The Landlady In Serial Killers

Most little old ladies bake cookies, the only thing the woman from the landlady is cooking up is death. The landlady went through many phases as serial killers do, specifically the wooing phase and the totem phase. It is In the wooing phase that she captures her victims, and it is in the totem phase where she does something with them after the murder is completed. The landlady went through both phases in the story. The landlady seemed nice at first but the truth eventually, would be uncovered. The landlady goes through a phase of wooing before the murders by winning over the character with a cozy looking house, the appearance of a harmless little old lady, and a low price to stay for the night. While the character was walking down the street trying to find a place to sleep, he stumbled upon a cozy looking bed and breakfast “ he went

Many serial killers leave the body as is, as demonstrated by the zodiac killer. Also many serial killers have a ritual with the body, or an item to remember there murders. In the landlady the little old woman stuffed her dead dog, and a dead parrot, they looked very real. I think that she taxidermied the man, along with the other two men who never checked out of the bed and breakfast, “ excuse my asking, but haven't there been any other guests here except them in the last two years?” (Dahl, 5). If you don't have guests, you don't make money, so the man is now contemplating how she could still be running a hotel when she says “ no my dear, only you”(Dahl, 5). At this point everything is starting to come together in his mind but it is too late. Based off the fact that she stuffed her dead animals and stated that she is very good at taxidermie, and she said that they are still here, we as the readers can infer that she stuffed the other bodies, to preserve them, because like she stated before, he is just