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* During the King Piccolo saga in ''Manga/DragonBall'' after Goku had caught up with Tambourine he asks him if he was the one who killed his friend Krillen, he thanks him for telling him that he died and fondly tells him how he killed him and how easy it was for him, which deeply angers Goku, later he mentions how he loves to hear the sound humans make when they die.

* ''{{Series/Liar}}'': After his mask slips, [[spoiler:Andrew]] starts talking fondly about how he raped not only Laura but previous women in private conversation with her, to her utter horror. Not only that, but he ''video-taped'' each rape, and regularly views the recordings again for his enjoyment.

* A typically creepy issue of ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' has a SerialKiller who calls himself the Bogeyman and remembers his victims by number...and their eyes. Every time he hears a number, the panel shows a disembodied pair of eyes and his description of same.
* In {{Comicbook/The Sandman}}, an imposter Bogeyman at a "[[UnusualEuphemism Collector's]] Convention" is found out when someone blurts out a number and he doesn't immediately talk about eyes. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Things do not go well for him afterwards.]]
* In an issue of ''[[ComicBook/XMen Uncanny X-Men]]'' around the 200's, Selene is confronting Rachel (Phoenix) because Selene killed a man who was helping Rachel, and Selene taunts her by pointing out that she knows all about the man she killed while Rachel doesn't even know his name.
* The ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend" serves as [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]]'s OriginsIssue. It's basically one long use of this trope as Death, being interviewed by a terrified journalist, happily recalls all the people that he gruesomely murdered during his long career of killing every living thing.

* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin Vol 1]]'': Sir Edmund Dorrance starts describing in loving detail the way he killed Clyde Rawlins' wife and children while beating him to death, and the last words Rawlins hears in life are Dorrance saying the only thing he regrets about the whole affair is that his blindness means he won't be able to actually watch Rawlins himself die.

* During the King Piccolo saga in Anime/DragonBall after Goku had caught up with Tambourine he asks him if he was the one who killed his friend Krillen, he thanks him for telling him that he died and fondly tells him how he killed him and how easy it was for him, which deeply angers Goku, later he mentions how he loves to hear the sound humans make when they die.

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "The Good Old Days" features a serial killer reminiscing about torturing rats, removing the wings from flies, murdering the corner store owner, and leaving his prom date in the desert to die,

Most commonly, this is done with a SerialKiller thinking about their kills, a BloodKnight recalling a WorthyOpponent, with the villain intentionally [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied trying to hurt]] or [[RelativeButton provoke a hero]] they might be talking to, or to show the villain having an attachment to a victim such as a VillainousCrush or a touch of LimaSyndrome, or to reveal that the known victim was NotTheFirstVictim.

WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied and the PostRapeTaunt are common parts of this. Contrast ButForMeItWasTuesday, where the villain doesn't remember their victims. Compare and contrast AntagonistInMourning. Can be an excellent EstablishingCharacterMoment, particularly if a character is meant to be established as AxCrazy. See also WritingAboutYourCrime, when the past atrocities are committed to paper instead.

Most commonly, this is done with a SerialKiller thinking about their kills, a BloodKnight recalling a WorthyOpponent, with the villain intentionally [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied trying to hurt]] or [[RelativeButton provoke a hero]] they might be talking to, or to show the villain having an attachment to a victim such as a VillainousCrush or a touch of LimaSyndrome.

* The FramingDevice of ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' centers around this, with a SerialKiller named Jack being interviewed by an unseen second party, recounting 5 different "incidents" across the past 12 years. The film uses this as a means to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the notion of EvilGenius-type killers, as despite Jack's claims that [[MadArtist his various kills improved him and his philosophies]], it's clear he's just a sociopath with delusions of grandeur, and several of his stories [[UnreliableNarrator where he props himself up as a genius for "outsmarting" and killing his victims]] often actually just illustrate [[StupidEvil just how incompetent he really was at achieving his goals.]]

* D'Arby the Elder from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' knows the names of his victims, the dates of the time he trapped their souls and how he defeated.

-->-- '''Michael Weston''' from ''Series/BurnNotice'' deliberately plays up his ShroudedInMyth[=/=]PsychoForHire image.

->"Do you have a brother? I shot a man once who looked like you. In Kiev. In... '93, I think. I'm sure you heard about it. The Spetsnaz team that tried to sell a warhead? Nobody ever saw them again. ''[breaks into a psychotic chuckle]'' That was a good winter for me!"

->''"Do you have a brother? I shot a man once who looked like you. In Kiev. In... '93, I think. I'm sure you heard about it. The Spetsnaz team that tried to sell a warhead? Nobody ever saw them again. *''breaks into slightly psychotic laughter''* That was a good winter for me!"''

* George Marks of ''Series/ColdCase'' is fond of this.

** After he comes back from the Soviet Union, Müller Hortense (who's horrified) that he'd overseeen mass murders of Jews there, happily talking about it and wondering at why one dug his own grave so willingly.

* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' has Bondrewd, the Lord of the Dawn, who despite [[spoiler:sacrificing countless of his "adopted" children for horrific human experimentation]], takes the time to remember each of their names and even their hobbies and dreams in detail. It's made [[BlueAndOrangeMorality complicated]] by the fact that he's simultaneously able to genuinely care for them ''while'' also being willing to [[spoiler:horribly mutilate them and subject them to fates worse than death]] for his ideals.

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* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' has Bondrewd, the Lord of the Dawn, who despite [[spoiler:sacrificing countless of his "adopted" children for horrific human experimentation]], takes the time to remember each of their names and even their hobbies and dreams in detail. It's made complicated by the fact that he's simultaneously able to genuinely care for them ''while'' also being willing to [[spoiler:subject them to fates worse than death]]..
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* In ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'', the vampire Count and Countess Magpyr reminisce about their honeymoon:
-->'''Countess''': And we met such lovely people. Do you remember [[ShoutOut Mr and]] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mrs Harker]]?\\

-->'''Veronica''': [[DeadpanSnarker I once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.]]\\

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' features this in the episode entitled "Quarry." The team believes they've unearthed another victim of a convicted murderer and pedophile. When presented with a slew of Baseball Caps that belonged to the victims including the hat that belonged to the recently discovered one, the man is able to recall the full name of each person along with the day and year he committed the crime after giving every hat a momentary sniff. The recent addition is the only exception which is a pretty good indicator that he [[NotMeThisTime isn't responsible for that one]]. It's just as creepy as it sounds.