Been wondering why Graham became a killer? We chat to Scandal’s psychopath about his past.
Last week the man who left a trail of dead women all over the country, Graham Wilson, was finally captured, but not before being shot in the leg by Sasha, whom he had hoped would be his latest victim.
We chat with him at a hospital in Newtown where he is being guarded by the police while he recovers.
Who is Graham?
I’m just a guy looking for love and acceptance. I grew up without a father. He left just after I was born and my mom raised me but she resented the fact that she was a single mother. As much as she tried to love me, she couldn’t pretend well enough. She killed herself when I was 16. I found her in her bedroom. She overdosed. So, I got moved around between aunts and uncles.
What was your childhood like?
I was quite a loner, when I was a child. When I was in university I realized that girls liked me and they found me attractive. I guess that’s when I started looking for love and relationships. I worked a bit and that’s how I met my wife, Meredith.
Why did you kill your wife?
It was really just because she had become kinda different. She said I became too needy, clingy and obsessive about her, but she didn’t understand that’s just how I love. And I just needed her to love me. I often watched her in her office – I needed to know what she was doing and who she was with. I didn’t want her to go out and socialize. I used to check her phone and e-mails when she started acting weird especially when it looked like she was losing interest in me. Sometimes I would follow her. That’s just because I was worried about her. When she finally said she wanted to leave me, I didn’t want her to be with anyone else. She was mine. It was the first time I went through with my urges.
What about the other women you’ve murdered since then?
I never meant to keep on killing. I was really just looking for a relationship, I was looking for someone to love me and understand the way I love them. I didn’t go out to kill people. I went out looking for love. It kind of started as that and eventually they’ll also be like; ‘you’re too much, you’re too intense’. It’s weird. Girls just wanna be loved, adored and protected, but then when you start doing that stuff for them they get freaked out. It doesn’t make sense. I always thought it was better to help by letting them drift off to sleep. Then all their problems are gone.
Do you think that your needing to be loved has anything to do with the fact that your mother didn’t love you?
They say that but I don’t know. The professionals…that’s what they tell me. So, I guess so.
Why do you target powerful women?
Being loved by a powerful woman or being adored by powerful women is more intoxicating. It’s not the same as somebody pathetic falling in-love with you. Someone who isn’t a pushover – that’s worth loving and that’s what Sasha was. What’s great about Sasha is that she has this dark-side as well. It’s very sexy. I think she could still come around. I still think we could be great together.
Tell us about Sasha.
Sasha was strong, dark and complicated. It’s like a puzzle you wanna keep and work out. She’s not stable. She was quite crazy. It was like a great chess game. I think I may have underestimated her which doesn’t happen very often. She’s braver than she looks.
How did you feel when she shot you?
Sore. The best thing about it was that it was so great seeing Sasha come alive in that moment and be who she really is. It got me excited I must say. I wasn’t expecting that she would put up such a fight. It was quite fun. She surprised me. I like being surprised.
What’s with the “princess” and doll gift thing?
In modern society, I don’t think women are appreciated the way they should. The best example of worshipped women were gods or royalty. So it’s really how I think of them, as royalty, and I kinda also see myself as, it sounds cheesy, but I see myself as their knight in shining armour.
I like to give gifts and I like to make them as personal as possible. I think for Sasha she just wants to be recognized as amazing, so the doll was just a little statue of her. It has a little bag just like hers.
What are you going to do now that you’re going to prison?
I’m gonna write a book and I’m gonna get back into shape. I think I would look less intimidating if I looked normal and scruffy looking. I’m quite a snappy dresser, you know. I might call Sasha as well for an interview for my book. Tell her I said hi.
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