[CaptainCrunch]

I've read some books on some pretty horrible serial killers over the year, Chikatilo in Russia, Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, Dahlmer.

The one thing that they usually had in common was that there were strong indications that they had actually killed before the trail of bodies officially started. Sometimes when these guys brag that they've killed this wild number of people even though officially they're linked to very few, its usually true to an extent.

Usually serial killers are very organized. At first their kills are usually very impulse based. Like a teenager having sex the first few times. Their kills are pretty random and almost like a fury kill until they figure out what turns them on about the kill and what they want to achieve with their kills.

Its rare to find a disorganized serial killer once you hit that stage. Even Dahlmer who was as wacky as a brain damaged badger was very organized in his methods before during and after the kill.

Bundy was almost lizard like once he got his patterns down as was Chikatilo .

This killing in a lot of ways was very organized, especially with what he did with the body parts.

The other thing that stood out in these books was that there was an argument between serial killers wanting to get caught versus a serial killer hitting a success level and beoming arrogant about it to the point that he becomes sloppy and makes mistakes that get them caught, then like the master manipulater that they are they will state that they did what they did so someone will catch them.

In one book I read on psychopaths they interviewed one guy who basically used his nature to become a fairly proficient mob hitter. He had the typical pshycopathic tendancy of not recognizing his victims as human beings, but more as things in his domain. He was pretty arrogant about it and because of his "condition" showed very little emotion and no remorse. In an experiement they told him that his cat died and he had an emotional response to that. He could relate to his kitten as an object of care and effection, but not human beings.