Serial Killers Biography Pack - THC
A serial killer is someone who murders three or more people with a 'cooling off'
period between each murder, whose motivation for killing is largely for psychological
gratification. All serial killers suffer from some form of Antisocial Personality
Disorder but rarely psychopathy. They are usually not psychotic, and thus appear to
be quite normal and often even charming, a state of adaptation which Hervey Cleckley
calls the "mask of sanity." There is sometimes a sexual element to the murders.
The murders may have been completed/attempted in a similar fashion and the victims
may have had something in common, for example occupation, race, sex, etc. Also, the
victims of a serial killing generally belong to the same race as the killer.
The term serial killer is widely believed to have been coined either by FBI agent
Robert Ressler or by Dr. Robert D. Keppel in the 1970s (the credit for the term is
disputed). Serial killer entered the popular vernacular in large part due to the
well-publicized crimes of Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz in the middle years of that
decade.
Ted Bundy (2002)




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