Why are killers called by their full names?

DEFTLEFTHAND

This an American phenomenon ,

Lee Harvey Oswald, known as Lee Oswald before Nov 63


John Wilkes Booth, as an actor he never used his middle name.


John Wayne Gacy,


James Earl Ray. Known as Jim Ray to his friends

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Deft Left Hand, known as Left Hand before the murders

Assetbacked

So they don’t ruin the names for other people who share the name?

Dakota Dan

Why do you. Use 3 names De Left Hand?

kal7

does it decrease the likelyhood of someone of same name being mistaken for being a killer.

Huntergonzo

For clear identification I suppose.

I mean if you were a nice friendly person who worked as a clown and your name just happened to be John Gacy, you'd like to have that degree of separation in place.

kal7

just beaten to it by Assetbacked

frag420

I was just frAg until they found all the bodies...:cool:

DEFTLEFTHAND

kal7 wrote: »

does it decrease the likelyhood of someone of same name being mistaken for being a killer.

Never thought about that. This is the answer.

Thank you,.

Franz Von Peppercorn

kal7 wrote: »

does it decrease the likelyhood of someone of same name being mistaken for being a killer.

Ah. Good point.

Dravokivich

My son prefers to be called for by his full name...

DEFTLEFTHAND

Do any of you have funny middle names?

I've a huge name , three middles, Patrick John Luke.


I'm like a fcking Pope or something.

AllForIt

Respect !

Grayson

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Ah. Good point.

Also sounds better.

But most of these guys used the full length name before the killings. Lee Harvey Oswald used his full name in interviews beforehand. And John Wilkes Booth used his as a stage name (he was an actor).
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/why_do_so_many_assassins_have_three_names.html?via=gdpr-consent

Grayson

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Do any of you have funny middle names?

I've a huge name , three middles, Patrick John Luke.


I'm like a fcking Pope or something.

I don't have a middle name.

Yamanoto

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Yer Da sells Avon

Jerry Lee Lewis' nickname was 'The Killer'.

looksee

It also creates a barrier of formality, reducing a person's name to just first and last, or shortening a forename suggests a degree of familiarity.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Grayson wrote: »

I don't have a middle name.

How did that happen?

looksee

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

How did that happen?

That's the whole point, it didn't.

Hector Bellend

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This an American phenomenon ,

Lee Harvey Oswald, known as Lee Oswald before Nov 63


John Wilkes Booth, as an actor he never used his middle name.


John Wayne Gacy,


James Earl Ray. Known as Jim Ray to his friends

What about Ted Bundy, Ed Kemper Jeffrey Dahmer

Renegade Mechanic

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This an American phenomenon ,

Lee Harvey Oswald, known as Lee Oswald before Nov 63


John Wilkes Booth, as an actor he never used his middle name.


John Wayne Gacy,


James Earl Ray. Known as Jim Ray to his friends

I generally find people are called by their full name when they really **** up.

Yer Da sells Avon

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

I generally find people are called by their full name when they really **** up.

Especially by their mothers...

"Lee Harvey Oswald, what on earth have you done now?"

Assetbacked

kal7 wrote: »

just beaten to it by Assetbacked

I can’t hear you down there.

Assetbacked

kal7 wrote: »

just beaten to it by Assetbacked

I can’t hear you down there.

PowerToWait

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This an American phenomenon

If it is American we MUST snort with derision and say clever, original things, like 'murica.