[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Kathy, It seems from my slight knowledge that Henry Lee Lucas was a ludicrous hoax, that he succeeded only in killing his mother. The police were delighted to clear their books and Lucas gloated over killings he never committed. Much of the information on serial killers seems to be of the same dubious nature. Hofmann, the mad Mormon bomber and forger, perhaps fails to meet the criteria of a serial killer because the idiot blew himself up on his way to more bombings but he had a very impressive list of intended victims. His rearing has none of the earmarks of serial killers and his motives (greed and then revenge) do not fit easily with the claimed motives of serial killers. The same is true of Wayne Williams who seems to have killed young blacks to improve the breed. And perhaps the most efficient and least discovered serial killers are those who kill in nursing homes and hospitals. The love of killing is seen in its starkest terms outside the prisons when kooks celebrate executions of strangers. Jack Olsen prints a study by a psychiatrist of Arthur Shawcross in "The Misbegotten Son" that turns much of what is assumed about serial killers on its head. His report was totally disregarded naturally because it was a quite scholarly and dispassionate study. The usual hacks testified for the defense and prosecution. There was a clear genetic, or at least physical, implication in the very strange behaviour of Shawcross. >Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Hi Steve :) > >I know a bit about SK's (Serial killers) they tend to be white, >heterosexual males in their twenties and thirties who are sexually >dysfunctional and have low self-esteem. Their methodical rampages are >almost always sexual in nature. Their killings are usually part of an >elaborate fantasy that builds to a climax at the moment of their >murderous outburst. Serial killers generally murder strangers with >cooling off periods between each crime. Many enjoy cannibalism, >necrophilia and keep trophy-like body parts as mementos of their work. >Serial killers are sadistic in nature. Some return to crime scenes or >grave sites of their victims to fantasize about their deeds. Many like >to insert themselves in the investigation of their crimes and some enjoy >taunting authorities with letters or carefully placed pieces of >evidence. > >Serial killers tend to prey on women and children of their same race. >Prostitutes, drifters and hitchhikers are their victims of choice. Some >homosexual killers enjoy hunting young boys and gay men. Female serial >killers tend to be "black widows" who kill a succession of husbands, >lovers, or other family members. They can also be nurses or other >medical professionals who become self-appointed "angels of death" >murdering babies, elderly, or the desperately ill in a misguided effort >to relieve their suffering. Most serial killers grew up in violent >households. As youngsters they enjoyed torturing animals, setting fires >and were chronic bed-wetters. As adults, many serial have some type of >brain damage and are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. > >There are some that are speculating there may be a genetic link, I have >seen some research on that, yet the research is still going on so no >conclusions have been reached to my knowledge. Most SK's operate on >their own, and are usually pretty smart. The one exception is when >Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis Toole teamed up together, some credit them with >200+ killings. Toole allegedly confessed to killing Adam Walsh, the son >of John Walsh the host of America's most wanted. Yet Toole died before >anyone was able to really find out if he was telling the truth about >that or not, he confessed than recanted. Yet most SK's are loners. > >Steve Wright wrote: >> Dear me, a psychologist could write a book on that one, very frightening. >> But the past history makes for interesting reading. Do you think that >> people are born evil or that there experiences and environment warp them to >> become a monster or a killer? >> Do you think there is a possibility of there being a genetic link that bonds >> people like serial killers or rapists? >> >> Steve >-- >Kathy E >"I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow >isn't looking too good for you either" >http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List >http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues > > Best, Terry "Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
