Article: Scripps Howard News Service; The serial killer is [Derived headline]

By Abigail Goldman

Scripps Howard News Service

The serial killer is so misunderstood.

Don't mistake this for sympathy. It's just a fact, or so says the FBI. The federal agency has just released a breezy little read titled "Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators."

The study seeks to correct common myths about serial killers, whom the FBI thinks are glorified by a macabre media that love stereotypical Hannibal Lecter when the reality is Ralph From Down the Street. And it's not just a federal thing -- seasoned homicide detectives agree: The movies you've been watching about murderers are bogus, big time.

Here are five myths about serial killers, and why they're dead ...

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