Visionary Serial Killer Examples

• Visionary Serial Killers Examples
• What Is A Visionary Serial Killer
• Hedonistic Serial Killer Examples
• Mission Oriented Serial Killer Examples
• Visionary Serial Killer Examples

Visionary: Visionary serial killers often report hearing voices that tell them to kill, but don’t seem to have a mental illness that would be associated with hearing voices. David Berkowitz aka The Son of Sam aka the.44 Caliber Killer, proclaimed to hear demonic voices that told him to kill. Example of a Visionary serial killer. Herbert Mullin is a good example of a Visionary serial killer. Mullin killed 13 people between 1972 and 1973 as a “blood sacrifice”. His delusions led him to believe that a massive earthquake would strike California if nature did not receive this sacrifice. The visionary serial killer is commanded to kill by voices or visions. The second type of serial killer is identified as the 'mission serial killer'. The mission serial killer is interested in ridding the community from undesirable individuals. The third type of serial killer is a 'hedonistic serial killer'. One example of a Visionary serial killer that we learned about in our lectures is Cleo-Green, he was a black male in his early thirties and was in a suburb of Kentucky. Cleo-Green Was quite detached from the world in fact after returning to his car after a night out he believed that there was a demon in his car and the demonshow more content.

Every state has a different definition of what classifies as murder, homicide, serial murder, etc. The following is a brief overview of the broad definitions of serial murder and mass murder.

Serial Killer Classifications

Guttmacher (1973)

sadistic serial murderers are those who derive sexual gratification from killing and who often establish a pattern, such as the manner in which they kill or the types of victims they select. They are motivated by fantasies and the offender appears to derive pleasure from dehumanizing his or her victims.

Lunde (1976)

Difference between serial and mass murderer

Mass killers appear to suffer from psychosis and should be considered insane. Found little evidence of mental illness among serial killers.

Danto (1982)

Most serial murderers can be described as obsessive-compulsive because they normally kill according to a particular style and pattern

Egger (1984)

“Serial murder occurs when one or more individuals… commits a second murder and/or subsequent murder; is relationshipless (victim and attacker are strangers); occurs at a different time and has no connection to the initial (and subsequent) murder; and is frequently committed in a different geographic location. Further, the motive is generally not for material gain but is usually a compulsive act specifically for gratification based on fantasies. The key element is that the series of murders do not share in the events surrounding one another. Victims share in common characteristics of what are perceived to be prestigeless, powerless, and/or lower socioeconomic groups (that is, vagrants, prostitutes, migrant workers, homosexuals, missing children, and single and often elderly women)” (Hickey, 2010, p. 26).

Holmes and DeBurger (1988)

Visionary Type

such murderers kill in response to the commands of voices or visions usually emanating from the forces of good or evil. These offenders are often believed to be suffering from some form of psychosis.

Mission-Oriented Type

these offenders believe it is their mission in life to rid the community or society of certain groups of people. Some killers may target the elderly, whereas others may seek out prostitutes, children or a particular racial/ethnic group.

Hedonistic Type

offenders are usually stereotypes as thrill seekers, those who derive some form of satisfaction from the murders. Subcategories include those who kill for “creature comforts,” “pleasure of life,” and “lust murderers”

Power/Control-Oriented Type

the primary source of pleasure is not sexual, but is the killer’s ability to control and exert power over his helpless victim. Some offenders enjoy watching their victims cower, cringe, and beg for mercy.

Title 18, US Code, Chapter 51, Section 1111
Federal law passed by Congress: Protection of Children from Sexual Predator Act of 1998

“The term ‘serial killings’ means a series of three or more killings not less than one of which was committed in the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest a reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors” (Hickey, 2010, p. 27).

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavioral Analysis Unit at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime symposium, San Antonio, TX (2006)

150 experts in the fields of psychiatry, forensic psychology, law, criminal investigation, and behavioral analysis gathered to define serial murder

Serial murder was defined as one or more offenders, two or more murdered victims, the killings should be occurring in separate events at different times, and the time period between murders separates serial murder from mass murder.

the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offenders in separate events

Mass Murderer Classifications

Wille (1974)

10 different types of murderers based on bio-socio-psychological categories

Depressive, Psychotic, Afflicted with organic brain disorder, Psychopathic, Passive aggressive, Alcoholic, Hysterical, Juvenile, Mentally retarded, and Sex killers.

