Delusion's of a Serial Killer

Payton Manning

Honors English 10

Mrs. Harris

5 January 2017

Delusion's of a Serial Killer

A serial killer in my terms of definition, is a human being that commits a form of manslaughter by doing so in tortures acts without a trace of emotion in a body count of 3 or more  humans. A serial killer is a creation among the social environment by abuse; physically, mentally or emotionally. Which in common circumstances are influenced by family members, society or the media. Which results in the idea of fantasy which  influences serial killers.  

There happen to be three distinct types of categories that label a serial killer: medical, organized and unorganized. A medical killer, is one who uses their practice to kill patients in a unsuspicious way. They are usually caught when there is a high death ratio caused by the medic professional. A organized killer is one who strategically thinks of every aspect and outcome. They are extremely intelligent and dangerous. Usually they are recognized on their second or third murder which then their incisions made into a person a clean and sharp, meaning no hesitation. The unorganized killer is sloppy, careless and the murders are un-thought out. Their incisions are hesitant because they haven't perfected their style of killing.

    Nannie Doss was a notorious organized serial killer who murdered: “four of her five husbands, her mother, her sister, her grandson, and her mother-in-law. She became know as the giggling granny due to her tendency of laughing during interrogations” (The Lineup). Nannie Doss used a passive way of murdering her victims; poison. Nannie Doss’s life consisted of “the wrath of her father and [the extremely controlling, manipulative, abusive, drunk, raping and adulterous husbands]” (About News). Her motive was the money that she collected from the insurance from her husband's and the search of the perfect man. Doss stated, “I was searching for the perfect mate, the real romance of life” (The Lineup).

    Jane Toppan was a medical serial killer who confessed to 31 murders by experimenting with morphine and atropine on her patients. “She was found not guilty by the reason of insanity” (The Lineup). “Born Honora Kelly in 1857, Jane’s birth father and sister both went insane. Jane wasn’t far behind. Adopted by the Toppans from a Boston orphanage at age five, Jane’s memories of her “mother’s” abuse would come back to haunt [her]. Jane’s insanity [caused] her [to be] left at the altar at age nineteen left a searing mark on her psyche” (Serial Killers). Toppan was found insane based on her many suicide attempts throughout her life and was therefore sentenced to life in an asylum. Jane’s motive was, “to have killed more people helpless people  than any other man or woman who ever lived.” She was known as “angel of death” (Crime Museum).

    Serial Killers are formed by; their environment as a child, fantasy and genetics. Nannie Doss read romance novels as a child because she was prohibited from dressing feminine and dating, she then proceeded to fantasize about the perfect man. Jane Toppan lusted over the idea of death and fantasized about killing more people than any other person who ever lived. Fantasy is the number one contributor to a serial killer, which is cause by three main behavioral factors; “isolation, daydreaming and self-pleasure” (Sexual Homicide Patterns & Motives).

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