Murderers Shaped by Society Carl Panzram is one of the most horrific killers in history. Driven by an extreme hatred for humanity, Panzram has admitted to murdering at least 22 people and raping 1000 men. In his last years of living, he had written a memoir to document his life. The Spirit of Hate and Vengeance, Panzram’s published autobiography, described his cruel childhood, his barbaric crimes, and life up until his sentence to the death penalty, which he gratefully accepted. When faced with brutal monsters like Panzram, it begs the question: what made him evil? The answer is simple: society. Panzram had been born in Minnesota on a small farm, the youngest of 5. His father had left the family, leaving his mother to juggle field work and
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In reality, these killers are often “untreated traumatized children who are controlling the actions of the scary adults they have become” (Clay). “Trauma is fundamental, but often the general public doesn 't see that part of it. They see the result of trauma rather than a murder 's origins in trauma. Most of what 's been done in the past in these cases is either what 's called a social history, which is a biographical compendium, or clinical assessment and diagnosis. But what I do is developmental analysis. Often, the social history has a lot of facts in it, but the facts are not connected conceptually. They can say, "This kid 's mother abandoned him," but don 't go the next step about why maternal abandonment is so devastating” (Clay). In other words, severe trauma in early stages of life and childhood causes a lasting and destructive effect on rudimentary functions of child development such as emotional regulation and attachment. This can lead to pre-emptive assaults in a war-zone, or threatened, mentality.
Juana Barraza, or “The Old Lady Killer,” was a mexican wrestler with a past as crooked as Carl Panzram’s. Barraza is another example of notorious sociopaths shaped by the callous nature of society and its inhabitants, along with childhood trauma. Her murders consisted of elderly women that she had killed through strangulation in anger towards her mother, whom had given her away at the age of twelve in exchange for three beers. Barraza had been raped multiple times by her new guardian, harboring deep resentment. Her targets were decrepit females she associated to her mother, murdering them in
In reality, these killers are often “untreated traumatized children who are controlling the actions of the scary adults they have become” (Clay). “Trauma is fundamental, but often the general public doesn 't see that part of it. They see the result of trauma rather than a murder 's origins in trauma. Most of what 's been done in the past in these cases is either what 's called a social history, which is a biographical compendium, or clinical assessment and diagnosis. But what I do is developmental analysis. Often, the social history has a lot of facts in it, but the facts are not connected conceptually. They can say, "This kid 's mother abandoned him," but don 't go the next step about why maternal abandonment is so devastating” (Clay). In other words, severe trauma in early stages of life and childhood causes a lasting and destructive effect on rudimentary functions of child development such as emotional regulation and attachment. This can lead to pre-emptive assaults in a war-zone, or threatened, mentality.
Juana Barraza, or “The Old Lady Killer,” was a mexican wrestler with a past as crooked as Carl Panzram’s. Barraza is another example of notorious sociopaths shaped by the callous nature of society and its inhabitants, along with childhood trauma. Her murders consisted of elderly women that she had killed through strangulation in anger towards her mother, whom had given her away at the age of twelve in exchange for three beers. Barraza had been raped multiple times by her new guardian, harboring deep resentment. Her targets were decrepit females she associated to her mother, murdering them in