Everyone has their own small hobbies in their own collection, and the killers who create horrific murders are no exception. What's different about their hobbies?
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True Case 丨 Vol. 51
Do you know what hobbies serial killers have?
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The 20th century, which has passed, was arguably the most active haven era for serial murderers, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, when this type of crime reached its peak, and a large number of killers created countless serial murders, which gave rise to a new term: serial killer, that is, "serial killer" to refer to them specifically.
According to the FBI's definition: a perpetrator who kills 3 or more people and has a cooling-off period during the crime cycle can be considered a serial killer.
As a result of advances in criminal technology, most of these demons have been brought to justice and given severe sentences. Unfortunately, there are still some demons at large, lurking in the shadows; there are even some demons that are hiding from the police while waiting for their own prey.
According to research, just as hunters always leave a portion of their prey as a trophy to show their success, most serial offenders like to leave something specific to the victim to show their bravery and victory.
From photographs, diaries, to the bodies and bones of the victims...
By repeatedly viewing the collection, serial killers relive the pain of the victim of the crime and the thrill of being in control of everything, making them feel different. So, wondering where these demons are hiding, perhaps some clues can be glimpsed from the objects collected by their captured counterparts.
1. Primary Demon: I want your life, and I want your shadow
If we classify demons through these collections, behaviors such as keeping diaries, taking photos, etc., that do not preserve the relics of victims, can only be regarded as the first order in the serial killer world.
In the eyes of ordinary people, these are the things that literary and artistic young people do. But in fact, there are many killers who like to commemorate victories in this way.
Through the investigation of the editor, the serial killers who take a relatively gentle way to commemorate the victory by writing a diary and taking photos are usually divided into two categories:
A type of killer, temporarily called "Wen Jing type", they will not rape, dismember the body of the victim and other relatively bad behavior, there is no major problem in the spirit, the behavior is similar to ordinary people. In terms of the brutality of the crime compared to another type of killer, such as the Russian "chessboard killer" Alexander Pichushkin (see the small station push text: kill a person, he put a chess piece on the chessboard), this young man who loves chess and aspires to become russia's most famous serial killer, put a chess piece on the chessboard for every person killed, and the police found that 63 pieces had been placed on his "killer chessboard" when they searched his residence afterwards. In view of Pichushkin's heinous behavior, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007.
Compared with the "quiet type" killers, another type of serial killer who likes to take pictures or videos is more ferocious in terms of modus operandi. Victims are often left uncarried after being abused to death, and may even become a name on the police missing file forever, never to be seen again. The principle of this type of killer is "I am happy to see you suffering", that is, killing people will satisfy their desires and bring psychological and physical pleasure. This pleasure, which makes them obsessed and addicted, prompts them to sin again and again. This phenomenon is also known as "happy killing", and the representative of this type is Hong Kong's "rainy night butcher" Lam Kwok-yun. The Lin likes to dismember the victim's body and take pictures after his death. He killed a total of 4 victims and was originally sentenced to hanging, but was pardoned in 1984.
Lin Guoyun's true appearance, source: Baidu pictures
2. High-level demons: Fate stays, and things have to stay
Unlike the gentle memorial technique described above, high-level demons prefer to preserve the relics of their victims.
These demons have psychological shadows from the people closest to them in childhood, so their perception of the outside world is biased. They are strictly educated by the family from an early age, and there are problems with the relationship with the elders in the family (for example, they often suffer from domestic violence, etc.), and the influence of strong parents on them is obvious. In childhood, they are often evaluated as quiet, well-behaved, studious, and introverted; when they grow up, they are no different from ordinary people on the surface or even better than ordinary people, with extraordinary conversation and gentle personality. They are good at doing something very well, and people tend to rate them very highly, but they hide in their bodies the violent temper that comes from their parents.
They are fetishes and control freaks; they are perfect on the surface but twisted on the inside.
Poster of the movie "Frozen Land", image source: Baidu Gallery
This type of killer is good at hiding themselves, they seem ordinary, but in fact, the victims who die under their hands are the most. For example, the famous "Devil's Disciple" Richard Ramirez (see the small station push article: The Chief Disciple of the Devil), who was originally just a habitual thief of burglary, killed the owner on impulse in the process of a harvestless theft, and has since fallen in love with this feeling and embarked on a serial killer's road of no return. It is inexplicable that such a demon with blood-stained hands actually has a large number of women falling at his feet. Ms. Leo, who had an IQ of 152, married Ramirez in 1996 at San Quentin Prison and maintained the marriage until Ramirez's death.
Another famous example of such high-level demons is the prototype of the movie "The Frozen Ground", baker Robert Hansen. The Idaho-born baker likes to kill victims by hunting before throwing them away in his own plane. He was keen to collect the jewelry of the victims and forwarded some of them to his wife and daughter. In the end, of course, it was these unspoiled collectibles that provided the police with evidence to bring the killer to justice.
