// The web of evil

The Web of Evil

An interactive force graph of the 988 villains with a profile: each is wired to its criminological kin (nearest by the four-axis DNA) and clustered by theory. Drag, zoom, filter — and find the shortest path between any two villains.

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The path between two villains

Each dot is a villain (size = danger, colour = criminological approach); the threads join those with the closest criminal DNA. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, hover for who they are, click to open the file. Pick two villains to trace the degrees of separation between them.

There are no islands: all 988 villains fit into a single web, and none is left without kin. The loneliest is Emily Brent, whose nearest relative sits further away than anyone else’s. And the ruler does not tell everyone apart: 988 subjects yield 981 distinct profiles.

All 988 villains in the web