Serial killing, rape, stealing all these types of heinous crimes may be done by
someone who seems to be normal, but in actuality this person may be very sick.
There are people in the world today who wear masks and pretend to be something
they are not. These people are psychopaths. Psychopaths fit in to society with
the public not knowing what are capable of. What is it that causes people to
become psychopaths? What is it that creates the diabolical mind? It is very
disturbing for normal people to accept why serial killers, murderers etc. are
motivated to commit such a brutal offence but, what society assumes is that
these people have a conscience. Psychopaths have no conscience and no remorse
for their victims. It has not yet been officially scientifically confirmed yet
but scientists / psychologists believe that these people may lack something in
their brain. Several tests have been done that show evidence to that the inner
workings of a psychopath`s brain do not work the same as sain people`s brains.
The previous is well illustrated in the following : The subjects were asked to
perform a simple task : hit a button as soon as they recognised a word flashed
on the screen .... What they found was that normal subjects spent more time
processing emotion- laden words then the psychopaths. (No conscience, no remorse
pg 2 of 2) The problem may not only originate from a brain defect but it may
also come from child-hood situations. Most media famed psychopaths (Adolph
Hitler, Ted Bundy, Sadaam Housaine) came from broken homes and were beaten by
their fathers . The insecurity of these individuals caused they to terrorize,
rape and murder people to make them fell superior . They needed a feeling of
superiority due to the way they were treated as a child. This treatment during
the younger stages of their life made them feel excessively inferior. The
behaviour of an individual with the diabolical mind can be described easily by
one word , mask . Diabolical people try to fit in today`s society by putting on
a show or wearing a mask. They try to fit in by being very sociable, getting a
good job and having a family . This is all to cover-up their true nature, their
true selves. Psychopaths are quite sensible and know what is right and wrong. A
good example of a phycopath is : charming, self-interested, glip and impulsive
individuals . (No conscience, no remorse pg 1 of 2) . These people often hold
down jobs where they can be corrupt. They have jobs like manipulative corporate
careerists , thugs in professional sports or as underhanded politicians . Ted
Bundy is one of the most well known psychopaths and serial killers to date. This
is a man who came from a broken home. His father abused him and molested him.
This may have caused Ted to become a twisted man. In high school Ted was very
quiet and had all of these emotions inside of him. He did not seek help which
may have caused these emotions to turn to an anger that brewed inside of him.
When Ted became a man and was attending University this anger was most likely
deep seeded. Ted held down a job in the Republican party where he lived, he had
a wife and he was very sociable. Ted to the people who knew him seemed to live a
normal life. He was pleasing to the eye, he was very companionable, he was
generally fun to have in company. What his friends and relatives did not know is
that there was something seriously wrong with Ted. Ted due to his emotions of
inferiority and anger striked out at innocent victims. His victims were usually
college girls . He would approach them in many different ways , he would ask for
help, he would approach them with crutches and so on. After having the girl
believe his plight is not ill natured he kidnaps them and brutally murders the
girls. After he had killed over 20 times he was caught. During the trials he
represented himself. He also was married at the stand. He escaped once but
finally was convicted and sentenced to death . During the time he was in prison
his wife became pregnant and this shell of a man had a child. Psychopaths like
this are hurting society in many ways. Something has to be done to examine where
exactly the psychopathic phenomena originates . These cold-blooded individuals
have to be stopped from committing barbarous acts . Perhaps, police should
investigate families with broken homes to look for abuse. Some research is being
done which could ultimately cure the psychopathic mind. If something is not done
individuals like Ted Bundy could strike again at innocent victims.