A strong worn leather belt with deep notches carved every few centimeters is draped on a hook behind an old wooden door. A young boy sits cross-legged in a small, square garage, curiously staring at a collection of assembled metal. Slowly the four year old begins moving the heavy pieces with a desire to learn of their purpose. Heavy footsteps cause the young boy to be brought back to reality, just in time for him to feel a forceful tug on his arm, hear the sound of the belt whizzing through the air and feel the searing pain shoot through his entire back. This is the boy’s earliest memory and one that would be permanently embedded into his brain.
The above memory is in fact not fictional, but the first memory of an infamous serial killer. When …show more content…
For example, well known killer Ed Gein, whose story inspired famous movies such as Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Psycho, only had two victims. So why is he so commonly referred to as a serial killer?
As with many generalizations there are always examples that fall outside of the given guidelines. To put it simply, things and most importantly people are not always as they appear. We do not live in a world that consists only of black and white, right and wrong, and yes and no. Situations arise where a “maybe” might be thrown into the equation or a straight line may appear a bit blurry. An extraordinary example of this would be the common question of what makes a serial killer tick, what motivates them to commit acts considered unthinkable by the general …show more content…
Physical and mental abuse became the norm for many of these infamous people, whether through situations such as rape or being brutally beat up. As a result, as a young child many of these famous murderers learned by family example that violence was a viable way to solve problems and issues. This resulted in these children growing up with the mindset that it is perfectly okay to project your anger onto another person, even if that means using
The above memory is in fact not fictional, but the first memory of an infamous serial killer. When …show more content…
For example, well known killer Ed Gein, whose story inspired famous movies such as Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Psycho, only had two victims. So why is he so commonly referred to as a serial killer?
As with many generalizations there are always examples that fall outside of the given guidelines. To put it simply, things and most importantly people are not always as they appear. We do not live in a world that consists only of black and white, right and wrong, and yes and no. Situations arise where a “maybe” might be thrown into the equation or a straight line may appear a bit blurry. An extraordinary example of this would be the common question of what makes a serial killer tick, what motivates them to commit acts considered unthinkable by the general …show more content…
Physical and mental abuse became the norm for many of these infamous people, whether through situations such as rape or being brutally beat up. As a result, as a young child many of these famous murderers learned by family example that violence was a viable way to solve problems and issues. This resulted in these children growing up with the mindset that it is perfectly okay to project your anger onto another person, even if that means using