Earl Bulford's jars filled with human eyes, enucleated from victims in "The Eyes Have It".
Enucleation is the medical term used to refer to the surgical removal of the eyes.
Definition[]
There are several variations of this procedure. Though the main one refers to either the complete removal of the visual organs while keeping the eyelids and surrounding tissue intact, or by only removing them in such a way that the orbital contents are still intact. Enucleation is typically used on patients with ocular tumors, damaged, or otherwise painful and useless eyes. The name of the procedure is of Greek origins, dating back to it's mythology, as a reference to Oedipus, who gouged out his own eyes in a rare form of self-harm called Self-Enucleation.
On Criminal Minds[]
On Criminal Minds, the term is used to refer to a criminal (usually a serial killer) who removes or mutilates the eyes of their victims. A criminal who does this is referred to as an Enucleator.
Enucleators on Criminal Minds[]
Enucleators featured on the show.
- Season Five
- Earl Bulford ("The Eyes Have It") - A serial-turned-spree killer who surgically enucleated his victims post-mortem.
- Ronald Boyd ("A Rite of Passage") - a prolific killer cop, one-time mass murderer, and serial-turned-spree killer, copycat, and cop killer who enucleated Sheriff Eva Ruiz.
- Season Seven
- Ben Bradstone ("Proof") - A "wound collector"-type ephebophilic serial killer, rapist, stalker, and abductor who stabbed the eyes of two of his victims and later dissolved the eyes of two others with sulfuric acid.
- Season Eleven
- Michael Lee Peterson ("Tribute") - An international copycat, thrill killer, budding serial rapist, one-time school shooter, one-time cop killer, one-time pedophile, and serial-turned-spree killer who enucleated one victim while copying Andrei Chikatilo.
- Season Fourteen
- Dustin Eisworth ("Night Lights") - A serial killer and one-time abductor who blinded his victims by burning their cornea eyelids.
On Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior[]
- Season One
- Margaret McKenna ("See No Evil") - A serial killer who enucleated her second victim
On Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders[]
- Season One
- Samraj Sabah ("Harvested") - A murderous abductor and arsonist who would remove various organs from his victims, including the cornea of one victim.
- Paul Mossier ("The Lonely Heart") - A spree killer and one-time abductor who stabbed his first victim's eyes post-mortem.
- Season Two
- The Gonzalez Sisters ("La Huesuda") - A pair of spree killers and abductors who enucleated their third victim.
Real-World[]
Real-world enucleators