Image source: Baidu Gallery
3. Ultimate Demon: I don't want your life, I only want your body
If the killing and splitting of the body only leaves a little souvenir in the killer world, then the dismemberment of the human body can be regarded as a heavy taste. The parents or relatives of this type of killer are usually less educated, more domineering, and extremely controlling. Such a family environment can lead to this type of killer being withdrawn, relatively uneducated, and even without friends and social groups, let alone spouses and lovers. They achieve nothing, and parents often occupy a large part of their lives, dominating their outlook on life and worldview.
When the authority of such "leaders" breaks down for some reason, it causes their lives to collapse, and their childhood encounters leave them at a loss when confronted with the real world. At this time, they will focus on strange research, and the human body is one of these strange research products. When this kind of research becomes a desire for intense demand and is not controlled, these introverted and silent people turn into killers.
For example, body art collectors, chainsaw maniac - Edward Gein (whose life is detailed in "Timid Don't Enter, The Real Case Behind the Texas Chainsaw Homicidal Maniac!"). 》）。 The killer from Wisconsin is actually far inferior to others in terms of killing records, but his collection has allowed him to stay forever in the history of human crime, and has provided a lot of eye-catching material for films, TV series and other works, let's see what he did:
1. Recorded killing of at least two people
2. A large number of human body parts are made into human skin lampshades, skull soup bowls and other daily necessities
3. Steal and eat corpses
These acts are still appalling today, and serial killers like Edward often suffer from mental illness. They are paranoid about understanding the world of normal people in their own way, but in the eyes of normal people, their world is incomprehensible.
Edward True Face, Source: Killer Encyclopedia
The same example is Dennis Andrew Nelson, a melancholy boy from England known as the "Glass Freak," who killed at least fifteen people. After killing the victim, Nelson also lived with the victim and performed "human restoration" of the victim's remains (that is, imagining these bodies as living people who fit his ideals, such as the male protagonist in the movie "Swiss Army Knife Man").
4. Exterminate the Demons: Let's merge into one
At this level, it is more appropriate for a killer to call it a "beast"!
From a psychological point of view, such killers are often the same as the ultimate version of the killer who likes to dismember and collect limbs, their subjective world is inconsistent with the objective world, and their personality is incomplete, that is, there are mental problems. They often show a difference from ordinary children in childhood, are very withdrawn, and even like to abuse animals. In terms of family life, this type of killer may be extremely popular with female members of the family, but they are frustrated during adolescent sexual enlightenment, or they have been sexually assaulted by people close to them in the process of growing up without being properly enlightened, thus distorting their perception of people.
The True Face of the Milwaukee Monster, Source: Killer Encyclopedia
As adults, they become serial killers by chance, and their most prominent representative is the Milwaukee ghoul, Jeffrey Lionel Damor. The good-looking young man killed and ate at least 17 people before he was arrested in the late 1970s and early 1990s. He is quite particular about the consumption of human flesh, carefully selecting the edible parts for cooking, and throwing the inedible parts into the acid pool to melt away. On November 24, 1994, Damo was killed in prison by Christopher Skavo.
5. Conclusion
A large part of the reason why serial killers become serial killers is due to family violence, the indifference of elders and social discrimination, perhaps even if they are a little understood and accepted, they will not become criminals, and there may be another perfect ending in life.
Most of the perpetrators of serial murders are men, but there are also a small number of women who will become serial killers, compared to men, women are more cautious and hidden in their modus operandi, their reasons for becoming serial killers are more complex, wonder why they become serial killers? And listen to the next breakdown.
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Celery Radio No. 15
3 dead and 1 injured, the unsolved case that has been silent for 31 years has been so broken
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"Dead man! Room 42, dead people! ”
A shrill scream came from Room 42, breaking the tranquility of the hostel.
The screaming was caused by the waiter of the Jianhua Hotel in Shanghai's Jing'an District. They were inspecting and cleaning all the rooms because the guests had reported smelling in the hostel early in the morning.
When the waiter came to Room 42, the unpleasant smell became stronger. To their strange surprise, the guests of Bed 3 had been lying in bed for two days, but their posture had not changed. Curiosity drove them to look at it, and when they looked, they found a trail of blood near the corner of the mouth of the no. 3 bed guest, and the body showed signs of decay.
Could it be that the guest of bed 3 had died two days earlier? Is it a sudden illness, or a sudden poisoning?
Exclusively produced by Dragonfly FM, forensic Qin Ming Xiaozhan audio version of "Celery Radio" has been updated to the 15th issue, welcome to listen.
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Sources for this issue
1. [United States] John Douglas, "Psycho"
2. [USA] Robert Ressler, FBI Psychoanalysis
3. Fruit shell murder, scene, forensic team, fruit shell public number shooting surprise Author: steamed bun old demon
4. Baidu Encyclopedia: Jeffrey Lionel Damo, Edward Gein, Happy Killing, Richard Ramirez, Dennis Andrew Nelson, Alexander Pichushkin, Lin Guoyun, Robert Hansen
5. Baidu behavior analysis
Editorial Board of the current issue
Main draft: pouring foam; proofreading: orange; caption: Lin Yuanfang; typesetting: Xia Xiaoting
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