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The young police officer goes to visit the house of one of the suspects in a [[Serial Killer]] case. Meanwhile, back at the police station, the detectives put together the clues to see who the killer is.
Simultaneously, the two parties figure out the truth -- the detectives through the DNA test, the officer [[Exploring the Evil Lair|through finding]] the [[Torture Cellar]]. The suspect ''is'' the [[Serial Killer]]. The detectives try to contact them, but [[Can You Hear Me Now?|their mobile isn't working properly]].
They're alone in the house with a serial killer. Will they survive? The answer to that is generally "yes".
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* In ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', Svidrigailov locks Dunya in a room with him and a gun... because he loves her. Alone With the Psycho indeed.
* Seen in ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|Men Who Hate Women]]'' (English language title: ''The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo''), with the satisfying twist that {{spoiler|the older man, Blomkvist, is the idiot who goes to interview the murderer alone and gets captured. The attractive young woman, Salander, is the one who figures it all out and races over to take out the killer and save her partner's life.}}
** Considering that the psycho in this case was {{spoiler|promising him rape, torture and death by strangulation in a short time frame, it's probably a good thing Lisbeth had access to a golf club.}}
* In the novel ''Falling'' by [[Christopher Pike]], FBI agent Kelly Feinman thinks she has tracked down the Acid Man serial killer, {{spoiler|Michael Grander. She goes to interview Michael's university professor, Gene Banks, to get background info to support her case on Michael. All the while she has kept her insights secret from the rest of the FBI. Professor Banks invites her to his apartment to supply information on Michael. While there, Kelly deduces Banks is the Acid Man and had all along planned to frame Michael. Banks holds her hostage and pours acid on her, with the FBI none the wiser.}}
* Mary Higgins Clark's {{spoiler|Loves Music, Loves to Dance}} uses this trope in the climax.
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* ''[[CSI]]'' also did it with Catherine in season 3's "A Little Murder", when a uniform cop failed to clear the scene completely and Catherine got jumped.
* ''[[Supernatural]]'' had Dean assume the sad eyed little girl he comes across is another victim of the MOTW, turns out she and her family [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|are the MOTW]] in "The Benders".
* ''[[Wire in The Blood]]'' has this right out of the gate in the first episode, "The Mermaids Are Singing", all of the victims willingly let their killer into their house: they thought the killer needed help, including Tony for whom the killer had began to [[Stalker with a Crush|fixate on]]. This happens to Tony a lot throughout the series as he displays extreme empathy towards the killers, using his ability to see their POV to catch them but it also makes them fixate on him in return.
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