The Link Between Childhood and Serial Killers

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The Link between Childhood and Becoming a Serial Killer H. H. Holmes, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer are all well-known serial killers around the world. Majority of people have heard there are three specific qualities pointed at in serial killers: wetting the bed at an older age, having a strange obsession with fire, and abuse to animals. But what if it is deeper than that? Homes, Bundy, and Dahmer all share a little bit more than those three traits in common. Most serial killers develop problems at a younger age. Knowing this information could help detect future serial killers. So is it possible that all serial killers have a linked event from childhood that could have made them the way they are? With a father as an alcoholic, and a mother who was a more than dedicated Methodist it was no secret that Holmes life as a child was disturbed. Herman was incredibly intelligent and was made fun of it. Students were aware of his fear of skeletons so they bullied him into touching one. From that moment his lust and fascination of death began. In college Holmes was obsessed with the cadavers in the lab. He stole the bodies and examined them constantly. Holmes was smart, cunning, confident and manipulative. His good looks led people to believe he was a trustworthy man. He opened up what would be known as “the castle” where all the killing would take place. Over 30 different torture rooms were put into the castle. Nobody knew of them and Holmes was successfully receiving business. Scandal broke out with the Pitezel family and Holmes was eventually caught for his actions. Ted Bundy was the son of a woman named Eleanor but was raised to believe that woman was his sister and that his grandparents were his parents. He lived a life full of lies and hate. His grandmother was clinically depressed and his grandfather had a temper problem that he could not control. Eleanor

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