Peter Folkmore

"You scream for me."

Peter Folkmore (born Peter Holden) was a delusional budding serial killer and abductor who appeared in Scream.

Background
The son of Frank and Karen Holden, Peter's parents' marriage was an unhappy one, with Frank constantly physically abusing Karen as Peter watched. As a result of the injuries sustained from the abuse, Karen frequently visited the local hospital. Her visits attracted the attention of a police officer named John Folkmore, who investigated every time she went to the hospital, and he suspected the actual nature behind her injuries. Due to his investigation, he befriended her and Peter, but was unable to convince them to leave Frank. As a last resort, Folkmore gave Peter a recorder and told him to turn it on once he overheard Frank abusing Karen again, hoping to use the recording as proof of the abuse. However, once Peter actually overheard the abuse and turned on the recorder, he stumbled upon his father slashing his mother's throat, killing her. Shocked that his son saw what he did, Frank then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in front of Peter.

Following the murder-suicide, Peter began going from foster home to foster home, and was characterized as having the recorder with him at all times. Having been traumatized by what he saw, he never gave Folkmore the recording. He instead spent the following years of his life listening to the recording repeatedly. Sixteen years prior to "Scream", Peter changed his surname to Folkmore, after the only father figure in his life. Eight years prior to "Scream", he found employment at a battered women aid center, hoping to help women who were abused just like his mother. One day, Peter's basement caught on fire, which destroyed several possessions. While he was able to safely retrieve the recorder, he lost the videotape that recorded his parents' deaths. Snapping from the loss of the recording, which he had grown attached to, Peter decided to reenact the recording by abducting women who reminded him of his mother and torturing them while reciting his parents' last words. When he did so with Maya Collins, he killed her, likely by accident.

Modus Operandi
Peter targeted women who physically resembled his mother and had low self-esteem, usually from something stemming from romantic relationships. He first came across them at his workplace in the battered women aid center. After abducting them while they were on their way back home from work (with the exception of Greta Thomas, who was abducted inside her home), Peter would take them to a basement in his house, turn on his recorder, and torture them by beating them. With Maya Collins, he used his bare fists, but with Lauren White, he switched to a baseball bat. During the torture, Peter would force them to drink down liquids that healed sore throats, such as saltwater, honey, and tea. After a while, he would then kill them after they wouldn't do what he asked for, by applying blows to the back of their heads. Afterwards, Peter would slash their throats with a knife as a reference to his mother not being able to speak out against the abuse she suffered. He would then dump their bodies off the side of freeways.

Known Victims

 * Maya Collins
 * Lauren White
 * Greta Thomas
 * Jennifer Jareau

Appearances

 * Season Ten
 * "Scream"