QUOTE- "We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere." -Ted Bundy .
Anyone who has killed 3 people or more is a serial killer. But the people I'm going to talk about in this article are not people who just killed 3 or 4 but lots more, I have personally been fascinated by them because I consider them unique and have always wondered what goes through their weird brains that provokes them to commit such heinous crimes and worse, most serial killers never repent it .
MURDERERS AND SERIAL KILLERS - There is a difference between murderers and serial killers. Serial killers kill complete strangers and that's what makes them different and are such an enigma.
WHY WOULD ANYONE KILL A STRANGER? This was absolutely bizarre to me and probably to most people too, having a grudge on your friend or family and taking out a person because of that is pretty common and most killings that occur in our country are of such kind, but killing an unknown person whom you have no connection with, is beyond logical explanation . I read, read and read to know why and finally found the answer. The only conclusion is " There Is Absolutely No Reason ". How dumb ,right ?They kill because they like killing others and the satisfaction they get from people crying out of pain and begging them to spare them. But there are some serial killers whose purpose for killing is money too , but they are very rare .
INDIAN AND GLOBAL SERIAL KILLERS - India, have had its fair share of serial killers, Surender Kohli , Charles Sobhraj are the more popular ones. There is no denial they are evil and derogate people who are a pain for the general public and a curse to the society , but the more I read about them , the more intrigued I became to understand them . I wondered if they where wired differently .The first serial killer I ever read about was "Ted Bundy" in Readers Digest and I still consider it to be one of the best articles I have ever read , it enthralled me and I started reading more about them . I then read about serial killers like Chikatilo, Dahmer , Fish .
WHY READ ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER OF ALL THE PEOPLE , WHO CARES ANYWAY? - This was my fathers question, when he found out I was reading a lot about them . He advised me saying " What you read is what you become " . It sounded true but never in this context . My only response is I didnt like reading about why Aamir Khan named his pet dog as " Shah rukh khan " or why Deepika padukone dumped Yuvraj singh . I have always had a liking for psychology so I guess that is why I wanted to know more about them, surely their stories were more interesting than the kareenas, Nithyanadas and the angelina jolies of the world, atleast to me .
The scariest thing that hit me when I studied a lot about them was, they were just normal people on the outside , one you could any day meet in a bar or a shopping mall and casually have a conversation with and who knows may be it could even be your neighbor . As Ted bundy one of the most notorious serial killer in history put it " We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere " . The profile of a serial killer is not what people would generally expect , there is no age limit nor gender, a life long profession for some . Well , I thought "Come on, a 60 year old lady cannot probably stalk and kill anyone ". Then , I came across DOROTHEA PUENTE , she killed 9 homeless people , when she was 60 years old and not by force but by alluring sick homeless people to her boarding house in the pretext of taking care of them for a frugal price and drugged them while they were at sleep . Serial killers no doubt have a charm and this is accepted by people who have known them . You can say , she is one in a million , but you never want to be her one victim . Puente's crimes were alluded in the popular movie " No country for old men " .
WELL, THEY SAY, " FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A REASON "- AND THIS HOLDS TRUE FOR SERIAL KILLERS TOO - The more you read about something , the more you find a pattern and here I found that to be true. A BAD CHILDHOOD . All the serial killers had something in common, well may be except for the rare one or two , who went through other tragic experiences . . As it is popularly quoted " What you see and hear during the first 10 years of your life , will eventually end up in shaping who you really become " . There was not a more suitable quote to describe the actions of these killers. For instance,
1-Ted Bundy - Had a pathetic childhood , he didn't have a father . He was told his mother was his sister and his grandparents were his parents to avoid social stigma. His real mother then married another man and most of the time spent baby sitting and bundy was left alone to fend for himself .
2-ED GEIN - Is a famous serial killer who can be called as a cannibal . His house was decorated with human body parts like skulls , bones ,
lips and he made bowls and chair covers with it . His father was an unemployed alcoholic who beat up his son often . He was a target for bullies at school and never really had a smooth childhood , often ill treated in public .
Well, bad childhood cant be said as the only reason, but I felt it was the pivotal at least, along with other major facts . Even though they are intriguing and will be a mystery forever their is no doubt their acts are despicable . Many children get bullied in school and have parents who abuse them and kick them out of the house but they all don't end up as serial killers and start killing people because they are bored or not getting any personal attention . It can be said they are people who had major mental problems and nobody addressed it , but the funniest part is you will never notice even if you were working along with them because they are not different , they could well be among us .
So beware and I hope and pray " BODDUNAN READERS WILL NOT BE HAD FOR BREAKFAST BY ANY SERIAL KILLER" .
Some famous quotes by serial killers that will send a chill down your spine .
How many do I have to kill, before I get my name in the paper or some national attention? - Dennis Rader .
For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself -William Heirens .
TED BUNDY
You feel the last bit of breath leaving their body. You’re looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God! - Ted Bundy .