Criminologists reveal the five key traits common in serial killers. The first recorded serial killers date back to the Roman Empire when a group of matrons were said to have poisoned men using a deadly ring. Today, thanks to modern technology, psychologists and criminologists have defined and identified what makes a person commit such cold- blooded murders again and again . Working with Dr Elizabeth Yardley, Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University, Real Crime magazine has highlighted five key characteristics of serial killers.. A POWER JUNKIE‘Serial killers typically have a real affinity with power, even when they’ve been caught and know the game is up,’ explained the experts. Killers: Ian Brady (left), the Moors Murderer who was convicted of killing five children with accomplice Myra Hindley (right) between 1. Keith Bennett’s body from police‘Intent on exerting some kind of control over the people around them, they often hold back bits of crucial information in a bid to maintain power over the situation, gain attention and assert a warped sense of authority.’Ian Brady, the Moors Murderer who was convicted of killing five children with accomplice Myra Hindley between 1.
Keith Bennett’s body from police which many believe was to assert power and control. Doctor Harold Shipman (pictured) used his position as a medical expert to manipulate his patients. 10 Dark and Twisted Confessions. I would like to receive newsletters and special offers from your partner Early Bird Books. Subscribe. american serial killers. ![]() ![]() A MANIPULATOR‘Apparent vulnerability and the need to please have been used effectively time and time again by serial killers as a way of hiding a sinister personality,’ continued the experts.‘Some of the world’s best known serial killers have a frightening ability to manipulate those around them, pressing the right buttons in order to present themselves in a false light.’‘Serial killers are also often able to manipulate a situation in order to pass the blame for their actions, using hot- button issues of the day or medical psychological research to try to explain their actions.’Doctor Harold Shipman, for example, used his position as a medical expert to manipulate his patients into treatments that ultimately killed them while posing as a caring member of society. AN EGOTISTICAL BRAGGERElsewhere, Real Crime and Dr Yardley said: ‘Egoistical serial killers often can’t help but brag about the atrocities they’ve committed, whether it’s aimed at their accomplices, the next victim, law enforcement, or just themselves.‘Take Brady and Hindley for example. They revisited the burial sites on Saddleworth Moor often, taking ghoulish trophy shots of the desolate landscape as a memento of their horrendous crimes.‘Of course, these helped incriminate the pair and lead the police to the three bodies eventually found on the Moor.’Convicted British serial killer Trevor Hardy, dubbed Beast of Manchester for his murders of teenage girls in the 1. A SUPERFICIAL CHARMER’Serial killers tend to have a very good grasp of other people’s emotions and are quick to pick up on any vulnerability or weakness in order to convince them into doing things they normally wouldn’t,’ added Dr Yardley. Unfinished business: Shortly before his execution in 1. Bundy (pictured) confessed to 3. They’ll get others on side and take charge of a situation with a mix of compliments and common sense.’One example of such a ‘superficial charmer’ is Ted Bundy. Shortly before his execution in 1. Bundy confessed to 3. He raped and kidnapped woman after winning their trust, either by feigning disability using fake slings or casts, or pretending to be a policeman or person of authority. He was often described as charming, charismatic and handsome. AN AVERAGE JOEMeanwhile, Real Crime continued: ‘Possibly the scariest trait of all, many serial killers look like a pillar of the community on first sight. Fred West (pictured above) appeared to be part an 'average Joe' but between 1. However it’s a way of gaining trust, only to abuse it in the most appalling ways. This tactic has enabled many to get away with a lot of deviant stuff behind closed doors.’Fred and Rose West, for example, appeared to be part of an everyday family. Between 1. 96. 7 and 1. They lived in a residential street in Gloucester, in the UK. In the US, John Wayne Gacy, nicknamed ‘Killer Clown’ was politically active in his Chicago suburb and worked hard for the local community, even performing at parties and events as a ‘Pogo’ the clown. In private, he raped and murdered teenage boys, burying their remains on the grounds of his house. COULD CHILDHOOD ABUSE BE A FACTOR? Previous studies have found a link between serial killers and childhood abuse, including physical, mental and sexual. The killers typically come from unstable families, shown signs of voyeurism and sadomasochism from an early age and more than 9. Interviews with friends of Charles Manson, who killed seven people over the course of two nights in August 1. Nature or nurture? Charles Manson (pictured), who killed seven people over the course of two nights in August 1. He was also reportedly abused and neglected as child. WHAT IS A SERIAL KILLER? The term ‘serial killer’ was coined in the 1. FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, Robert Ressler. The crimes differ from mass murders which typically occur at the same location or incident without a so- called ‘cooling- off period.’In 1. United States Congress defined it as: ‘Three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors.’However, Ted Bundy, the Milwaukee Cannibal Jeff Dahmer and Dennis Rader - the Bind, Torture Kill or BTK killer - grew up in healthy households with supportive family members. And contrary to popular belief, serial killers span all racial groups. Charles Ng, a native of Hong Kong, China, killed numerous victims in Northern California, with Leonard Lake. Derrick Todd Lee, an African- American, killed at least six women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Coral Eugene Watts, an African- American, killed five victims in Michigan, fled the state to avoid detection, and murdered another 1. Texas, before being arrested. And there are female killers too, Aileen Wuornos was a female serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida betweenn 1. COULD BRAIN SCANS REVEAL A SERIAL KILLER? Other researchers theorise that damage to the frontal lobe, the hypothalamus and the limbic system can cause extreme aggression, loss of control, and poor judgment. This feature taken in part from Real Crime magazine, out now. Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer convicted of 1. The brain study at the University of Wisconsin, Madison also noticed a drop in connectivity between the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vm. PFC). These regions process negative stimuli into negative emotions and responses. When connectivity is low, people have lower levels of empathy and aren’t easily ashamed by their actions. PSYCHOPATHY VERSUS PSYCHOSISSome serial killers have been diagnosed by psychologists as psychopaths, suffering from an antisocial personality disorder (APD). This makes them unlikely to conform to social norms, irritable and aggressive and lack of remorse. Brain scans of rapist and serial killer Brian Dugan showed a lack of activity in the regions associated with empathy and remorse, and Bundy once described himself as ‘the most cold- hearted son of a b***h you'll ever meet.’Others have been diagnosed as psychotic. HOW TO CLASSIFY A SERIAL KILLER: MOTIVE AND SOCIAL PATTERNSSerial killers are typically classified in two ways - one based on motive, the other on organisational and social patterns. The motive method is called Holmes typology, for Ronald M. Stephen T. Holmes, authors of textbooks on serial murder and violent crime. The FBI explained that not every serial killer falls into a single type, and these classifications don’t explain what leads someone to become a serial killer. Video: Serial killer Joanna Dennehy FLIRTS with shopkeeper moments before frenzied knife attack. Video Loading. Video Unavailable. The video will start in 8. Cancel. This is the moment serial killer Joanna Dennehy flirts with a female shopkeeper moment before carrying out a frenzied knife attack on two more victims. The CCTV footage, shown to jurors in the trial of her two alleged accomplices, shows the 3. Robin Bereza. The CCTV from Green Lane Stores in Hereford captures Dennehy's bizarre behaviour as she prepares to kill again while on the run for murdering three men. At one stage Dennehy appears ready to attack the female shop assistant, gesturing and pointing at her aggressively in the short clip from April 2. Witness Mark Lloyd, who was in the same car as Dennehy and her alleged accomplice Gary Stretch, and who joined Dennehy in the shop, told the jury yesterday he feared she would hurt the shop assistant after the serial killer became agitated during the transaction. He said: "My thinking right there was I thought she was going to jump the counter."The till was open, she was armed. I thought she was going to rob the girl and do some damage."She started to point her finger and get irate."But Dennehy then appears to calm down and flirt with the young woman. She asks her to turn around so she can check out her "nice arse". Mr Lloyd considered asking the girl to call police. He told the jury: "I'm kind of hoping this may be my chance."However the pair left the shop and got back into a waiting Vauxhall Astra driven by her alleged accomplice Stretch, 4. Moments later Dennehy selected and stabs her fourth and fifth victims, after taking a grinning selfie photograph of herself in the back of a car as she hunts for her victims. Dennehy had already killed three men in Cambridgeshire when she randomly targeted the two dog walkers in Hereford. Both men suffered multiple injuries but survived. Mark Lloyd, told Cambridge Crown Court that Dennehy had been driven by a thirst for blood. Describing the attack on the first man, Robin Bereza, he said: "I thought she was going to mug him but then it twigged on me."I thought 'You just want blood'."A wanted appeal had been issued to trace Dennehy and Stretch following the murders of Lukasz Slaboszewski, 3. John Chapman, 5. 6, and Kevin Lee, 4. Peterborough in March and April last year. She had bragged to friends that she and Stretch were like Bonnie and Clyde, the court has heard. Cross- examined by Stretch's counsel Karim Khalil QC today, Mr Lloyd said he was scared of Dennehy and had no choice but to join the pair on the journey to Hereford. He added: "If she had told me to put my head through the windscreen, I would have done."Dennehy, of Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, has admitted murder. She has also admitted the attempted murders of Mr Bereza and John Rogers and preventing the lawful and decent burial of all three murder victims. Image: PA)Stretch and another man, Leslie Layton, are standing trial accused of helping her dispose of the bodies and covering up her crimes. Jurors have been shown pictures of Dennehy smiling and posing with a knife shortly after murdering the men. In another picture she flashes her bra and shows off self- harming scars. Stretch is photographed mimicking her pose and making an obscene gesture to the camera. Describing the moment he found out the pair were wanted by police, Mr Lloyd said: "I thought it was Gary who done the murders because he's 7ft 2in and looks like Herman off The Munsters."She looks like butter wouldn't melt until she opens her bloody mouth."Mr Lloyd told the court that, as they made their way to Hereford, Dennehy said: "I want to have my fun."Dennehy had made clear she wanted "a man with a dog" and Stretch helped with this search, he said. After the second attack, on dog- walker Mr Rogers, Dennehy climbed back into the car driven by Stretch. Image: Cambridgeshire Police)She was carrying Mr Rogers' whippet and told the pair: "It's me only friend."Mr Lloyd went on: "Afterwards, Gary drove off very, very calmly. It was as if they'd just stopped for Mc. Donald's."Stretch, real name Gary Richards, 4. Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, denies three charges of preventing the lawful burial of all three men and two counts of attempted murder. Layton, 3. 6, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, denies perverting the course of justice and two counts of preventing the lawful burial of the bodies of Mr Chapman and Mr Lee. A third man, Robert Moore, 5. Belvoir Way, Peterborough, has admitted assisting an offender and is awaiting sentence. In a statement read to the court, a teenage girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, described the moment she visited Dennehy's house and the killer lifted a bin lid to show her Mr Slaboszewski's body. Prosecutors say Dennehy stored the body in a wheelie bin at her house in Rolleston Garth for days following his killing on about March 1. The girl said she had been horrified by the gruesome sight."Jo was just standing by the bin, she kept smiling," she said."I just wanted to get out of there."I wanted to forget about what I saw in the bin."The girl's mother said her daughter broke down in tears as she told police about the incident."She said she was taken to the bins and Jo opened one of them," the mother said."Jo lifted up a black bag and there was a man's body underneath."She said the man looked cold and wet.".
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