“I believe the only way to reform people is to kill them” – Carl Panzram. “She was giving me oral sex, and she got carried away…so I strangled her” – Arthur Shawcross. “I have always had the desire to inflict pain on others and let others inflict pain on me. I always seemed to enjoy anything that hurt. The desire to inflict pain is all that is paramount” – Albert Fish. There is evidence that most people have Type A personalities, which exhibit characteristic traits such as a short fuse, impatience, hostility/aggression, and competitiveness. To some extent, we all carry these traits in various ways. Now it depends on the situation that really emphasizes which trait we would use and how strongly we use it, but it all starts at a young age. How a parent raises their child generally determines what they will become when they are older. Although this is not necessarily true as in the cases of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy, the majority of serial killers were in fact raised in toxic homes. In a study of more than 50 serial killers, it was noted that 68% of them experienced abuse of some type, and 50% were victims of psychological violence. To say the least, many of these serial killers that we see today or have heard about have in most cases been abused in one way or another, whether it involves psychological or physical violence. It was found that 36% of serial killers suffered physical violence, but the majority were psychological. There is a certain fascination in trying to understand how someone commits not one murder but dozens and without conscience or a care in the world about their fate. actions. Dr Helen Morrison has spent her life trying to understand what goes on in the mind of a serial killer in the middle of a paper ......m and knocks on the ceiling. “Buddy,” I said, “I’m sorry about that, I bowed my head, sorry.” It helped me get out of depression. I would trip over that” (Ressler, 1988). What goes on in a serial killer's mind depends entirely on the upbringing they received at an early age, and some are born with mental illness. Overall, you never know who might become a serial killer, as they may seem completely normal, and most fit into society so well, that you never know who is going to be a serial killer. series and which is not. Sometimes all it takes is that moment when a switch goes off in that person's brain and turns them into a monster. Overall, you never know what someone is going to become and that's what fascinates psychologists is finding out what that trigger is and what turns that person into a serial killer and finding out the true origins of a serial killer..