Narbonne. When Maryline Durry dives into the minds of serial killers

Maryline Durry is passionate about legal matters. In his first work, “When I was a juror”the woman who now lives in Narbonne-Plage recounted her experience of an assize trial. A testimony all the more striking as it is rigorously authentic. With his new book, “The robins”published recently, the author does not change register but this time is interested in serial killers, with the same concern not to romanticize anything. The real and nothing but the real, was it the most cruel and dark there was.

Basically, it is not surprising to focus on this subject when you have studied criminology. “I think it all started with ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and the character of Hannibal Lecter, a cannibal psychiatrist. I wanted to know if such a profile could exist in reality: my work showed me that yes”.

“Part of the book is devoted to Fourniret”

Maryline Durry, however, chose to approach this theme through writing, which now occupies all her time. “I’ve been writing since I was a teenager, but I didn’t feel capable of writing a book”she says. It was his master’s memory, detecting the editorial qualities of his work, who invited him to take the plunge. The great success of her first work quite naturally encouraged Maryline Durry to devote the next to one of her favorite subjects, which she approached through the prism of research and documentation.

“I give cases of French and American serial killers, and part of the book is also devoted to Michel Fourniret. On the one hand, he acted for decades, on the other hand I myself was born in the Ardennes , and I was a teenager when he was rampant in this sector.” However, the author is not content with a simple review, and tries to understand what brings all these paths together. A notion thus comes up systematically: that of taking action.

“It’s understanding what pushed all these people to behave like predators, to give in to the dark side of their humanity. When we know what leads certain people to behave like this, perhaps we will be able to – we stop them first.” The Narbonnaise does not, however, adhere to the genetic thesis, and much more to a societal shaping. “I am not convinced by the famous DNA of the serial killer”she indicates, believing on the contrary that “You are not born a serial killer, you become one.”.