Trophies of Killers

Trophies are mementos kept by most serial killers to allow them to relive the experience of their murders. It is often a significant part of a killer's modus operandi.

Books
Those are the known trophies in the Dexter book and comics series by Jeff Lindsay.


 * Dexter Morgan - blood slides kept in a rosewood books. (Darkly Dreaming Dexter)
 * Randy Macgregor and Steve Reiker - photographs securely stored on the boat. (Dearly Devoted Dexter)
 * Alexander Macauley (Zander) - shoes. (Dexter in the Dark)
 * Mustached Victim - shoes. ("Dexter: Issue 1")

TV Series
These are the known trophies in the Showtime series DEXTER.


 * Dexter Morgan - blood slides held in two boxes over the years. ("Dexter")
 * Nurse Mary - newspaper clippings of victim obituaries held in a scrapbook. ("Popping Cherry")
 * Dr. Emmett Meridian - digital video recordings of therapy sessions kept in a laptop. ("Shrink Wrap")
 * Little Chino - tattoos of blood drops on his right triceps, one added for each victim. ("It's Alive!")
 * Miguel Prado - rings, securely kept in the humidor (budding serial killer: attempted once, succeeded second for a second time) ("The Damage a Man Can Do")
 * Arthur Mitchell - Four Walls One Heart plaque awards, one for each cycle of four murders. ("If I Had a Hammer")
 * Boyd Fowler - locks of hair. ("Hello, Bandit")
 * Cole Harmon - DVD-R discs of digital video recordings of torture, as filmed by Jordan Chase (murderer by proxy; rapist). ("Take It!")
 * Jordan Chase - vial of blood from first rape victim of the Barrel Girl Gang (killed her many years later; serial rapist and murderer by proxy). ("Teenage Wasteland")
 * Alex Tilden - jewelry (murderer by proxy; rapist). ("In the Beginning")
 * Walter Kenney - teeth (lateral incisors specifically) kept in a tin box in a rented storage container. ("Smokey and the Bandit")
 * Ray Speltzer - earrings torn off barehanded with portions of ear flesh. ("Buck the System")
 * A.J. Yates - women’s shoes (right side only). ("Scar Tissue")
 * Oliver Saxon - portion of a brain (anterior insular cortex specifically; possibly since it was never shown that removed parts were kept). ("A Beautiful Day")
 * Zach Hamilton - photographs (budding serial killer; two victims and an attempt). ("A Little Reflection")
 * Kurt Caldwell - embalmed/preserved bodies of young women. (Dexter: New Blood: "The Family Business" and "Sins of the Father")

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 * Blood Slide Boxes