Chilling insight into mind of a cold-blooded killer
DEVOID of any emotion throughout, serial killer Bernard Giles speaks candidly to Piers Morgan about how he snatched and murdered five young women without mercy.
Giles is serving five life sentences for killing the hitchhikers aged 14 to 22 over a 12-week period in 1973.
In the chilling interview, he tells Piers that murdering young women was “his life’s passion” and a “compulsion”.
Piers, who has interviewed many murderers throughout his career, admits: “That was one of the most extraordinary encounters I’ve probably ever had with anybody”.
Giles is not only willing to admit his unspeakable crimes, but he is happy to explore what compelled him to commit cold-blooded murder.
He was just 20, newly married with a newborn daughter and living in a trailer park in the small town of Titusville, Florida, when he carried out the attacks.
All his victims were taken to remote spots where he killed them – either by strangulation or gunshot.
He claims he was always destined to kill, revealing that he first experienced the thrill of sexual violence at age six, during a game with a female neighbour, and nearly killed someone when he was 16.
Despite not remembering the names of his victims, Giles can recall the sensation of killing them. He explains: “It’s like you can see the atoms vibrating...it’s hard to describe.”
As ever, this is a fascinating yet horrific insight into the mind of a killer, with Piers calmly asking the questions we all want the answers to.