By Elaine Bergstrom

It’s been an up and down week for Dexter (the series) and Dexter (the killer), too.

First, the bad news. Indiana teenager Andrew Conley (17) has been charged in the murder of his 10-year-old brother Conner. Conley says he felt compelled to kill and that he felt like Dexter afterwards. However, the troubled teen also confessed to having these feelings since he was in the 8th grade, well before Dexter aired. Noted child psychologist Dr. Lisa Boesky says of his act, “It’s rarely something that happens overnight. This is not caused by a television show or a fight with their parents. This is typically indicative of a serious disturbance. And clearly in cases like this, it indicates that something is seriously wrong.” [Read more →]

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By Elaine B

It’s been an odd couple of weeks for fans of Dexter. First there was that incredible killing scene two weeks ago and Miguel’s confirmation that he felt “fantastic!” after. Did anyone beside me wonder if the scene could have been even more shocking? With that sort of intense bond between Dexter and his fledgling, had Dexter and Miguel wound up on the floor of the killing room lip locked in a scene as erotic as anything Russell Davies could have imagined for Queer as Folk, would it have been so far-fetched? Yes, that moment was as erotically charged as anything seen on more explicit shows, and intentionally so.

So it might not be such a huge surprise that in a case in which life becomes a reflection of fiction, a wannabe Dexter created every crime producer’s nightmare. Mark Twitchell, a twisted script writer and would-be filmmaker in Edmonton, Canada, turned a garage into a killing room and tried to lure victims there via online dating postings. Needless to say, hearing that he may have killed someone, this did not set well with Melissa Rosenberg, Dexter’s executive producer, who heard about the killing while being interviewed about her script for Twilight. [Read more →]

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