What Do Serial Killers Achieve In Murdering Other People?

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“ I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing”(Larson, 109). Those were the exact words of the American serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett also known as H.H.Holmes. The FBI states that a serial killer is any one who kills three or more people with an premeditated murder (Morton). It is nearly impossible to find two serial killers with similar characteristics since all of them have distinct methods in ending the lives of their victims. Even though each serial killer differs in many ways, they all crave for power, control and dominance because of their need to kill and punish is much greater than any rule or law. They do not kill for money, but for the trill and excitement they get and to feel superior from everyone else. Eric Harris, a seventeen year-old who committed the Columbine High School massacre next to his companion Dylan Klebold, wrote “I have a goal to destroy as much as possible… I want to burn the world. Kill mankind, no one should survive” (Cullen). Klebold was said to be suicidal and depressive and would always blame himself for the problems he encountered. On the other hand adults described Harris as a nice sweet-faced young boy, but they didn’t see the cold and calculating person he truly was. Both teenagers have been bullied all through out high school and had an intention to make everyone suffer as much as they did. For Harris the victims meant nothing to him, same feeling as someone who cuts the turkey for Thanksgiving. They both wanted a revenge and control so powerful that it would be assumed to be the greatest massacre in the history of the US, which made that their horrifying motiv... ... middle of paper ... ...superior just as a god. The United States is said to have approximately 600 serial killers making it the leading country. Infamous killers such as Richard Trenton Chase, Ted Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer and Dennis Rader have permanently smasher fear in masses all around the world. “Practice makes perfect”. Works Cited Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. New York: Crown, 2003. Print. Morton, Robert J. "FBI- Serial Murder." FBI- Serial Murder. FBI, 21 May 2010. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. Cullen, Dave. "What A Killer Thinks." Newsweek 160.6 (2012): 30-34. OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson). Web. 2 Apr. 2014. Rubinstein, William D. "THE HUNT FOR Jack The Ripper." History Today 50.5 (2000): 10. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.

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