Throughout the history of time, there have been many different types of serial killers and psychopaths. They have ranged in age, location, gender, religion, and upbringing. The great debate of nature vs nurture always arises when asked what caused the people to do it. Was it because of nature of the beast, or did the person have a traumatic up bringing? Nature vs nurture is not a black and white statement, it is a combination of both that makes the person do and act out the way they did. Before this paper goes any further into nature vs nurture, here are the differences between what makes a person a serial killer or a psychopath. To be classified as a serial killer that person must have killed three or more individuals, in three separate
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He was arrested in 1934 at the age of 64. He had the appearance of a seemingly old man, but underneath he had a dark side. He enjoyed every perversion known to humanity, including eating the flesh of the young children he had savagely tortured and murdered (Greig and Marlowe 107). Taking a look into Fish’s life growing up, one could see why his mind developed the way it did. At the age of five Albert was placed into an orphanage. It was there that he was constantly teased by the other boys, received whippings, and became a persistent bed wetter. In 1898 he got married, settled in New York and had six children. Fish claims that this is when he committed his first murder, but there is no evidence to proof it. However, most people, including his children claim he began going mad in 1917 after his wife left him. He appeared to suffer from hallucinations: he would take the children to a summer house in Westchester where he would climb a hill, shake his fist at the sky and declare himself to Christ, before asking his children to beat him on the buttocks (Greig and Marlowe 109). Fish became obsessed with pain; he would put needles in his groin, and put fabric in his anus before starting it on fire. His oldest son finally had enough of this and kicked him out of the house. Over the years he was arrested pretty regularly, but he was always released and pronounced peculiar but harmless. However, that changed in 1928 when he began work as a farm hand. On the farm was a 12 year old girl named Grace. Fish convinced the family to let him take her to his nieces’ birthday party. That was the last they saw of her. Fish took her to the deserted summer house and strangled her, dismembered her, and over a nine day period ate as much as he could of her and buried the bones. When young Grace never returned home a manhunt was sent out to find Fish. They did not find him at the time. The only reason Fish was caught was because he
He was arrested in 1934 at the age of 64. He had the appearance of a seemingly old man, but underneath he had a dark side. He enjoyed every perversion known to humanity, including eating the flesh of the young children he had savagely tortured and murdered (Greig and Marlowe 107). Taking a look into Fish’s life growing up, one could see why his mind developed the way it did. At the age of five Albert was placed into an orphanage. It was there that he was constantly teased by the other boys, received whippings, and became a persistent bed wetter. In 1898 he got married, settled in New York and had six children. Fish claims that this is when he committed his first murder, but there is no evidence to proof it. However, most people, including his children claim he began going mad in 1917 after his wife left him. He appeared to suffer from hallucinations: he would take the children to a summer house in Westchester where he would climb a hill, shake his fist at the sky and declare himself to Christ, before asking his children to beat him on the buttocks (Greig and Marlowe 109). Fish became obsessed with pain; he would put needles in his groin, and put fabric in his anus before starting it on fire. His oldest son finally had enough of this and kicked him out of the house. Over the years he was arrested pretty regularly, but he was always released and pronounced peculiar but harmless. However, that changed in 1928 when he began work as a farm hand. On the farm was a 12 year old girl named Grace. Fish convinced the family to let him take her to his nieces’ birthday party. That was the last they saw of her. Fish took her to the deserted summer house and strangled her, dismembered her, and over a nine day period ate as much as he could of her and buried the bones. When young Grace never returned home a manhunt was sent out to find Fish. They did not find him at the time. The only reason Fish was caught was because he