Serial Killers And Murderers How Can You Tell A Normal...

Madison Jenzarli Composition 10 Mr. Bolivar June 10, 2016 Serial Killers and Murderers How can you tell a normal person from a person who is chemically imbalanced? When you are walking in a crowd, do you ever wonder what is going on through these people’s minds? Who are they? Have they ever killed anyone? This is what we are going to talk about, the mind of a murderer. There are many types of murderers. There are mass murderers, spree killers, and serial killers. A mass murderer kills multiple people at one time in one place. A spree killer kills multiple people at the same time, but not in the same place. A serial killer kills multiple people in multiple places, but they have ‘cooling off’ periods in between each murder. Visionaries†¦show more content†¦There is no solid answer as to why a killer kills.Some motivations involve the fear of rejection, need for power, or just their state of mind. An example of motivation is John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer. John was raised with his siblings, drunken fath er, and helpless mother. Gacy’s father would beat John, his siblings, and even his mother. One of Gacy’s siblings, Karen, said that John would not cry even while getting beaten up. John had a liking to men, which was looked down upon at the time. He would start to rape and murder young men and teenagers. Gacy claimed insanity, but was sentenced to death. Gacy was given a lethal injection and died on May 10, 1994. Joel Norris worked on a defense team and completed 500 interviews with murderous individuals to describe the ‘stages of a killer’. The phases are as followed: The aura phase, the trolling phase, the wooing phase, the totem phase, and then the depression phase. The aura phase is a withdrawal from one’s reality. The killer may use drugs or alcohol in this stage in order to medicate him/herself. The trolling phase is when the killer stalks and learns about the victims. The wooing phase is when the killer builds the victim s confidence and lead s them into a trap, followed by the capture and murder of the victim. The totem phase is when the killer builds up all of the excitement of the kill and starts to disappear. The killer wakes up from the fake reality that was created and starts to become