Traits of a Psychopath/Serial Killer

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Characteristics of a psychopath, 

 by Hervery M. Cleckley in 1941 in the book Mask of Sanity

• Superficial charm and average intelligence.
• Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking.
• Absence of nervousness or neurotic manifestations.
• Unreliability.
• Untruthfulness and insincerity.
• Lack of remorse or shame.
• Antisocial behavior without apparent compunction.
• Poor judgement and failure to learn from experience.
• Pathological egocentricity and incapacity to love.
• General poverty in major affective reactions.
• Specific loss of insight.
• Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations.
• Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink, and sometimes without.
• Suicide threats rarely carried out.
• Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated.
• Failure to follow any life plan.

Characteristics of a serial killer,

 by Jancy Richardson on an online blog

Childhood abuse or neglect

Poor school record, despite intelligence  

Excessive antisocial behaviour

Compulsive fantasising

Head Injuries 

Voyeurism

Bed Wetting

Arson 

Animal Cruelty