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It has even been said that most serial killers do not fit a typical profile. Serial killers often choose victims weaker than themselves. And more than likely, all of their victims fit a certain pattern which has significant meaning to the killer himself.
Take Ted Bundy for example. He only murdered girls with long brown hair. Was he in fact killing, over and over, the college fiancée that broke off the engagement?
Gacy strangled young men, most of them his own employees, calling them “worthless little punks and queers.” Many believe that his homicidal rage was thrust upon the boys who reminded him of his own inadequacy in the eyes of his dad.
We think we can pick out lunacy, that insane people with an incredible urge to kill will not be able to contain himself and his actions. We, so called “normal” people, always sidestep the mentally ill. Yet, if your goal is to sidestep a serial killer, avoid the well-dressed, polite individual. Most often, serial killers blend in and through years of practice, have learned how to camouflage themselves. They lie in wait, in churches, in schools, malls, anywhere. When one lawyer described Dahmer he said, “Dress him in a suit and he looks like ten other men.” Like all predators, they get close to their victims by gaining their trust. Serial killers don’t show their emotions openly. Instead, they hide behind a carefully constructed mask of normalcy. Because of their psychopathic nature, serial killers don’t feel sympathy, or even how to maintain a relationship. Instead, they simulate it by observing others. Serial killers are said to be actors with a natural ability for performance.
Henry Lee Lucas described being a serial killer
Henry Lee Lucas described being a serial killer
“being like a movie star…you’re just playing the part.”
Gacy loved to dress up like a clown, while the Zodiac killer dressed up in an odd executioner-style costume. In court, Bundy told the judge
“I’m disguised as an attorney today.”
Bundy had previously “disguised” himself as an empathetic rape crisis center counselor. The most important role in a psychopath’s life is that of authority. Gacy, for example, was an active, outgoing figure in business and society and he became a member of the Jaycees. Many join the military . Playing police officer, however, is the most predictable. Carrying badges and driving cop-like cars not only feeds their need to feel important, but it also allows them to victims who would normally trust their instincts and not talk to strangers.
Yet, when they are finally apprehended, they take on a “mask of insanity”—pretending to be a multiple personality, schizophrenic, or prone to black-outs—anything to evade the responsibility of their actions. Even when they pretend to open up and show their “true” colors, they are still locked inside the role they cast for themselves. What nameless dread lies behind a psychopath’s mask?
Just as these serial killers open their victims up to “see how they run” (as genius serial killer Ed Kemper put it), forensic psychiatrists have tried to get into a serial killer’s mind and failed miserably. Traditional explanations include childhood abuse, genetics, chemical imbalances, brain injuries, exposure to traumatic events, and perceived societal injustices. The frightening implication is that a huge population has been exposed to one or more of these events. Is there some sort of lethal concoction that sets serial killers apart from the rest of us?
Do serial killers lack a moral safety latch? Or are they being controlled by something unfathomable?
“I wished I could stop but I could not. I had no other thrill or happiness,” said Dennis Nielson, who wondered if he really was evil.
Serial killers are undeniably sick, and their numbers seem to be growing. Are we in the midst of a serial killer “epidemic” as Joel Norris describes it?
If this is a disease, what is the cure?
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