Hedonistic Serial Killers

            Hedonistic serial killers kill because they enjoy the act of killing and in some cases they become sexually aroused while committing the murder. Also known as the Comfort Killer.

            Between 1978 and 1991, 17 men and boys were murdered by a hedonistic serial killer by the name of Jeffrey Dahmer. Born Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer on May 21^st, 1960, he grew up as an abandoned child.  His father was the first to leave, followed by his mother and brother. As a child he was molested by their neighbor. His first steps into the life a serial killer began at a young age when he would impale the heads of animals on stakes in his yard. Dahmer would then have necrophilia desires.  As a teen he had fantasies of killing and mutilating men. In 1978, Dahmer committed his first murder in Ohio at age 18. The victim was a young hitchhiker.  Most of Dahmer’s victims were minorities and all were male. Dahmer was in search for a compliant sex partner and necrophilia.  He was prosecuted on February 17^th, 1992 after his insanity plea was rejected. Dahmer received fifteen consecutive life sentences. However, on May 16, 1992 he added another life sentence for a 1978 murder. Dahmer was eventually murdered in prison on November 28^th, 1994 by another inmate.

            An infamous hedonistic serial killer is Albert Fish. Born May 19^th, 1870 in Washington D.C., he is known for being one of the most vile killers and pedophiles of all time. He admitted to molesting over 400 children and the torturing and killing of several others. He would lure young children into his home and then unleashed his terror on them. Fish admits his crimes began in 1890 when he relocated to New York City.  Once lured inside his home he would torture the children in many ways including a paddle laced with sharp nails. Then he would continue to rape them. As he progressed in these acts he eventually murdered and cannibalized his victims.  He was also known for writing letters to his victims’ families explaining in great detail the torture he put their children through, and also how he cannibalized them.  On March 11^th, 1935 Fish went on trial. His insanity plea was thrown out and in just 10 days he was sentenced to death by electrocution. January 16^th, 1936 Albert Fish was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. He felt that electrocution was the “ultimate sex thrill.” Arguably this was dismissed as a rumor.

Charles Montado. http://crime.about.com/od/serial/a/killer_types.htm. http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/albertfish.htm

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