psychopaths. Psychotics are clearly insane, they fail to perceive reality correctly. A minority of serial killers are psychotics. Psychopaths, also known as a sociopaths, do not suffer from a mental illness, but from a character flaw. They are in touch with reality, and know right from wrong. They know killing is wrong, they just don't care (1994,

Serial Killers, Time Life Books). You cannot pick a sociopath out in a crowd because they look just like everybody else. Actually, they act just like everybody else. You could have a neighbor that's a serial killer and not even know it. Psychopaths are everyday people with everyday lives, but they just have one problem, they have a need to kill.

What does a serial killer do? Serial killers usually have reasons for killing, they just don

do not know the whole story behind these deranged people. Serial killers backgrounds are often too hideous for the common person to endure. Others view what these people do as taboo and refuse to believe that it happens in our society. Well it does happen, and to understand the full concept of a serial killer you have to know the whole story.

Psychopaths or also known as sociopaths are people with a severe character flaw in which they feel like they have to kill. Sociopaths know that killing is wrong, they just don't care. Sociopaths act just like everybody else, some are shy, and some are extremely outgoing. These people are usually led to killing by influences that have arped their personalities. Common examples are child abuse, a fetish with a certain items, or a hatred of some sort. A serial killer loves to kill, it gives the killer a sense of power and gratification. Since sociopaths far out number the psychotic, seven profiles on select serial killers are givin to understand the many different aspects serial killers have.

raight. He then quickly moved out of state but his conscience told him to inform the parents what had happened to their daughter considering the Budds were his friends. Albert wrote the Budds a letter telling them what a delight it had been eating their daughter. The police then traced the return address and apprehended Fish. He was found guilty of murder and a multitude of other charges and then sentenced to death. At age 65, Fish was the oldest person electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. An untrue legend has it that Fish short circuited the electric chair due to all the sewing needles in his groin (1994, Beyond Murder, John Philpin, Penguin Books USA Inc.)

Psychotics are the easiest of all serial killers to pick out. That is because they are insane. They often tend to have interesting stories behind their killings because they often see and hear things that the normal person doesn't. Schizophrenia is a common source are associated with psychotics. Schizophrenics will hear voices in their head and

John Wayne Gacy's part time occupation as a clown hid his true self pretty well. Pogo the Clown molested and murdered thirty three boys. When John was a child, he was what you would call a momma's boy. His father had always accused him of being a "queer". Later on in childhood his father's friend sexually molested him while taking him for a ride in a truck. John grew up and worked as an electrician and a part time clown. Gacy suffered from two broken marriages and then he started to kill. John would lure young boys to his house with promises of sex or porno movies. He would have sex with those who wanted sex and would manipulate the others to masturbate during the porno's. After having his way with the boys he would then strangle and bury them in his crawl space. Before all the killings started, Gacy had a police record and spent time in jail for sexual assaults. Gacy became a suspect in a number of missing boy cases because of his police record. With a anonymous tip, they s!

lovers killed a cow and had sex with it. His older brother damaged Henry's eye in a fight and when a teacher accidentally hit him, he went blind in that eye. In 1960 Henry killed his mother in a argument about marriage. He claimed that she died of a heart attack after he punched her and slightly slit her throat. The autopsy showed that she had actually died from bleeding to death. Henry was sentenced to twenty to forty years in prison; but only served ten. After Henry was released from prison he teamed up with Ottis Toole, a bisexual cannibal, and they went on a nation wide killing spree. They killed and raped their victims as it was a necessity to them. If they ever had a urge to kill, they said that they would just pick up a hitchhiker every now and then. Joining up with them later was Toole's niece, Becky Powell. With time she developed a relationship with Henry and he ultimately ended up killing her too. Henry had Be

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