The most common disorder found among killers is Antisocial Personality Disorder (FP Wood). This disease causes the inflicted to show no remorse to others. It also makes them have symptoms including; disregard for right or wrong, lying with the intention of harm, becoming cynical and manipulative, and most of the inflicted will struggle with drugs or alcohol (MFMER). This disorder does not just materialize out of thin air though; a multitude of different things causes it. APD (Antisocial Personality Disorder) is caused by genetic factors and also by sudden changes in brain functioning and activity.
As they both drove off, he then told her to put on her seat belt. When she refused, she states that the man reached under his seat, grabbed a gun and shot her six times. Moore was severely wounded, fortunately she managed to escape, but turned back to study his face. That man was Lonnie David Franklin Jr, now better-known as the serial killer the “Grim Sleeper”. Lonnie David Franklin Jr was convicted of 10-25 women 's murders.
Richard Trenton Chase was a schizophrenic who believed the Nazis were after him with poison that would turn his blood to powder (Brogaard). In order to prevent this, he consumed and soaked himself in the blood of those he had slain (Brogaard). Psychotic serial killers can be triggered by the loss of close relatives, such as in the case of Ed Gein (Morrison 51). Ed Gein was also a Schizophrenic, who began digging up graves and most notably skinning his victims to make suits consisting of women’s breasts and genitals (Morrison 52). Gein wore these suits made from his female victims because he wanted a sex change (Brogaard).
This individual is characterized by violence in all his or her endeavors. In addition, this kind of malicious behavior could be hereditary in nature or influenced and imposed by poor upbringing of the child. Thus the individual just do what his mind perceives is good and needs to be done. According to Egan, serial killers may be grouped as psychotics or psychopaths. Psychotics are limited in number in the most of societies in the world.
Antisocial personality disorder is unknown to the public even though it’s a term used for criminals. The terms popularly used to describe these criminals are “sociopaths” or “psychopaths” which in fact is antisocial personality disorder. The most common trait in this disorder is that the people who have this disorder lie and have mastered the ability to manipulate. They do not seek professional help because they don’t believe anything wrong with them. This disorder is associated with criminals because this disorder is self-serving; people with antisocial personality disorder are only concerned with their wellbeing and will do anything for their own improvement.
He was addicted to drugs, lost his family and job because he could not handle the pressure. This is also seen in Amy Winehouse. Amy Winehouse was in and out of rehabs dealing with her drug and alcohol addiction. “A number of Mrs.Winehouse’s handlers reportedly did try to get her long-term professional help. But as a music critic for Irish Times put it this weekend: ‘The music industry is predicated on a ‘sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll image and, artistically speaking, the more bruised and battered the star the more authentic and resonant the music is – or so the thinking goes.’ The tabloids obliged, trumpeting every outrageous step the talented musician took.
He would also rape them. He was a necrophiliac so he would rape them even after they were already dead. There are even some cases where he decapitated his victims and kept their lifeless heads in his apartments. Ted admitted to killing thirty women but it is believed that his kill tally is closer to one
While I was reading I found evidence to prove this when he stated he would persuade the women by showing pictures of his son, with one time actually having his son, when asked if he would have killed his son if he would have figured out what his father was doing, Ridgway calmly and with reticence replied with yes. The ways he would kill the young women were by strangulation, first with his hands using the chokehold then he began to use rulers by bending them. He also stated that he would kill most of his victims in his own house, in the woods, or in his truck. For many victims torture didn’t stop there because with a few of his victims he would again have sex with their helpless dead bodies. So far only 49 women have been found but hopefully more will be found to apply the death penalty to a serial killer that truly deserves it, but also for the families that lost their daughters.
The why’s behind his actions can be argued from many different approaches. The bottom line is that the “man” simply preyed on and killed helpless and to some extent weaker victims. Works Cited "How Serial Killers Work." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d.
Panic attacks can come from having too much anxiety. Serial killers are dangerous and very sick people. Most of them don’t realize they are doing something wrong because they could be severely mentally sick.