Lee (1988)

created labels to differentiate between motives

Profit, Passion, Hatred, Power or domination, Revenge, Opportunism, Fear, Contract killing, Desperation, Compassion, and Ritual killers

Holmes and Holmes (2000)

Family Slayer or Annihilator

a person who kills his family and commits suicide

Murderer for Profit

a person who kills in order to profit materially. Murderers for profit may kill their family or other groups of people such as coworkers or friends.

Murderer for Sex

a person with the primary goal to sexually torture, rape, and murder the victims.

Pseudo-Commando

a person with an obsession for guns and a fantasy for murder.

Set and Run Killer

a person who plans an escape route following the killing aftermath.

Psychotic Killer

a person suffering from acute or chronic psychosis who is considered to be legally insane

Disgruntled Employee

a person who seeks revenge for real or imagined wrongs at the hands of coworkers or employers.

Disciple-Type Killer

a person who commits murder at the behest of a charismatic leader

Ideological Mass Murderer

a person, especially a cult leader, who is able to persuade other to kill themselves or each other.

Institutional Mass Murderer

a person who commits mass murder as a crime of obedience when ordered to by his or her leader

Visionary Serial Killers Examples

References:

Athens, L. H. (1980). Violent criminal acts and actors. Cambridge, MA: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Boar, R. & Blundell, N. (1983). The world’s most infamous murders. New York: Simon ans Schuster.

Egger, S. A. (2001). The killers among us: An examination of serial murder and its investigation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2010). Serial murder: Multi-disciplinary perspectives for investigators. Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder/serial-murder-1/

Hickey, E. W. (2010) Serial murderers and their victims. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Warwick, A. (2006). The scene of the crime: Inventing the serial killer. Social & Legal Studies, 15(4), 552-569. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umw.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=104&sid=f92df02a-4f90-4904-b819-ac022eac3253%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=23637990

Presented by: Ashley DuVal

What are visionary killers?

So-called visionary killers commit murder at the command of imagined internal or external voices which they experience and perceive to be real. Such individuals are often suffering from either psychoses or some other form of mental illness.

Was Leigh Allen the Zodiac killer?

Arthur Leigh Allen WASN’T The Zodiac Killer Just when it seemed like the police might have a break in the case, Allen died unexpectedly of natural causes. On paper, Allen was a perfect match for the Zodiac Killer. But the physical evidence simply wasn’t there, meaning that it could not have been him.

Why has the Zodiac killer never been caught?

The Zodiac gained notoriety due to his penchant for sending letters to police and newspapers, taunting them. In addition, these letters would contain ciphers and codes, which, when broken, gave a look into the unstable mind of one of the most notorious killers that has never been caught.

Who is Linda in Zodiac?

Clea DuVall

Is Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in Zodiac real?

Graysmith says that he didn’t know that he was obsessed until Gyllenhaal portrayed him….Zodiac (2007)

What Is A Visionary Serial Killer

Was Paul Avery the Zodiac killer?

Hedonistic Serial Killer Examples

Paul Avery (April 2, 1934 – December 10, 2000) was an American journalist, best known for his reporting on the serial killer known as the Zodiac, and later for his work on the Patty Hearst kidnapping.

Mission Oriented Serial Killer Examples

Why zodiac sign is a sin?

Visionary Serial Killer Examples

It is a sin. because it is a form of fortune telling and divination. Therefore it is divination and fortunetelling by an “authority” other than God Himself. It is also considered “occult”, “Demonic”, “idolatry”, “sorcery”, “witchcraft”, and “Abomination before God”.

Are zodiac signs true to your personality?

Do our zodiac signs actually influence our personalities? Each zodiac sign has its own set of unique traits and talents. For example, Aeries are supposed to be energetic and brave, while Taurus are said to be romantic and patient. As much as I hate to break it to you, the meaning behind zodiac signs aren’t real.