Tennessee killer Joshua Dotson, who likened himself to the Michael Myers at his trial, has been sentenced to 261 years in prison for numerous murders.

Throughout his 2024 trial, Joshua Dotson "shocked the court by testifying in his own defense, referring to himself as a 'serial killer' and likening himself to the fictional murderer Michael Myers."

A man who has called himself a "serial killer" and likened himself to fictional boogeyman Michael Myers was sentenced to 159 years behind bars for three Tennessee slayings — on top of 102 years he'd already been ordered to serve,

Joshua Dotson, who previously referred to himself as a “serial killer” during his trial, has been sentenced to an additional 159 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder.

Joshua Dotson, 24, pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of three people in Tennessee in 2019 and 2020. He had already been sentenced for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and her unborn child.