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Sometimes we love to hate serial killers, and sometimes we just kinda love ’em—a charming, sexy killer seems to be a contrast that’s too juicy and entertaining for us to pass up. Late-stage capitalism, the climate crisis, and the insurance industry are far more likely to kill us, which is probably why we’d rather face the statistically less-likely threat of a cute and cunning murderer like Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg in You, which came to a planned conclusion after five seasons in 2025. But he’s not the only one! Here, we’re on the hunt for series leads who are at least morally ambiguous, if not downright evil.
The Fall (2013 – 2016)
Jamie Dornan’s sexy young serial killer Paul Spector isn’t the protagonist of The Fall, strictly speaking, but he co-leads with Gillian Anderson’s police Superintendent DSU Stella Gibson across
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