Criminal Minds
Criminal Mindshas had some genuinely strange and freaky episodes over its 17 season , with disturbing unsubs and unsettling cases . Some ofthe bestCriminal Mindsepisodesare also some of the strangest , spotlight the show ’s originality , which aid keep the series fresh and viewers tuning in almost 20 year after it first premiered . This has also createdCriminal Mindsunsubsthat joint with the viewers and the characters .
As a police procedural drama about nonparallel killers , Criminal Mindshas been allowed to plunk into some incredibly weird storylines . Though some can be too much to handle , others are just strange enough to keep viewers on their toes while still toy with them . ManyCriminal Mindsstories are base on literal - life case , which only stimulate the flaky sequence even odder .
15“Route 66”
Season 9, Episode 5
Most of the bizarreCriminal Mindsepisodes are consider to be this way because of the guinea pig they orb around . However , “ Route 66 ” is unknown for an entirely dissimilar ground . While the BAU team chase down a robber - turned - spree slayer who kidnapped his estranged daughter , Hotch is fighting for his life after complications from being stabbed by George Foyet , the Reaper .
One of the dark-skinned moments of Criminal Minds saw a killer aim Haley , the x - wife of Hotch ; here ’s the episode where she dies and who kills her .
While in the infirmary , Hotch starts experiencing strange vision of his married woman , Haley , who Foyet killed four season earlier . This alone may not be considered flakey , but in his phantasy world , Haley is favorable with Foyet . The sweetened reunion between Haley and Hotch apace turn into a incubus , though the installment fortunately has a happy ending .
14“Hope”
Season 7, Episode 8
“ Hope ” was a Penelope - centric episode ofCriminal Minds , as it was a casing in which she knew the dupe . Penelope ran a sorrow support group that was give ear by Monica Kingston , whose girl , Hope , had been abducted long time before by a humans named Bill Rogers . InCriminal Mindsseason 7 , sequence 8 , he then abducts Monica .
It was a heartbreaking sequence that revealed Bill had sexually shout and impregnated her . This led Hope to commit suicide , which then inspired Bill to abduct Monica . Bill planned to “ make another Hope ” with Monica , though as luck would have it , he did n’t come through . Criminal Mindshas have many kidnappings , but Bill ’s obsession with Hope and then Monica made this episode stand out .
13“Mr. Scratch”
Season 10, Episode 21
Mr. Scratch is one of the most notableCriminal Mindsunsubs , as he became a retentive - term torturer of the BAU team . He and his bizarre method acting were first introduce inCriminal Mindsseason 10 , installment 21 in an episode named after him . Mr. Scratch ’s material name inCriminal Mindsis Peter Lewis , a humankind who drug his victims and made them hallucinate .
When Mr. Scratch get away from prison , he center on people with dissociative identity upset , forcing his victims to assume novel personal identity .
These delusion made them violently flog out , typically extend them to down a hump one . This was a extra and horrid eccentric of torture , as they did n’t have any remembering of what they did and were n’t in ascendence of their own bodies and minds . Mr. Scratch took advantage of those most susceptible , making him even more sadistic .
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12“The Capilanos”
Season 13, Episode 17
The construct of killer clowns is n’t anything new , and when depicted onscreen , they typically fall somewhere between silly and perfectly terrific . The unsub inCriminal Mindsseason 13 , episode 17 , Sal Capilano , come down on the scary part of the spectrum . Sal had been a professional clown working in the circus before turning to a life of robbery and eventually kill .
Clowns have been a repugnance movie mainstay for years , but the effectiveness of these villain can execute the gamut from goofy to downright terrifying .
When committing his murders , Sal would dress up in his clown costume , which was sure to give nightmares to anyone with even a small goofball phobia . He also carved smiley faces with stars in their eye into the doors of the victims ’ homes , plough the innocent darkness . The last thing that was heard from Sal when the BAU caught him was his haunting , maniac laughter .
11“A Family Affair”
Season 7, Episode 16
Criminal Mindsoften makes viewers wonder whether in series killers are carry or breed , as shown by episodes like “ A Family Affair . ” As the championship suggests , the episode deals with a menage of unsubs rather than just one , though it was the son , Jeffrey Collins , who deport out the killings . Jeffrey was paralyzed from the waist down and frustrated with his impotence , stimulate him to vote out prostitutes .
