Serial killers are often times known to have mental disorders. They don’t have common ones like anxiety and depression, the disorders that they have are far more dangerous.
Some serial killers with mental disorders are David Berkowitz, Richard Chase, David Gonzalez (all have paranoid schizophrenia), Albert Fish (many disorders), Jeffrey Dahmer (borderline personality disorder), Kenneth Bianchi (multiple personality disorder), Ed Gein (schizophrenia), Ted Bundy (antisocial personality disorder), and many other disorders. Those are some of the most common disorders in serial killers but others included depression, bipolar, narcissistic personality disorders, and others.
They are also know to be very very intelligent, or otherwise very simpleminded. Though they were intelligent with high IQS, most did poorly in school. Often times they came from troubled families, families with mental health problems and also abusive.
There are warning signs on some serial killers. This is the list.
Some serial killers with mental disorders are David Berkowitz, Richard Chase, David Gonzalez (all have paranoid schizophrenia), Albert Fish (many disorders), Jeffrey Dahmer (borderline personality disorder), Kenneth Bianchi (multiple personality disorder), Ed Gein (schizophrenia), Ted Bundy (antisocial personality disorder), and many other disorders. Those are some of the most common disorders in serial killers but others included depression, bipolar, narcissistic personality disorders, and others.
They are also know to be very very intelligent, or otherwise very simpleminded. Though they were intelligent with high IQS, most did poorly in school. Often times they came from troubled families, families with mental health problems and also abusive.
There are warning signs on some serial killers. This is the list.
- Anti-Social Behavior:Ed Gein
- Arson: David Berkowitz; many serial killers start as arsonists
- Torturing/Killing Small Animals: Jeffrey Dahmer; one of the strongest warning signs. Kids who kill/torture small animals and show no remorse are highly likely to become sociopaths.
- Poor Family Life: Edmund Kemper; many serial killers come from an unstable family
- Childhood Abuse: Aileen Wuornos; many serial killers are abused as a child
- Substance Abuse: Richard Rameriz and Jeffrey Dahmer; many serial killers abuse drugs and alcohol.
- Voyeurism: Ted Bundy; sexual fantasies, fetishes, sadomasochistic pornography which is sexual pleasure that inflicts pain.
- Intelligence: John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Edmund Kemper; many serial killers have high IQs, especially organized killers
- Shiftlessness: David Berkowitz; unskilled in labor, trouble keeping jobs.