Bryan Kohberger loved ‘American Psycho,’ showered obsessively, and had ‘creepy’ eyes, cellmate reveals

Bryan Kohberger loved the violent movie “American Psycho” and was fascinated with real-life killer lawyer Alex Murdaugh, his cellmate said in a chilling interview with police.

The man currently serving a life sentence for the 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho undergrads also had “creepy” eyes and loved to psychoanalyze the people around him, his cellmate told Idaho State Police.

“Kohberger analyzed everything. He wanted to know why people had preferences on anything. He ‘psychoanalyzes everything,’” the cellmate — whose name was redacted from the record — told cops.

Kohberger refused to discuss his case with his cellmate, but he did reveal that his favorite flick was 2000’s “American Psycho,” a black comedy in which Christian Bale plays a charismatic-yet-psychopathic investment banker with a penchant for murder.

He was also obsessed with the CourtTV channel and had a particular interest in the trial of Alex Murdaugh — an attorney found guilty for the 2021 murder of his wife and grown son.

Kohberger’s favorite true crime story was his own: He was glued to the TV every time his case came up in the news — unless the segment mentioned his friends and family, the cellmate said.

“Kohberger enjoyed watching the news about his case unless it began talking about his family or friends, at which point he’d change the channel immediately,” the interview notes read. 

The cellmate also described Kohberger as a clean freak who burned through three bars of soap per week with hourlong showers and constant hand washing that left his skin red.

He frequently requested clean sheets and fresh clothes, the cellmate said. 

Yet despite his weird habits and “creepy” eyes, Kohberger was “very smart, easy to get along with,” though he never spoke about his own case, the cellmate said. 

Thus, even his cellmate was apparently in the dark as to why Kohberger broke into a Moscow, Idaho home and used a knife to butcher four University of Idaho undergrads.

The victims — Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapman, 20 — had no apparent connection to Kohberger, who had driven to the scene from his apartment near Washington State University, where he was working on a PhD.

Kohberger will never have to explain the motives for his crime, thanks to a controversial plea deal that left him with a life sentence without the possibility of parole but spared him the death penalty.