Hard to believe, but the good ol’ US of A does not have a monopoly on deranged killers. Here are some more from around the globe.
Charles Sobrhaj (“The Bikini Killer”)
Crimes: Guru-like sociopath
who killed possibly 20 tourists all over Asia, burning some of them alive
Childhood:
- Illegitimate & abandoned by father
- Neglected by stepfather & new family
- Parents divorced & was constantly shuttled between France & Vietnam
- Runaway
- Engaged in petty theft
Country: multiple
Paul Bernardo *
Crimes: Teamed up
with his drop-dead gorgeous wife to rape up to 20 & kill 4 teens and young
women (including his wife’s younger sister)
Childhood:
- Father was a pedophile, including with his own daughter
- Was also alcoholic & abusive, as well as a peeping tom
- Mother was depressed & withdrawn, lived in the family basement & neglected to provide the children with food and clean clothes
- Started collecting pornography and engaging in voyeurism at age 10
- When he was 16, his mother confessed that he was illegitimate, the offspring of an adulterous affair, causing a major rift between the two
Country: Canada
Rosemary West
Crimes: With husband
Fred (see below), tortured, murdered & dismembered at least 13 young women
over a period of almost 15 years, including a stepdaughter and a daughter of
her own
Childhood:
- 1 of 7 children born into a poor family
- Mother was depressed, receiving ECT while pregnant with Rosemary
- Father was schizophrenic & abused Rosemary
- “Broken” family
- Molested her younger brother
- Petty theft
- Moved in with Fred at age 15
- Illegitimate daughter at age 16
- Abused Fred’s 2 daughters from a previous marriage
Country: UK
Brenton Tarrant
Crimes: Far-right
extremist who opened fire at 2 mosques, killing 51 and wounding 40
Childhood:
- “Broken” family
- Domestic violence in the home
- Victim of bullying
- Loner & misfit
- Racist at a young age
Country: New Zealand
Anders Breivik
Crimes: Spree killer
who accounted for 77 deaths, mostly teens at a summer camp
Childhood:
- Product of 2 “broken” homes
- Abused & neglected by mother, who was depressed & had borderline personality disorder
- Recommended for foster care (which he never received)
- Estranged from father
- Emotionless loner, showing signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Minor scrapes with the law
Country: Norway
Harold Shipman
Crimes: GP who may
have killed up to 250 sick & elderly patients by giving them overdoses of
pain meds
Childhood:
- Domineering mother
- Isolated, with few friends
Country: UK
Ivan Milat (“The Backpack Murderer”)
Crimes: Assaulted,
imprisoned, robbed & murdered 7 backpacking tourists
Childhood:
- 1 of 14 children born into a very poor family
- Mother married at 16; abusive to children
- Abusive, alcoholic father who was often absent
- Sent to reform school at age 13 for theft
- Physically abused his younger siblings
- Killed a dog for fun with a machete
- Left school at 15
- Gun nut
Country: Australia
Ian Brady *
Crimes: With partner Myra
Hindley, sexually assaulted & killed 5, from ages 10 to 17
Childhood:
- Illegitimate, then given up for adoption
- Loner, secretive, with violent outbursts
- Tortured & killed animals
- Fascinated with Nazism
- Appeared in court several times for housebreaking
- Left school at 15
- Time in juvenile prison
Country: UK
Peter Sutcliffe (“The Yorkshire Ripper”) *
Crimes: Murdered 13
women & injured 7 others; known for hitting them over the head with a
hammer then slashing them with a knife
Childhood:
- Abusive, alcoholic father
- Loner
- Peeping tom, specializing in prostitutes & their clients
- Left school at age 15
Country: UK
John Reginald Christie
Crimes: Strangled 8, including
his wife, then buried them in his house & garden; necrophile; originally
fingered someone else
Childhood:
- 1 of 7 children
- Distant, abusive father
- Alternatively coddled & bullied by mother & sisters
- Hypochondriac & hysteric
- Unpopular loner
Country: UK
Fred West
Crimes: See Rosemary,
above
Childhood:
- Barely literate
- Introduced to sex by his mum *
- Father had sex with his sisters *
- He, in turn, had sex with at least one *
- Engaged in acts of bestiality *
* According to Fred
Country: UK
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