Biggest psychopath in history?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I watched a programme about Bundy, he was a well educated guy who socialised in well to do circles and was a sadistic killer behind it all.

He admitted to 30 murders I think but it was reckoned he killed well over a hundred girls.

Superficial charm is another characteristic of psychopath. They're manipulative and often use others. The scary thing is the symptoms aren't always easy to pick up on, we all know assholes in our lives but do we assume that they're psychopaths?

Like you mentioned Ted Bundy, he was popular intelligent and good looking, he didn't have to coerce any girls to go with him, his charm led the way.

Galwayguy35

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Superficial charm is another characteristic of psychopath. They're manipulative and often use others. The scary thing is the symptoms aren't always easy to pick up on, we all know assholes in our lives but do we assume that they're psychopaths?

Like you mentioned Ted Bundy, he was popular intelligent and good looking, he didn't have to coerce any girls to go with him, his charm led the way.

An interesting fact is that during his trial the court was full of "groupies", young women who were nearly fighting each other to get his attention.

They didn't seem to realise that if he met them on a dark night they would be dead.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

An interesting fact is that during his trial the court was full of "groupies", young women who were nearly fighting each other to get his attention.

They didn't seem to realise that if he met them on a dark night they would be dead.

Yeah I remember reading about that. Isn't it strange that some women are attracted to this type of person, is it the bad boy image or what?

Galwayguy35

Another interesting case is the Green River killer, married twice and had a family, he was only caught by pure chance.

magick

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wicklowwonder

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yeah I remember reading about that. Isn't it strange that some women are attracted to this type of person, is it the bad boy image or what?

Every country has a lady killer like Bundy. Larry Murphy here is rumored to be responsible for what 6 disappearances and was only caught by pot luck. Didn't he get back into bed with his pregnant wife after spotted by the hunters.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Shams wrote: »

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Markcheese

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's a personality disorder characterised by shallow emotions. No empathy, no fear, irresponsibility, egocentricity and lack of remorse. It often leads to anti social behaviour, because they lack such features as empathy or remorse they tend to veer off in the wrong direction in life. It's a recognised mental disorder, the person can't help the way they act. In most cases it's untreatable.

I heard that it's not that a psychopath doesn't know right from wrong it's that they don't care (unless something affects them directly) . A total lack of empathy . Many people in society have a tendency , a lot of business people , risk takers , leaders ect.
Many fake empathy as they believe society demands it and an absence would hinder their advancement... Try Wikipedia

Grayson

Markcheese wrote: »

I heard that it's not that a psychopath doesn't know right from wrong it's that they don't care (unless something affects them directly) . A total lack of empathy . Many people in society have a tendency , a lot of business people , risk takers , leaders ect.
Many fake empathy as they believe society demands it and an absence would hinder their advancement... Try Wikipedia

It's not a total lack of empathy. But you are right about risk takers. There's a book called Risk whick goes into some detail about them.
A good point he mentions is that many of our hero's In times of danger where most of our heart rates may rise, theirs slow down. It beause it's how the view risk and rewards and their lack of fear.

An important thing to remember is that psychopathy is not a personality disorder. It's a personality type. Anti Social Personality disorder is the actual disorder.

Galwayguy35

And it's not just the men that are evil.

Google Elizabeth Bathory, interesting read.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Markcheese wrote: »

I heard that it's not that a psychopath doesn't know right from wrong it's that they don't care (unless something affects them directly) . A total lack of empathy . Many people in society have a tendency , a lot of business people , risk takers , leaders ect.
Many fake empathy as they believe society demands it and an absence would hinder their advancement... Try Wikipedia

Yes but we know that the psychopath learns our moral code. They'll break it because they don't feel the same emotions as you or I. You can compare characteristics to people in the corporate world but only to a point, there's a line that's crossed.

mikemac1

Steve Jobs

Bullying asshole
Abandoned his daughter and didn't give a damn until she was older
Held up as a hero....

suicide_circus

andrei chikatilo
53 confirmed kills, mostly women and children, all sexually aggravated, extremely brutal.
read the wiki. chilling to say the least.

fryup

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I was thinking Hitler, what makes it even worse for him was that he wasn't suffering from psychotic tendencies.

nah not Hitler, you wouldn't see Hitler playing jungle music at 2.00 am in the morning

so it has to be this fella

krudler

those three guys one hammer kids have got to be up there, 21 people they killed I think.

Grayson

This guy is pretty bad. He personally killed tens of thousands of people. Not just ordered, but actually pulled the trigger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin

Blokhin led a company of executioners that performed and supervised numerous mass executions during Stalin's reign, mostly during the Great Purge and World War II. He is recorded as having executed tens of thousands of prisoners by his own hand, including his killing of about 7,000 Polish prisoners of war during the Katyn Massacre in 1940, making him the most prolific official executioner in recorded world history

Sunnyisland

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=psychopath&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arkancide.com%2Fpsychopathy.htm&ei=4cHWUK2bEcKohAeGgoHgBQ&usg=AFQjCNHUplH92HFOJpgdaAUcIGhCfYVnpg&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.ZG4


Here is a Test for Psychopathy, go on see are you one :-) I failed.

Sofiztikated

Grayson wrote: »

This guy is pretty bad. He personally killed tens of thousands of people. Not just ordered, but actually pulled the trigger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin

I wouldn't necessarily class him as a psychopath though.

iDave

How about Nero. Burnt Christians alive to light his garden

ringadingding

Hannibal lector.

My favorite psychopath

Means Of Escape

Where To wrote: »

Stalin killed at least ten million of his own people, probably more than double that.

That's pretty good going for a madman I reckon.

Chairman Mao eliminated a huge number of his own people and had the remaining population clapping him for his efforts.
Nutjob and charismatic
Macro version of Ted Bundy.

bigtimecharlie

Jim Jones convinced 900 people to take a drink.

Means Of Escape

ED GEIN

mattjack

Are you all sure about the OPs question ? he asked who the biggest psychopath was , Hitler and Stalin only looked about 5 foot five , some of the others look quite small too.

Qualitymark

If you'd like an ice-cold killer what about the first Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux, who accepted a party invite from Brian O'Neill in 1574, and turned up with his main men at Belfast Castle. This is what happened, reported in the Annals of the Four Masters:

They passed three days and nights together pleasantly and cheerfully. At the expiration of this time, as they were agreeably drinking and making merry, Brian, his brother and his wife were seized upon by the Earl, and all his people put unsparingly to the sword - men, women, youths and maidens - in Brian's own presence. Brian was afterwards sent to Dublin, together with his wife and brother, where they were cut in quarters. Such was the end of their feast.

Mr Benevolent

OP mixed up psychopathic and psychotic, so I stopped reading. There's a vast yawning chasm of difference between the two. Besides, non-violent psychopaths (the majority) can do far more harm in the long run.

Hercule Poirot

Idi Amin - hands down, a charismatic crazy ass mo' fo!

Pompey Magnus

Ghengis Khan who admitted his greatest pleasure in life was killing men and raping their wives and killed tens of millions during his life or Alexander the Great who was paranoid, delusional, devoid of empathy and a megalomaniac who slaughtered millions just to increase his own glory.

jaydoxx

Emperor Hirohito wasn't great in all fairness!

mark renton

Ed Sheeran - just dont trust that guy