WELCOME TO RICK'S WORLD OF GEORGIA SERIAL KILLER'S
"MASK OF SANITY"
SERIAL AND MASS MURDERERS, ALIKE IN THEIR MULTIPLE VICTIMS, ARE UNALIKE
IN ALMOST ALL OTHER ASPECTS. "FOR ONE THING." SAYS PEIRCE BROOKS,
NOTED NATIONAL AUTHORITY ON MULTIPLE KILLINGS, "WHEREAS YOUR MASS
KILLER IS FREQUENTLY FOUND TO BE INSANE, SERIAL KILLERS RARELY ARE. THEY
ARE PSYCHOPATHS (SOCIOPATHS), BUT ARE NOT PSYCHOTIC.
NOTE: PSYCHOPATH AND SOCIOPATH INDICATE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT
MENTALLY ILL BUT WHO ARE INCAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING NORMAL LOVE AND EMPATHY.
A PSYCHOTIC REFERS TO SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
BOB INGRAM OF THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FEARS THAT AMERICA
AND GEORGIA ARE PRODUCING MORE SERIAL KILLERS, MEN AND WOMEN WHO KILL SECRETLY
OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS, MONTHS, EVEN YEARS. "IT'S AN ONGOING AND A
GROWING PROBLEM, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT." SAYS AGENT BOB INGRAM WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE MURDERS FOR THE G.B.I. "SERIAL
KILLERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO CATCH," SAID AGENT BOB INGRAM. "THEY
ARE VERY MUCH A TEXTBOOK TYPE OF KILLER. AND THEY WILL DEFINITELY FOOL
YOU. IT IS LIKE THEY HAVE A MASK BEHIND WHICH THEY CAN HIDE AND WILL."
AGENT BOB INGRAM AND AGENT RALPH STONE BOTH OF THE G.B.I. HAS HAD FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCE WITH MANY OF GEORGIA'S MOST DEADLIEST SERIAL KILLERS AND THEY
LIST THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF A SERIAL KILLER:
SERIAL KILLERS DO NOT USUALLY FIT THE PUBLIC'S NOTION OF A MAD KILLER.
IN FACT, MANY OF THEM ARE QUITE INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE AND CUNNING. SOME
PEOPLE MAY FIND THEIR PERSONALITIES SUPERFICIAL, BUT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE
NONE THE LESS.
THEY EXHIBIT A TOTAL LACK OF COMPASSION, REMORSE OR GUILT FOR THEIR CRIMES
AND MOST OFTEN, THE BLAME FOR THE CRIME IS SHIFTED TO THE VICTIM EVEN IF
THE VICTIM WERE PICKED AT RANDOM.
THEY HAVE HUGE EGOS AND ARE VERY ADEPT AT MANIPULATING PEOPLE TO SATISFY
THEIR EGOS. THEY ARE VERY GOOD MANIPULATORS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S FEELINGS
AND NEEDS.
THEY ARE NOT SO MUCH ASOCIAL AS ANTISOCIAL, i.e., THEY HAVE INGRAINED RESENTMENT
TOWARD, AND HATRED OF, SOCIETY.
THEY ARE VERY MUCH INTO GAME-PLAYING. PART OF THE KICK THEIR EGOS GET FROM
THEIR CRIMES IS THE IDEA OF BEWILDERING POLICE. IT BECOMES A GAME OF, "SEE
HOW SMART I AM AND HOW STUPID THE POLICE ARE."
SERIAL KILLERS ENJOY HAVING POWER AND CONTROL OVER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OVER
ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE. THIS OBSESSION WITH POWER MAY EXPLAIN WHY SO MANY
SERIAL KILLERS ARE ATTRACTED TO POLICE WORK.
THEY MAY NOT ACT LIKE IT DURING THE COMMISSION OF THEIR CRIMES, BUT MOST
SERIAL KILLERS ARE SANE, NOT INSANE. THEY SUFFER FROM A PERSONALITY DISORDER,
NOT A PSYCHOSIS. PSYCHOTICS, SEVERELY DISTURBED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST
CONTACT WITH REALITY, TEND TO LEAVE MANY CLUES AT THE CRIME SCENE; SERIAL
KILLERS ON THE OTHER HAND, USUALLY LEAVE FEW OR NONE.
AS A RULE, SERIAL KILLERS, PARTICULARLY SERIAL KILLERS, DO NOT CONFESS.
HERE I HAVE PUT TOGETHER SOME INFO ON GEORGIA SERIAL KILLERS.
John
Williams and Clyde Manning, "The Murder Farm killings"
Lendell
Hunter
Junior
Pierce
Carlton
Gary, "The Columbus Stalking Strangler"
William
Hance, "The Forces of Evil Murders"
Wayne
Williams, "The Atlanta Child Murders"
R.L.
Hunter
James
Samuel Walraven, "The Bathtub Murderer"
John
Latham and George York
Paul
John Knowles
Henry
Lucas and Ottis Toole
Janie
Lou Gibbs
Terri
Rachals
Anjette
Lyles
Billy
Sunday Birt
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