psychopath here.himself, or at least the insane Professor Moriarty. It's not that easy to answer, the two of them actually don't do much to each other. It's just that one has good intentions and the other has bad intentions. Yes, you can be a psychopath with good intentions. At least according to the series script. Sherlock Holmes' sometimes completely crazy investigation methods ensure that the cases are solved 100 percent of the time.Available:on Netflix.
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