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between. Texas is t he heart of the figure-of-eight loop. That's why Texas has the highest murder rate in America. They start there and end there. It gets double whammy, if you like.
    "The serious killer keeps on the loop and doesn't stop. He's on the move continually and I can assure you there are about fifty of these guys on the circuit, and they have killed over a thousand people each, say over a period or ten or fifteen years. They don't get caught because they know the rules of the game. I'll tell you what the rules are. Yeah, Boogaloo."
    Harvey finished his coffee, although it was cold. He was deep in thought, taking it all in. He knew this guy was for real. He was intrigued and wondered where it would all end. A shiver went down his spine.
    "First rule is don't get caught, but that's my joke." Bishman wasn't laughing, his ice-blue eyes just bugged out of his head like chapel hat pegs. Other than that he remained completely expressionless. He lit a cigarette from the butt of the last one. Harvey felt another cold shiver go down his spine.
    "Another thing of course is that the statistics the police and press release are wildly out. Out of the twenty-five thousand people murdered in America every year they say only about five thousand go unsolved, which is bullshit. The reason it's bullshit is they don't include the files on the missing persons. Most of the serial killers' victims will never be found because they're buried under rocks and earth, six feet underground. So the real figure stands at about ten thousand murders a year unsolved. Instead of being listed as murder victims they're listed as missing persons, which throws the true unsolved murder figures right out.
    "The serial killer is hard to track because he doesn't have an M.O. Every murder's different. H e could be hiding in a closet in someone's home, waiting underneath someone's car or in the back of it. He might meet a hitchhiker, or come across someone on a river embankment or train carriage. He takes advantage of each situation as it arises and uses whatever weapons are to hand. Many folk believe that serial killers don’t use guns and that is one of the biggest myths of all time. The fact is they use the all guns time and they frequently steal them from houses, stores and from people they’ve killed. They tend to shoot people, often at random, as they traverse the figure-of- eight loop. The y call it fun with a gun on the run. Boogaloo.
     
    "The other thing is that men get raped all the time, just as much as women, but they hardly ever report it. The victim could be walking through a park and two guys, even one guy, jumps him and fucks him up the poop chute. Many times a serial killer will rape both female and male victims, whether they're dead or alive.
    "The rules of the game are simple. The first one is that once you've killed someone you put the miles in. That's the biggest secret of all. Doesn't matter what a cop has as evidence, if you're a hundred miles away or better still thousands of miles away, what good are a few pubic hairs, skin samples from under a victim's finger nails, semen, blood or even fingerprints? It's a joke.
    "The second thing is, if you steal something, make sure it's small and disposable. Things like watches, rings, jewelry, antique pens, cash - they're OK, obviously. All things that can be thrown out of a car window and all things that the fences will pay you cash for; ten cents on the dollar, no questions asked. If the items are thrown out, then they're nothing to do with you. Don't ever get caught with anything that connects you to the scene of a crime. Many times I would even dump my sneakers and put on another pair so there was no dust or dirt from the crime scene. Sneakers cost about five bucks these days or you can pick them up at the Salvation Army for free.
    "The last thing is, use safe parking techniques all the time, whether you own or borrow cars, even if you steal them.
    "These jerks who get caught, they've got