As the murdering spree continues, it becomes like a ‘fix’ that drug addicts require, and they get restless and violent if they are unable to kill. Serial killers have a vivid imagination that tends to be on the violent side and when they can, they obsess with living out their imagination. This low self-esteem and rejection usually finds a vent in brutally murdering innocent people. Children who grow up with a feeling of being unwanted and unloved, tend to become very violent and assertive in their adult life. This may branch from a background of child abuse, neglect and low self-esteem. They thrive on the feeling of being in charge and they will go to any extent to make sure they are. These people are obsessed with being in a position of power, sexually and in general life as well.

Power has always been the center of a serial killer’s thinking. The motive for killing nearly always consists of an element of hatred and fear, which may have its roots in the killer’s childhood. There is always something in common in the murders – the use of a particular weapon, the race of the people killed, the age or gender, the profession, and at times, even the symbols on the body of the victim. The pattern of killing or the modus operandi is what gives serial killers their name. A serial killer is defined as a person who murders 3 or more people, in a particular fashion, usually in a month’s gap or more. Though research is on continually, there is very little that helps us understand the psyche of a serial killer…Ī serial killer’s psychology lies far beyond the grasp of normal human understanding.

Abnormally high or low IQs have often been put forth as reasons behind the making of a serial killer, but of course, it is much more than that.

Since the times of Jack the Ripper, researchers and investigators have struggled to understand the mind of a serial killer.

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