Serial Killers and Psychopaths

What's The Difference Between A Psychopath and A Sociopath?

• Psychopathy- a lack of interest in, or care for, of the sanctity of human life
• Sociopathy- a lack of interest in, or care for, the rules of a society
• A psychopath is said to be born
• A sociopath is said to be made by its environment

Well-Known Serial Killers

Jim Jones

Adolf Hitler

• Jeffrey Dahmer - Lure men in, make them pose nude for photos in exchange for money or beer, kill them, dismember them, and eat them
• Charles Manson - Cult leader that lured his followers into killing
• Ted Bundy - Rapist and killer that is linked to at least 36 known murders, but up to over a hundred
• Ed Gein - Necrophiliac and performed human taxidermy; inspired characters Leatherface, Norman Bates, and Jame Gumb
• Jack the Ripper - Killed five prostitutes in England, mutilated them in unique ways, and never captured
• John Wayne Gacy - Gay man dressed as a clown, sexually assaulted and murdered 33 boys, and buried under his home
• Myra Hindley - Raped and killed five children with her boyfriend

Psychopaths

• Said to be a person with a personality disorder
• Characteristics; superficial charm, good intelligence, irrational thinking, unreliability, untruthfulness, lack of remorse, inadequately motivated antisocial behavior, poor judgement, and failure to follow any life plan
• There are two different kinds of psychopathy: Cleckleyan psychopathy (bold, disinhibited behavior, low anxiety and feckless disregard) and criminal psychopathy (more aggressive, criminal behavior)
• Can be brought on by genetics, environment, and high levels of testosterone combined with low levels of cortisol and/or serotonin

Josef Mengele

Sociopaths

Dean Arnold Corll - "The Candy Man"

• Does not have a social conscience
• Characteristics: charm, manipulative, pathological lying, lack of empathy and shame, shallow emotions, promiscuous, impulsive, and parasitic
• There are five subtypes: Nomadic (feels jinxed, ill-fated, doomed, and cast aside), malevolent (desires revenge, resentful, and vicious), covetous (feels intentionally denied, deprived, and envious), risk-taking (reckless, foolhardy, and impulsive), and reputation-defending (needs to be thought of as infallible, unbreakable, and invincible)
• Causes: hormones, cultural influences, limbic neural maldevelopment, environment, and head injuries

Reinhard Heyrich

So that you crazy people don't kill me..

Robert John Maudsley

What Is Are They?

The Craziest Psychopath of All Time

• Amber Denoyer
• 18 years old
• Crocker, Missouri
• Has yet to be captured
• Be very careful, she's dangerous and obviously a psycho

• A serial killer is a person who has committed more than two murders in separate events
• A psychopath is a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior
• A sociopath is a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience

Serial Killers

Jack Nicholson playing as Jack Torrance in The Shining

We are all crazy in our own ways, some are a little crazier than others.

• The English term and concept of "serial killer" is commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler in the 1970s
• The motivation for serial killing is usually based on psychological gratification
• Motives: sexual pleasure, financial gain, anger, thrill, power, and attention
• Characteristics: degrees of mental illness, abused by a family member (physically, mentally, and sexually), engaged in paraphilias (fetishism and necrophilia), sadistic, committed a lot of petty crimes socially isolated, bullied, and a low IQ
• Developed by childhood life

Serial Killers, Psychopaths, and Sociopaths.. OH MY!