ABSTRACT
Because an overwhelming majority of serial killers are men who target women, it is perhaps not surprising that a detailed consideration of the queerness of men who target men is virtually absent from analyses of the serial killing phenomenon—not only in research but also in the commentary provided by true crime directors and television producers. This chapter draws upon some of the theoretical concepts developed in the study of the mediated representations of crime in an attempt to analyze true crime content that features—in whole or in part—queer male serial killers (QMSKs). First, the chapter applies “mediatizing” narratives that are specific to serial killers (i.e., prurient reporting; the marginalization and denigration of victims; failures of law enforcement investigations) to the mediated representations of QMSKs. The chapter then focuses on the missing mediated representations of QMSKs—that is to say, aspects of the men and their crimes that are not mediatized.
