Often a psychopath is identified as a crazy person, but in psychiatry there is no sign of equality between psychopathy and other mental illnesses.
Unlike schizophrenia, psychopaths do not lack connection with reality and do not suffer from hallucinations or feelings of fear, reports tch.
Not always with psychopaths you can understand a serial killer, but according to psychologists, psychopaths are usually people who do not have the ability to put themselves in the role of others and do not feel remorse when they hurt or harm someone.
Below we have brought the 15 most famous psychopaths in history, who became known through their completely inhuman behavior.
Ed Gein - Also known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein collected the bodies of women after robbing and killing them from 1945 until 1957, when he was finally caught. He used women's bodies to decorate his isolated farm in Wisconsin and to make various items of clothing. Gein died in 1984 in a mental institution.
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Ted Bundy is one of those names that is practically synonymous with "serial killer" and "psychopath." He was known to be very cunning and charming, traits which were the shiny veneer he used to lure his many victims. He killed at least 30 people across the United States, but it took years for the authorities to catch him because no one was able to believe that such a "determined" man could do such horrible things.
Richard Ramirez - According to thinkcatalog.com, Ramirez's victims ranged in age from nine to eighty-three, and he had no particular gender preference. He destroyed Los Angeles in the 80s with his brutal, satanic murders simply because he was fascinated by them. That's not to say it had nothing to do with his upbringing. When he was only 11 years old, he witnessed his cousin's murder, and was asked to participate in his cleanup afterward.
Jack the Ripper - In London they were not exactly identified, but he is famous in the world. Not only did he kill prostitutes in the late 1800s, but he also removed their sexual organs. Not much is known about him, but it is clear that he had a severe hatred of women, especially prostitutes, which has led some to theorize that his mother may have been one.
Albert DeSalvo, or "The Boston Strangler" - Albert DeSalvo was a serial killer who strangled women, many times using a simple racket to get through their front doors, according to the Boston Globe. At a young age, he tortured animals, one of the classic warning signs of a psychopath. His extreme misogyny increased as he grew older and had difficult relationships with the female figures in his life. DeSalvo ended up being stabbed to death in prison in 1973.
Jeffrey Dahmer - Part of the reason psychopath and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer stunned the world was because he came across as very kind and unassuming. According to the New York Times, he avoided detection by the police simply because they believed whatever excuses he fed them. Dahmer is most famous for being not only a murderer, but a cannibal. When authorities finally raided his home, they found human heads in the refrigerator. Dahmer was killed in prison in 1994.
Dennis Rader - This one was quite famous for murder and torture. Like the Zodiac Killer, he played games with the press. Police were able to trace a CD he had sent to the media in 2005 at his church. His murders were centered around sexual excitement and the fantasy of slavery scenarios.
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The Zodiac Killer - Like Jack The Ripper, no one knows who the Zodiac Killer really is. Unlike Jack, Zodiac didn't keep to himself, however. One of the reasons why his murders were so sensational was that he often appeared in various media, teasing with codes and puzzles. The killer was active in the 60s and 70s, but there has been no sign of him since his final letter to the press in 1974. Although psychologists never had the chance to examine him, his crimes showed the lack of empathy of a psychopath.
Vlad the Impaler - This 15th century Transylvanian ruler is the basis for the Dracula myth. He didn't have the wings of a bat, but he was extremely brutal and bloodthirsty. As his name suggests, he would often leave people stunned and placed outside his castle as they suffered a slow and painful death. It is estimated that he killed a total of 80,000.
Elizabeth Báthory - Her name is not as famous as Bundy or Dahmer, but Elizabeth Báthory is history's most prolific serial killer. She killed at least 600 young women in an attempt to retain their youth (after submitting them to torture, she would drink and bathe in the blood of her victims). However, Báthory was a Hungarian countess, and because of her social position, she never formally appeared at court. Instead, she was under house arrest until her death in 1614.
David Berkowitz - In the mid-1970s, New York serial killer David Berkowitz sent the entire city into a panic when he began murdering random people, mostly young women with long brunette hair, with a revolution of caliber .44. No one knew when or where "Son of Sam" would strike, which is what made it so terrifying. He actually started out as a serial arsonist, but wasn't caught until he started dabbling in murder. Berkowitz may have shown signs of psychosis rather than psychopathy.
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Albert Fish - Was a serious serial killer in the early 1900s. What made him particularly terrifying and depraved was the fact that he would send letters to the families of his victims, detailing the horrible things he did with their loved ones.
HH Holmes - In the late 1800s, America's first serial killer emerged. He called himself HH Holmes, and he was a doctor as well as the architect of a large hotel in Chicago, later to be known as the "Murder Castle". He built the hotel for the purpose of killing and hiding his victims, only through labyrinthine streets and trap doors. He is not only interesting because he was America's first known serial killer, but because he was a methodical and efficient psychopath.
Aileen Wuornos - Several documentaries have been found about Aileen Wuornos, otherwise known as one of America's most notorious female murderers. What made her such an intriguing figure was her strange, aloof personality and the way she sometimes admitted her guilt and at other times completely denied it. One moment it would seem friendly, the next, vindictive. She was killed in 2002 after killing men she found on the highways while working as a prostitute.
