The Diabolical Mind Essay, Research Paper

Serial killing, rape, stealing all these types of heinous crimes may be done by someone

who seems to be normal, but in actuality this person may be very sick. There are people

in the world today who wear ?masks? and pretend to be something they are not. These

people are psychopaths. Psychopaths fit in to society with the public not knowing what

are capable of. What is it that causes people to become psychopaths? What is it that

creates the diabolical mind ?

It is very disturbing for normal people to accept why serial killers , murderers etc.

are motivated to commit such a brutal offence but, what society assumes is that these

people have a conscience. Psychopaths have no conscience and no remorse for their

victims. It has not yet been officially scientifically confirmed yet but scientists /

psychologists believe that these people may lack something in their brain. Several tests

have been done that show evidence to that the inner workings of a psychopath?s brain do

not work the same as sain people?s brains. The previous is well illustrated in the

following :

The subjects were asked to perform a simple task : hit a button as soon

as they recognised a word flashed on the screen …. What they found

was that normal subjects spent more time processing emotion- laden

words then the psychopaths. (?No conscience, no remorse? pg 2 of 2)

The problem may not only originate from a brain defect but it may also come from

child-hood situations. Most media famed psychopaths (Adolph Hitler, Ted Bundy,

Sadaam Housaine) came from broken homes and were beaten by their fathers . The

insecurity of these individuals caused they to terrorize, rape and murder people to make

them fell superior . They needed a feeling of superiority due to the way they were treated

as a child. This treatment during the younger stages of their life made them feel

excessively inferior.

The behaviour of an individual with the diabolical mind can be described easily

by one word , mask . Diabolical people try to fit in today?s society by putting on a show

or wearing a ?mask? . They try to fit in by being very sociable, getting a good job and

having a family . This is all to cover-up their true nature, their true selves. Psychopaths

are quite sensible and know what is right and wrong. A good example of a phycopath is :

charming, self-interested, glip and impulsive individuals . (No conscience, no remorse pg

1 of 2) . These people often hold down jobs where they can be corrupt. They have jobs

like manipulative corporate careerists , thugs in professional sports or as underhanded

politicians .

Ted Bundy is one of the most well known psychopaths and serial killers to date.

This is a man who came from a broken home. His father abused him and molested him.

This may have caused Ted to become a twisted man. In high school Ted was very quiet

and had all of these emotions inside of him. He did not seek help which may have caused

these emotions to turn to an anger that brewed inside of him. When Ted became a man

and was attending University this anger was most likely deep seeded. Ted held down a

job in the Republican party where he lived, he had a wife and he was very sociable. Ted

to the people who knew him seemed to live a normal life. He was pleasing to the eye, he

was very companionable, he was generally fun to have in company. What his friends and

relatives did not know is that there was something seriously wrong with Ted. Ted due to

his emotions of inferiority and anger striked out at innocent victims. His victims were

usually college girls . He would approach them in many different ways , he would ask for

help, he would approach them with crutches and so on. After having the girl believe his

plight is not ill natured he kidnaps them and brutally murders the girls. After he had

killed over 20 times he was caught. During the trials he represented himself. He also was

married at the stand. He escaped once but finally was convicted and sentenced to death .

During the time he was in prison his wife became pregnant and this shell of a man had a

child.

Psychopaths like this are hurting society in many ways. Something has to be done

to examine where exactly the psychopathic phenomena originates . These cold-blooded

individuals have to be stopped from committing barbarous acts . Perhaps, police should

investigate families with broken homes to look for abuse. Some research is being done

which could ultimately cure the psychopathic mind. If something is not done individuals

like Ted Bundy could strike again at innocent victims.