Jeffrey ’s parents would discard of his victim ’ bodies , though they did n’t necessarily okay of his killings . They seek to stop him , but they want him glad above all else , even if that means helping him carry out murders . This was one of the more bizarre house kinetics inCriminal Minds , of which there are many .
10"There’s No Place Like Home"
Season 7, Episode 7
Criminal Mindsseason 7 , instalment 7 was aptly diagnose “ There ’s No Place Like Home ” because it deal with an unsub who bolt down adolescent boy during storms . Travis James , would abduct , drug , and bludgeon runaways to death . When they were dead , Travis would take a certain part of their torso , trying to assemble enough parts to embolden his old brother , Tucker , by stitching the parts together .
The residual of the torso was swept up by the tornado , making it seem like the victim were killed by the storm . Setting the episode during storms made it resist out , as did Travis ’ Dr. Frankenstein - inspire motivation . Travis in truth believe he could play his crony back to life , which made the sequence even more unsettling .
9“Open Season”
Season 2, Episode 21
Oddly enough , there are multipleCriminal Mindsepisodes where the unsubs trace their victims like prey . In “ Open Season , ” Joe and Paul Mulford go to Boise National Park in Idaho and abduct and torment their dupe by let them informal in the park before at last killing them with arrow . The uncle and nephew wring up a high dead body counting , with 26 kills .
Serial killers are one of the most prolific topic in movies , but many film centered around them have n’t beget the popularity they deserve .
Joe and Paul give them a hazard to fly , only to kill them , makes their methods even more upsetting . The hunts would go on for even as long as a workweek , with many of their victims go bad slow , painful deaths in what can only be described as someone ’s worst nightmare . The mixture of psychological and physical anguish is hard to hold .
8“God Complex”
Season 8, Episode 4
It ’s not uncommon that an unsub inCriminal Mindswill bend out to be a MD , a former Doctor of the Church , or someone who work with torso . In the sheath of “ God Complex , ” the unsub , John Nelson , was a former mortician . He use his skills to perform bollix surgical operation on his victim , adjudicate to find out a way to perform a successful wooden leg transplanting for his amputee married woman .
Dozens of worker have portrayed Frankenstein ’s Monster in a litany of revulsion movies conform Mary Shelley ’s novel , but only one adaptation was the unspoiled .
The episode features some sickening Frankenstein - like images of limbs sloppily run up onto other people ’s bodies . John had convinced himself he was facilitate his wife , but she was incognizant of what he was doing . When she find out , she understandably does n’t okay and helps the BAU capture him .
7“Dust and Bones”
Season 13, Episode 7
If “ The Capilanos ” targeted those with fears of clowns , “ Dust and Bones ” is a difficult watch for those with a ophidian phobia . In theCriminal Mindsseason 13 episode , the unsub , Desi Gutierrez , had an odd excited joining and compulsion with snakes . She break down as far as exchange her coming into court to make herself look more serpentine .
Desi split her own tongue and carved lesion into her arm in the shape of snake shell . Though she did n’t kill any of her victims like other serial killers inCriminal Minds , she cleave their knife as well . The episode is full of snakes , which she used to disable her victim , sum to the story ’s creep factor .
6“Heathridge Manor”
Season 7, Episode 19
There are many delusional serial killers inCriminal Minds , but James Heathridge stands out for his unusual signature . In “ Heathridge Manor , ” James sees a vision of his female parent , an worker who had a nonaged function in a production of Shakespeare’sThe Merry Wives of Windsor . She became convinced the lead actress were “ The Devil ’s Wives ” and chopped off his babe babe ’s arm to make her less appealing to the devil .
Criminal Minds " Heathridge Manor " is one of the show ’s most horror establish and here ’s its eerie ending explain - and if the Devil really does seem .
James ’ female parent ’s delusions became his own , and when he kill his victims , he dressed them up in homemade Renaissance - way dresses identical to those from the Shakespeare play . The image of the dead cleaning lady dressed up as if they were about to do are cool down . Sometimes what an unsub does billet - mortem is more bizarre and disturbing than the killing itself .
