Norman Daniels

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Pure Evil
Full Name	Norman Daniels
Alias	Normie Daniels Ze Bool
Origin	Rose Madder
Allies	Harley Bissington Rose McClendon (formerly)
Powers / Skills	Telepathy Strength Intimidation Intelligence
Goals	Kill Rosie Mclendon and Bill Steiner (failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Beating Rose enough to miscarry.
Kill Count	5+
Worst Crimes	Serial murder Torture Domestic abuse Rape Stalking Cannibalism
Type of Villain	Psychotic Serial Killer

“	I would like to talk to you up close!	„
	~ Norman's catchphrase, meaning he wants to hurt or kill someone.

Norman Daniels is the main antagonist of Stephen King's 1995 novel Rose Madder. He is the abusive husband of Rose McClendon who pursues his wife after she leaves their abusive household, determined to "punish" her by "talking to her up close".

What Makes Him Pure Evil?

• While Norman is claimed to have a tragic past of having been sexually abused by his father that made him what he is, but the story leans on the idea it was all on Norman's mind to provide himself an excuse and that the abuse may have never actually even happened in the first place so he has no real justification or reason for his crimes other than simple sadism.
• Norman is racist, misogynistic, and homophobic, assaulting people simply for being other races or the opposite sex or orientation.
• He regularly abuses his power as a police officer, murdering criminals instead of catching them first.
• Over 14 years, he makes Rose's life miserable by domestically abusing her whenever he felt like it such as biting her, punching her in the kidneys and sodomizing her with a tennis racket.
• While Rose was four months pregnant, he punched her because he hated the book she was reading, causing her to miscarry.
• He brutally assaulted and raped an African-American prostitute.
• After Rose decides to leave him to avoid anymore of his abuse, he becomes determined to hunt her down and "talk to her up close".
• He interrogates a man who saw Rose by crushing his scrotum, before he fatally devoured him.
• Killing a man simply because he was Jewish.
• He kills Rose's two friends at her new apartment.
• He murders a policeman guarding Rose to hide inside the patrol car, despite being a policeman himself.
• Once he finally catches up to Rose, he attempts to strangle her and her new boyfriend, Bill Steiner.

External Links

• Norman Daniels on the Villains Wiki