Serial killers and those that kill in mass numbers are one of the most fascinating topics not only for scholars, law enforcement, psychologist, and sociologist, but also to the average, everyday person such as myself. All of us have in common the fascination with the topic because of the disbelief an individual such as this resides among us. We are fascinated not only because of their minds but because they feed into our fears about danger, death and what lurks in the night, around the corner, at the playground and even at something as innocent as a child's birthday party. There are many to choose from. One more twisted and grotesque in their savagery than the next. But what makes them different? What makes them alike?
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Dahmer's insecurities deepened. By his early teens, he was disengaged, tense and had very few friends if any. Although Dahmer claims that his compulsions to necrophilia and murder began at the age of 14, it appears that the breakdown of his parents' marriage, their bitter divorce and the psychological stresses of these events may have been the vehicle for steering these earlier thoughts into actions.
By the age of 10, Dahmer had already experimented on small animals, torturing and killing them. After graduating high school in 1978, Dahmer took a man home by the name of Steven Hicks for a drink. Here, they had a few drinks, had sex and when Mr. Hicks tried to leave, Jeffery hit Steven in the head with a barbell. After, Jeffery dismembered his body, packed the body parts in plastic bags and buried them in the woods behind his parents' house. Jeffery would wait another nine years before he encountered his second victim, all the while his alcohol consumption getting out of control.
After a failed attempt at college and the Army, Jeffery returned home and exhumed the body of Mr. Hicks. He pulverized his remains by hitting them with a hammer and then disposing the body again in the woods. This time however he scattered the remains without
These offenders …show more content…
Dahmer's insecurities deepened. By his early teens, he was disengaged, tense and had very few friends if any. Although Dahmer claims that his compulsions to necrophilia and murder began at the age of 14, it appears that the breakdown of his parents' marriage, their bitter divorce and the psychological stresses of these events may have been the vehicle for steering these earlier thoughts into actions.
By the age of 10, Dahmer had already experimented on small animals, torturing and killing them. After graduating high school in 1978, Dahmer took a man home by the name of Steven Hicks for a drink. Here, they had a few drinks, had sex and when Mr. Hicks tried to leave, Jeffery hit Steven in the head with a barbell. After, Jeffery dismembered his body, packed the body parts in plastic bags and buried them in the woods behind his parents' house. Jeffery would wait another nine years before he encountered his second victim, all the while his alcohol consumption getting out of control.
After a failed attempt at college and the Army, Jeffery returned home and exhumed the body of Mr. Hicks. He pulverized his remains by hitting them with a hammer and then disposing the body again in the woods. This time however he scattered the remains without