Title: The Bizarre True Story Scream Is Based On
Headings: The Bizarre True Story Scream Is Based On
The Bizarre True Story Scream Is Based On
The victims
The first suspect: Edward Lee Humphrey
Another suspect surfaces: Danny Rolling
Rolling's confessions
The Rolling campsite tape
Rolling gives his thoughts on why serial killers are "natural"
Rolling's bizarre engagement to crime writer Sondra London
Rolling sang during his execution
The story gave Scream's writer honest-to-gosh nightmares
Gainesville still remembers

Content: Bye." According to the Orlando Sentinel, there were other tapes played at the trial, too, including one where Rolling claimed to have other personalities named Ynnad and Gemini, and one 58-minute long tape where he sang songs he'd written. They included lines like, "little girls are not all sugar and spice", and "you're a killer, a drifter gone insane." Rolling had pleaded guilty —against the advice of his lawyer—and was ultimately sentenced to death on each count of murder. Rolling gives his thoughts on why serial killers are "natural"
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Humans are fascinated by the darkness, and serial killers are extraordinarily dark. In 1998, reporter Lonnie Robinson from The Hillsdale Daily News was given permission to talk to Rolling while he sat on death row, and while he refused to comment directly on his own actions, he did share some of his opinions on the role serial killers play in society. He started by saying society was filled with hypocrisy, giving medals to soldiers who killed while condemning the serial killer who took matters into his own hands to kill those who also needed to die. He likened big game hunters to serial killers, too, and condemned people who ate pork because of how much pigs have in common with people. He also suggested society should start a "hunting season" where serial killers were allowed to hunt their prey with no fear of repercussions. The only time a serial killer should be punished, he said, would be when they hunted out of season.