Male Serial Killers

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By Nate Clapp


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Amajority of serial killers have a history of sexualand physical abuse during childhood

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In half of the serial killers families, the biologicalfather had left before the child was 12 years old. Inthe cases where the father didn't leave, he wasdomineering and abusive.

Delinquent acts such as pyromania, theft, andcruelty to animals were present in the childhoodsof most serial killers.


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*White male between 25 and 35 years old.

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verage to high intelligence. (I.Qs typicallyare from the 105 to 120 range)

*Usually married with children and has a

career.


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In 1998 , a federal law was passed by theUnited States Congress, titled: Protectionof Children from Sexual Predator Act of1998 (Title 18, United States Code,Chapter51, and Section 1111) this lawincluded a definition of serial killing.

The term 'serial killings' means a seriesof three or more killings, not less thanone of which occurred within the UnitedStates, having common characteristicssuch as to suggest the reasonablepossibility that the crimes were

committed by the same act or actors.


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There are three main types of serial killersthe first type is a:

Visionary Serial Killer- Visionary serialkillers suffer from psychotic breaks withreality, sometimes believing they areanother person or are compelled to murder

by voices.


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A good example of a visionaryserial killer is David Berkowitz.

Berkowitz confessed to killing sixpeople and wounding several

others in the course of eightshootings in New York between1976 and 1977; he has beenimprisoned for these crimes since1977. Berkowitz subsequentlyclaimed that he was commanded tokill by a demon who possessed hisneighbor's dog.


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Missionary Serial Killers- Mission-oriented killers typically justify their actsas "ridding the world" of a certain type of

person perceived as undesirable, such ashomosexuals, prostitutes, or people ofdifferent ethnicity or religion; however,they are generally not psychotic. Some see

themselves as attempting to changesociety, often to cure a societal ill.


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A good example of a Missionary killeris Gary Ridgway (The Green RiverKiller)

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s,

Ridgway is believed to have murderedat least 71 women all who wereprostitutes or runaways.

In his confession, he acknowledgedthat he targeted prostitutes because

they were "easy to pick up and that hehated most of them because of hisreligious beliefs.


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Hedonistic- This type of serial killer seeks thrills andderives pleasure from killing, seeing people asexpendable as a means to this goal. There are four sub-types of hedonistic serial killers.

Lust- Sex is the primary motive - Their sexualgratification depends on the amount of torture and

mutilation they perform on their victims.

Thrill -The primary motive of a thrill killer is to inducepain or create terror in their victims.

Comfort - Material gain and a comfortable lifestyle arethe primary motives of comfort killers

Power/ Control The main objective for this type ofserial killer is to gain and exert power over their victim.rape is not motivated by lust but as simply anotherform of dominating the victim


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Jeffrey Dahmer was a lust serial killer

Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between1978 and 1991, with the majority of the

murders occurring between 1987 and 1991.His murders involved rape ,dismemberment,necrophilia and cannabilism.

Dahmers apartment revealed multiplesevered human heads, multiple photographs

of murdered victims and human remains,severed hands and penises, and photographsof dismembered victims and human remainsin his refrigerator.


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An example of a thrill killer is CarlCoralWatts. (SundayMorningSlasher)

Watts killed females between theages of 14 and 44 using methodssuch as strangulation, stabbing,

bludgeoning, and drowning. Sexual acts rarely occurred with

his victims.


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H.H.Holmes is an example of a Comfort(Profit) Killer.

Holmes selected mostly female victims

from among his employees (many ofwhom were required as a condition ofemployment to take out life insurancepolicies for which Holmes would paythe premiums but also be the

beneficiary). He opened a hotel near the World Trade

Fair in Chicago strictly for this means.


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* Ted Bundy is an example of a Power/Control serial killer.

* Loved to control his victims sex occurred,But was not his primary motive. Havingcontrol of the other persons actions gave

him great pleasure.* He typically approached them in public

places and feigned injury or disability, orimpersonated an authority figure.

* He sometimes revisited his secondary crimescenes for hours at a time, grooming andperforming sexual acts with thedecomposing corpses


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