The Psychology of Villians: Craig Robertson, Alex North, Prof Graham Pike,

We all love a good bad guy, right? The Open University has constructed a course on villains in crime fiction and this panel discusses how they are created, explores psychological theory as to why they’re so appealing, and how they shape our real-world thinking.
Craig Robertson has taken a deep dive into the minds of several memorable villains in his novels, notably in Random, Murderabilia, and Watch Him Die. Alex North’s The Whisper Man has been made into a Netflix movie starring Robert De Niro and Michael Keaton. His new villain is the terrifying The Man Made of Smoke.