Are Serial Killers Born Or Made?

[MickC 1,825]

There are a few different acknowledged factors involved in creating a serial killer,head trauma,strict up bringing,sexual deviancy,personal abuse,drug abuse,etc,etc.There is also different types of serial killers, spree killers,random killers,prostitute killers. Basically anybody with more three murders or more are classed as serial killers so they can be all labeled into a lot of different types of serial killer.Throughout history over 1000s of years man has took part in wars,feuds etc and the propensity to kill and kill often is in each and every one of us,it lies dormant in most of us but something can trigger it off and that's it until they are caught or die,they never stop once they start.

Edited August 5, 2016 by MickC

[Greyman 28,454]

the answer to your question is a desensitised person brought up in an environment were pain and violence are a daily occurrence, until it becomes perfectly normal, like your dad coming home from the pub and beating your mother in front of you on an almost daily basis, and your mother beating you senseless with whatever is to hand, because that's how her life has been, until in the end you think it's perfectly normal to smash some ones head in with a hammer over a trivial row, it's a chain of events that lead to a catastrophic outcome, and may take several generations to reach its conclusion, most criminals are similarly desensitised maybe dad was a thief so son thinks it normal to rob old ladies, were as a well brought up person would be horrified, I also think the world and its obsession with putting everyone in a pigeon hole is a bit of a mistake when it comes to diagnosing this kind of thing because everyone of us is capable of carrying out the most heinous of crimes, but we all have different thresholds to push us over the edge, just look at some of the things people's sweet young sons and daughters are capable of after a few years in the theatre of war, it's quite scary

[DogFox123 1,379]

the answer to your question is a desensitised person brought up in an environment were pain and violence are a daily occurrence, until it becomes perfectly normal, like your dad coming home from the pub and beating your mother in front of you on an almost daily basis, and your mother beating you senseless with whatever is to hand, because that's how her life has been, until in the end you think it's perfectly normal to smash some ones head in with a hammer over a trivial row, it's a chain of events that lead to a catastrophic outcome, and may take several generations to reach its conclusion, most criminals are similarly desensitised maybe dad was a thief so son thinks it normal to rob old ladies, were as a well brought up person would be horrified, I also think the world and its obsession with putting everyone in a pigeon hole is a bit of a mistake when it comes to diagnosing this kind of thing because everyone of us is capable of carrying out the most heinous of crimes, but we all have different thresholds to push us over the edge, just look at some of the things people's sweet young sons and daughters are capable of after a few years in the theatre of war, it's quite scary

But that's not how Bundy was, he didn't just bash someone over the head after a row. He sought out women and killed them for sexual pleasure, some of the acts he committed are beyond belief. In his last interview he tried to blame pornography but he was being the master manipulator like always. His interviewer was James Dobson, a God loving psychologist who despised porn, Bundy specifically asked for him to carry out the interview before he was executed.

Edited August 5, 2016 by DogFox123

[peterhunter86 8,627]

When we were kids we found a body with a weetabix shoved up its arse police said it was the work of a cereal killer

[Born Hunter 17,774]

 

Personally, I think there is a monster in all of us, and it's largely circumstance (environment and social conditioning) that keeps it locked away.

 

Is it not true that often these psychopaths and sociopaths are just hyper rational people who's logic has taken them to a monstrous place? Is it not true that some men who have experienced it have developed a very natural enjoyment for the hunting/killing of other men? Is it just opportunity and a lack of this hyper rational thought that stops regular folk taking similar paths in life?

I don't believe that, many people have terrible upbringings and don't do half the things these monsters do.

 

At the age of 3 Bundy showed signs of abnormal behaviour. His aunty remembered waking up from taking a nap and seeing that little Ted had taken all of the knives out of the kitchen and placed them all around her body, when she confronted him he just smirked....

