pyromania

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Studies have found that less than 10% of adults who start fires meet the criteria for pyromania.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

A decade prior, around the time Vicky was born, Julia was exiled after an episode of pyromania.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

It’s a testament to Yeun’s commitment that Ben’s veneer of disquieting swagger never breaks: he yawns, laughs, speaks, smokes, shakes hands, and discloses his casual pyromania all with the same air of arrogant self-possession.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2019

The metaphor of flames — in the form of a 10-year-old arsonist, whose pyromania is often accompanied by the song “Kiss of Fire” by Georgia Gibbs — is rampant, yet the film is oddly underbaked.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017

“You were gazing into that fire like you wanted to eat it or something. I have a cousin who for real struggles with pyromania, so I’ve seen that look before.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone