John Wayne Gacy: The Four Main Types Of A Serial Killer

A serial killer is defined in Webster's Dictionary as someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short period of time. There is no one generic profile to identify a serial killer. They usually are people seeking for a sensation, a lack of guilt or remorse, a need for control, impulsivity, and predatory behavior. These traits make up a psychopathic personality disorder. Psychopathy is a disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, manipulation, and occasional violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own wants and needs. There are four main types of serial killers; thrill seekers, mission-oriented, visionary serial killers, and power and control killers. There may be other

He faced an abusive childhood and had many conflicts over his sexuality. He and his siblings grew up under their Danish and Polish parents, their father was drunk a lot and beat the kids on multiple occasions if they had misbehaved; the man also physically assaulted the children's parents as well. John suffered more struggles at school, not allowed to play with the other kids because of a congenital heart condition. He later realized that he was attracted to men, and experienced great turmoil over his sexuality. When he was a young boy he was sexaully assulted by a family friend. Gacy was a high school dropout, in the 1960s he became a fast food chain manager and became a self-made building contractor. He was also a clown performer for children's parties during this time, later to be known as the Killer Clown. Gacy married and was divorced twice in his life, along with one biological children and two stepchildren. In 1964, Gacy married Marilyn Myers, he worked for her in laws in Iowa at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, together they had one son. After rumors of a sexual assault made by Gacy on a young teenage boy, Marilyn divorced Gacy and left with her son. Carole Hoff was Gacy second wife, they were married on June 1, 1972. She was divorced with two young daughters shortly before she met Gacy. She lived with him in his Summerdale Avenue home, where all of his future victims would be buried and later