 

 

I'd say that every individual has their own genetic (born) susceptibility to becoming a psycho/socio-path. Some are probably very likely with anything less than a perfect environment to instill a strong moral mindset. Others might take a much stronger push into such immoral behaviour. But I honestly do think such evil is deep in all of us. I think for some it's primitive and animalistic, an evolutionary remnant of a time before human's ancestors developed a strong moral way of thinking. I also think for some people it's the opposite and a product of a hyper rational logic, with a total lack of emotion or instinct driving the behaviour.

 

Just my thoughts on it. It's not backed up by any studies that I know of or have really looked for.

Edited August 5, 2016 by Born Hunter

[peterhunter86 8,627]

 

I heard they normally start reading a lot about other serial killers......

b*****d, you got me....

I've got a great idea, my victims are serial killers. How great would a movie be about a serial serial killer....

 

Already been done

[DogFox123 1,379]

 

 

 

Personally, I think there is a monster in all of us, and it's largely circumstance (environment and social conditioning) that keeps it locked away.

 

Is it not true that often these psychopaths and sociopaths are just hyper rational people who's logic has taken them to a monstrous place? Is it not true that some men who have experienced it have developed a very natural enjoyment for the hunting/killing of other men? Is it just opportunity and a lack of this hyper rational thought that stops regular folk taking similar paths in life?

I don't believe that, many people have terrible upbringings and don't do half the things these monsters do.

 

At the age of 3 Bundy showed signs of abnormal behaviour. His aunty remembered waking up from taking a nap and seeing that little Ted had taken all of the knives out of the kitchen and placed them all around her body, when she confronted him he just smirked....

I'd say that every individual has their own genetic (born) susceptibility to becoming a psycho/socio-path. Some are probably very likely with anything less than a perfect environment to instill a strong moral mindset. Others might take a much stronger push into such immoral behaviour. But I honestly do think such evil is deep in all of us. I think for some it's primitive and animalistic, an evolutionary remnant of a time before human's ancestors developed a strong moral way of thinking. I also think for some people it's the opposite and a product of a hyper rational logic, with a total lack of emotion or instinct driving the behaviour.

 

Just my thoughts on it. It's not backed up by any studies that I know of or have really looked for.

Possibly, the same with handling alcohol. Some people can turn into monsters when drunk (me included), I've read that's genetic... Edited August 5, 2016 by DogFox123

[nans pat 2,575]

once you do the first one it becomes easier.a serial killer says to us in the pub one day.lol he was serious as fxxk theres a few round here they just seem normal blokes.

[bird 9,926]

 

I heard they normally start reading a lot about other serial killers......

I'm not gonna lie, I could easily see myself killing someone in a fit of rage but to go out and actively hunt people to murder for my own pleasure is taking it to the next level.... Definitely something missing upstairs, fascinates me.

 

+2 , i am the same it take hell of a while for me to kick off, but when i do i deff could kill if i had weapon etc on me. o ne thing i never understood is when a man rapes a woman, dont get me wrong when ive seen young woman showing her body tits+ arse , it deff gets the heart pumping quicker, even at my age, mind you i was the same when 20 , but it never entered my mind to physically over power them never , there deff some sickos out there

[peterhunter86 8,627]

 

When we were kids we found a body with a weetabix shoved up its arse police said it was the work of a cereal killer

 

there was serial killer in dublin in 80s bumping of a lot women also one up here on north coast killing girls backpacking never caught

 

Was that larry murphy. An a bloke around the corner from me killed to birds an cut them up an dumped the them police said if he could drive he would of killed more but only got done on manslauther he said it was sex games gone wrong

[mackem 26,592]

Ed geins favourite pick-up line....Is your name Armani,because you look like you would make a great suit.

[pesky1972 5,296]

I think it's both born & made.

Some are born wired for it but need certain trigger events during their formative years to make them into killers. Those same triggers in others wouldn't have the same effect. Just my opinion.

[mackem 26,592]

then youv the ones snacking on there victims

[nans pat 2,575]

are them snipers serial killers or is that fine.

[Born Hunter 17,774]

are them snipers serial killers or is that fine.

 

"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." Ernest Hemingway

 

I think for some, that can easily be paraphrased to be the hunting of all men, not just armed men.