The Angels of death

In-depth insight on well-known killers by Hailey Grimes

Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer who was found guilty of killing 17 men, dismembering their bodies and committing cannibalism and necrophilia.

Dahmer’s childhood had many problems and struggles. His mother, Joyce Dahmer, suffered from depression and had multiple failed attempted suicides. His father, who was constantly occupied with his work as a doctor, was largely absent in Dahmer’s life.

Professional Psychiatrist Louis Schlesinger claimed, “When you do something like Dahmer did, it doesn’t just happen one day, it’s created in the mind.”.

Carl Wahlstrom, a forensic psychiatrist, said that as a child, Dahmer had an “off the charts” libido, and constant fantasies about doing harm, which included killing men, and sleeping with their dead corpses. Dahmer was different in the way he chose his victims out and killed them. He mostly picked them up at bars, malls, and more with promises of money or sex. He would give his victims alcohol that was lined with drugs and then kill them. Dahmer would then abuse them and dismember their bodies. To hide the evidence of his killing, he would remove their bones, smash them to powder, and dissolve the flesh with acid.

Emma Whirlow, a freshman said, “When Serial Killers kill people, the families of those people, and the friends, have to deal with the grief and the emotions that come with the fact that the person died the brutal way they did, or the fact that they died at all”

One of the earliest theories on Jack the Ripper was written by writer Leonard Matters in 1929. He suggests that Jack wanted revenge on the prostitutes who he believed murdered his son. His theory concluded that Jack the Ripper was actually a cancer specialist, named Dr. Stanley.

It’s said that Dr. Stanley’s son, Herbert, fell in love with a prostitute named Mary Jane Kelly. At the time, Mary was suffering from syphilis, which Herbert was unaware of . Herbert ended up contracting it and dying two years later.

Jack was said to have been seeking revenge for his son. That’s why his murders targeted prostitutes. As a disorganized killer, Jack was said to never have planned a single murder he committed. Instead, he took advantage of opportunities to offer to pay these women for sex and lure them onto a secluded street. Then, he would slice their throats. As the women bled to death, he would brutally disembowel them with a six -inch knife. Jack ended up finding Mary, and killing her.

The key reason that Jack the Ripper was never caught is simple: murder was still uncommon during the reign of Queen Victoria. London had many streets and dark alleys, which was the perfect place to murder someone.

Ted Bundy was a very shy and introverted kid with no real idea of how to get on well with other people. He had an unhappy childhood involving constant name changes and house moves. He was born to an unwed mother who told him that she was his sister and his grandparents were his parents. As a result, he spent his early life living with his grandparents; some reports say his grandfather was mentally unstable and prone to violent outbursts.

Once grown up, Ted was very articulate, being described as an extremely bright and smart psychology graduate studying law. He spent his spare time working with emotionally traumatized children.

Starting in 1974, he battered, raped and murdered at least 36 young women, despite being in a permanent relationship.

Bundy lived in Seattle initially and found victims at the local halls of residence and at a lakeside beauty spot. He drove a VW Beetle; he drove to a pretty much abandoned mountain road to carry out the murders and dispose of the bodies.

Psychologists point to everything from Bundy’s traumatic childhood as the cause for his serial killings.