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The emotional release I would feel by pressing that button... Well, that was just a little too overwhelming to pass up.
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~ Adrian Bale bragging about his murders.
Adrian Bale is a supporting antagonist in the TV series Criminal Minds. He is an overarching character in the pilot episode, "Extreme Aggressor", and is the main antagonist of the third episode, "Won't Get Fooled Again".
Mentioned by Gideon, he fits all the criteria for McDonald triad (bed-wetting, animal cruelty, and obsession with fire setting).
He killed 3 people with bombs and gained the nickname "The Boston Shrapnel Bomber".
In standoff with Jason Gideon and several BAU agents, he blew six of them up and a random hostage.
in prison, he gains a cult like following and teaches dozens of homegrown terrorists how to make bombs, making him the cause for David Walker's high attempted kill count.
Sadistically taunts Gideon by forcing him to talk about how he was "Outsmarted" by Adrian.
When a man is strapped with a bomb caller, he attempts to kill Chicu Reddy (the hostage) and a bomb squad officer by pointing out the wrong wire to clip.
Why Doesn't He Stand Out?[]
His personally villainy of Gideon isn't high enough to stand out, and while he has a victim count in the double digits and dozens attempted by proxy, he ultimately relies on fridge horror as except David, its unknown how much people he helped with bombing.
Season 1 Clara Hayes |
Adrian Bale |
Bruno Hawks |
Cory Bridges |
David Walker |
Eddie Mays |
Hassan Nadir |
Ted Bryar |
Cory Bridges |
Donald Curtis |
Walter Kern |
Jackson Cally's Tribe |
The Vigilante |
Maggie Low |
Mark Gregory |
Bruno Hawks |
Randall Garner |
Franklin Garney |
The Tommy Killer |
L.D.S.K. |
The Seattle Strangler |
Vincent Shyer
Season 2 Randall Garner |
Hayden Rawlings |
Caleb Dale Sheppard |
Jeffrey Charles |
Marcus Younger |
Kenneth Roberts |
The Mill Creek Killer |
The Hollow Man |
Jamal Abaza |
Ronald Weems |
Rodney Harris |
Charles Hankel |
Tobias Hankel |
Terrance Wakeland |
Roy Woodbridge |
Sarah Danlin |
Vincent Stiles |
Lyov Lysowsky |
Steven Foster
Season 3 Nathan Tubbs |
Joe Smith |
Gary and Ervin Robles |
Richard Jacobs |
The Have-You-Seen-Me Murderer |
Jason Clarke Battle |
Glen Hill |
Johnny Mchale |
Robert Wilkinson |
Charlie Wilkinson |
Ryan's Gang |
Joe (Criminal Minds) |
Peter Redding |
Owen Savage |
Steven Fitzgerald |
Mike Hicks |
Audrey Henson |
Brian Matloff |
New York Terrorist Cell |
Season 4 New York Terrorist Cell |
Benjamin Cyrus |
Cortland Bryce Ryan |
Chloe Kelcher |
Floyd Hansen |
Armando Ruis Salinas |
Claire Bates |
Gary Michaels |
Henry Grace |
Robert C. Parker |
Animal |
Norman Hill |
Steven Baleman |
William Haris |
Romani Family |
Roderick Gless |
Eric Olson |
Megan Kane |
Vincent Rowlings |
Paul Silvano |
Adam Jackson |
Danny Murphy |
Hugh Rollins |
Ian Coakley |
Season 5 Patrick Meyers |
Darrin Call |
Boyd Schuller |
Turner's Group |
Earl Bulford |
Gina King |
Joe Belser |
Dale Schrader |
Joe Muller |
Samantha Malcolm |
Bill Hodges |
Connor O'Brien |
Wade Hatchett |
Robert Matthew Burke & Juliet Monroe |
Owen Porter |
Robert Johnson |
Season 6 James Barrett |
Colby Bachner |
Jeremy Sayer |
Kaman Scott |
The Brotherhood |
Rhett Walden |
Brandon Stiles |
Drew Jacobs |
James Stanworth |
Steve |
Jane Gould |
Bill Thomas |
Ben Foster |
Shelley Chamberlain |
Greg Phinney |
Max, Leon, and Kyle |
Season 7 Chloe's Gang |
Luke Dolan |
Robert Adams |
George Kelling |
Chase Whitaker |
Travis James |
Bill Rogers |
Chris Shelton |
Ron Massey |
Shockley Tawes |
Tucker Calhoun |
Jimmy Hall |
Caleb Rossmore |
Herman Scobie |
Curtis Banks |
Michael Janeczko |
Collins Family |
Margaret Hallman |
James Heathridge |
Malcom Ford |
The Company |
Trudy Yates |Chris Stratton |
Oliver Stratton |
Season 8 John Myers |
Ellen Russell and Darlene Beckett |
Jason Nelson |
Arthur Rykov |
John Nelson |
Emma Kerrigan |
David Turner and Toby Whitewood |
Chad Mills |
Moore Brothers |
Carl Finister |
Adam Rain |
Willie Kestler |
Russell Smith |
Diane Turner |
Bryan Hughes |
Sera Morrison |
Paul Westin |
Donnie Bidwell |
Mark Jackson |
Peter Harper |
Rodney Harris |
Tory Chapman |
Raoul Whalen and Tess Mynock |
Johnny Ray Covey |
Philip Connor |
Larry Feretich |
Season 9 Jesse Gentry |
Carla Hine |
Eric Carcani |
Colin Bramwell |
Anton Harris |
Eddie Lee Wilcox |
Leland Duncan |
Tanner Johnson |
Charles Johnson |
Daniel Milworth |
Ronald James Underwood |
John Nichols and Sam Russell |
Clifford Walsh |
Michael Hastings |
Judith Anderson |
Nicole Jones |
Sue Walsh |
Marvin Caul |
Cesar Jones |
David Cunningham |
Joe Bachner and Daria Samsen |
The Mountain Man |
Adam Richmond |
Sheila Harrison |
Bill Harding |
The Rogue Deputies |
Season 10 Ellen Connell |
Jack Westbrook |
Leo Jenkins
Season 11 Betty Wilson |
Dana Seavers |
Giuseppe Montolo |
James O’Neill |
Paul Larson |
Sam Burnett |
Skull Tattoo Man |
Tommy Larson
Season 12
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Season 14
Season 15
Criminal Minds: Evolution
Suspect Behavior Davis Scolfield |
Deidre Norris |
Jason Wheeler |
Michael Vinoda
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