The Water Street Butcher - The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Name: Edward Carver Aliases: The Water Street Butcher The Water Street Butcher The Poughkeepsie Tapes Killer The Big Bad Wolf The Master Ed Occupation: Serial Killer (active) Police Officer (unknown/not proven) DOB: Approx. 30-40 years old Gender: Male Height: 6'3" Nationality: American Sexuality: Unknown Descriptors and Personality:

He is a cunning and extremely disturbing serial killer and torturer. Calling him a huge sadist is quite an understatement, considering the gruesome nature of his murders and the fact that he would even kill a child (in fact, the child murder was his first one).

He enjoys toying with his victims before their impending death, usually by taking his time and taunting them. Completely heartless and remorseless, he only backed up once because he would have been exposed if he didn't.

Carver also records all of his atrocities, not only for his own entertainment but also for the police (and by extension for all) to witness his crimes. He may also consider his films as a sort of twisted "art". This is further reinforced by his taste for the theatrical, as in the sole scene where he films himself, he wears a commedia dell'arte bird mask, also known as a zanni mask, in order to remain unseen. In a police sketch from 1993, his age looked to be in his mid-to-late twenties, putting him in his late thirties/early forties by 2007 (when the documentary was filmed).

He knew how to kill and dispose of people in many different ways, and he can play a serial killer profile exactly the way he wants. He especially liked filming his bizarre crimes with an old video tape camera, and collected over eight hundred tapes before police raided his home in 2001.

Abilities: High intelligence Intimidation Torture methodology Murder methodology Charisma Manipulation Advanced knowledge in Criminology, Criminal Sciences and other fields Ability to quickly dispose of bodies Brute strength Stealth

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