# Serial Killer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer/416>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 8, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer/416 "2000-01-08T02:12:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Smcdonald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Smcdonald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smcdonald)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer/416/1 "2000-01-08T02:12:00Z")

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Have any of you seen those stickers on cars that say “serial killer”? I see these things all over the place. Most of the time I’m pretty up on pop culture, but this is really stumping me. What the hell do these mean? Are they a brand name? Is it just shock value? What’s the deal?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer/416/2 "2000-01-08T02:53:00Z")

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What column are you talking about? Other wise you are posting in zee incorrecta forum.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer/416/3 "2000-01-08T04:42:00Z")

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Moved to General Questions, where it is likely to get more responses.  
Jill