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Serial Killers

The document discusses the psychological profiles and characteristics of serial killers, highlighting various notorious cases such as Amarjeet Sada, Mary Bell, H.H. Holmes, Lavinia Fisher, Ted Bundy, and Cyanide Mallika. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the mind and personality disorders associated with serial killers to recognize potential threats in society. Additionally, it notes that many serial killers have experienced abuse in their childhood, which contributes to their violent behaviors.

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Serial Killers

The document discusses the psychological profiles and characteristics of serial killers, highlighting various notorious cases such as Amarjeet Sada, Mary Bell, H.H. Holmes, Lavinia Fisher, Ted Bundy, and Cyanide Mallika. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the mind and personality disorders associated with serial killers to recognize potential threats in society. Additionally, it notes that many serial killers have experienced abuse in their childhood, which contributes to their violent behaviors.

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SERIAL

KILLERS
WHY?
Serial killers suffer from a variety of personality disorders, including
psychopathy, anti-social personality, and others.Most, however, are not
adjudicated as insane under the law.
The media has created a number of fictional serial killer “geniuses”,
who outsmart law enforcement at every turn.
What is the brain of a serial killer:-
In a normal person, the left side of the brain has more
activity than the right- side. The brain of a serial killer
also has lack of activity in the prefrontal cortex that is
responsible for personality and cognitive behaviors.
Serial killers go through a different thought process
than the average person.
AMARJEET SADA
Bihar: World’s Youngest serial killer

Amarjeet Sada became a household name for


all the wrong reasons in early 2000s after
the eight year old boy was arrested in 2007
for killing three toddlers. His first two
victims were his six-year-old cousin brother
and eight-month-old infant sister, wherein
the family refrained from taking any action
regarding the gruesome murders a ‘family
matter.’
The following year, Sada killed his
neighbour’s six-month-old daughter. He was
arrested by the police soon after and lodged
in a children’s home, from where he walked
free in 2016. The minor was diagnosed as a
sadistic personality and reportedly showed
no remorse for his cold blooded deeds during
MARRY BELL
Mary Flora Bell (born 26 May 1957) is
an English woman who, as a
juvenile, killed two preschool-age boys
in Scotswood, an inner suburb of
Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1968. Bell
committed her first killing when she was
10 years old.
According to her family, Betty was
coping with a factitious condition
imposed on another (FDIA), a mental
disease in which a patient wishes to
hurt her child. When Mary was born,
Mary’s mother intended to toss her
away. After being given up to a lady
who had been denied adoption, her
aunt intervened to save her. At the
age of two, she developed a distant,
H.H HOLMES
In 1893, Chicago was given the honor of hosting
the World’s Fair, a cultural and social event to
celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’
discovery of America. The event was scheduled
from May to October, and attracted millions of
people from all over the world. When Holmes
heard that the World’s Fair was coming to Chicago,
he looked at it as an opportunity. He knew many
visitors would be searching for lodging near the
fair and believed many of them would be women
whom he could easily seduce into staying at his
hotel. After being lured into the hotel, many of
these
He alsoout-of-town
confessedvisitors would
to 28 other never be
murders; seen
however,
again.
through investigations and missing person’s
reports, it is believe that Holmes is responsible for
up to 200 murders.
In May 1896, one of America’s first serial killers,
H.H. Holmes, was hanged. The Castle was
remodeled as an attraction and named the
“Holmes Horror Castle”; however, it burned to the
LAVINIA FISHER
Lavinia Fisher was an American criminal Born: 1793 Died: 18 February 1820
who, according to urban legends, was the
first female serial killer in the United States
of America. She was married to John Fisher,
and both were convicted of highway robbery
—a capital offense at the time—not murder.

Lavinia grew up to marry a man named John


Fisher, and the couple lived near Charleston,
South Carolina. The pair made their living
operating a hotel called the Six Mile
Wayfarer House, which they managed in the
early 1800s. Mysteriously, men who were
visiting Charleston began to disappear. As
more and more reports were filed with the
authorities regarding these missing men, it
was determined that they were last seen at
the Six Mile Wayfarer House, which was
called such because it was six miles outside
TED BUNDY
Theodore Robert Bundy (né
Cowell; November 24, 1946 –
January 24, 1989) was an American
serial killer who kidnapped, raped
and murdered numerous young
women and girls during the 1970s
and possibly earlier. After more than
a decade of denials, he confessed to
30 murders committed in seven
states between 1974 and 1978. His
true
He isvictim totalsociopath
a sadistic is unknown and
who took
likely significantly
pleasure from anotherhigher.
human's pain
and the control he had over his
victims, to the point of death and
even after.
CYANIDE MALLIKA
Karnataka: ‘Cyanide Mallika’: India’s
first convicted female serial killer
‘Cyanide Mallika’, is India’s first convicted female serial
killer. Between 1998 and 2007, she is suspected of
having been responsible for the deaths of six women in
the state of Karnataka. It is believed that she took a
seven-year-long sabbatical after her first murder. Thanks
to patriarchal thought models, the fact that these victims
were killed by a woman kept astounding the investigating
officers
Kempamma for a would
long time!
go to the temple every day and keep
track of what was going on. She kept a close eye on the
regulars who seemed to be in a lot of pain. Kempamma
would approach them as a holy woman when the time
was right and lend her ears to their problems. She was
well aware that they were in pain and knew just what
they desired. She decided to assist them with a ‘mandala
pooja,’ which she promised would solve all of their
problems. She will also ask them to put on their most
precious dress and all of their jewels for the ceremony.
Kempamma would often invite them to a temple on the
outskirts that they were unfamiliar with. She’d ask them
to close their eyes and pray after that. They had no idea
it would be their last. Then she would serve them
THE END?
Society is in dangerous, because a serious problem is devastating people.
Serial killers are in every part of the world, hurting everyone that gets in
their way. Is impossible to recognized a killer if people don`t understand and
know the mind and the personality they have. It is necessary to be careful
with everyone and that is why information about serial killer is important.
People have to be informed about them to be careful and to save our lives.
People have to analyze the information they know about the killer and all
characteristics that the scene and the victim proportion. To make the profiles
we have to know the types of serial killers that exist and the disorders they
can have. There are two principal types of serial killers, the organized and
the disorganized.
Many serial killers are abused – physically, psychologically, sexually – as
children by a close family member. This behavior instills in the child feelings
of humiliation and helplessness, feelings which they will later seek to instill
in their victims.

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