“I believe the only way to reform people is to kill them” – Carl Panzram. “She was giving me oral sex and got carried away… so I choked her” – Arthur Shawcross. “I have always had the desire to inflict pain on others and for others to inflict pain on me. I always seemed to like everything that hurt. The desire to inflict pain, that's all that matters” -Albert Fish. It is proven that most people have Type A personalities, displaying characteristic traits of short fuse, impatience, hostility/aggression, and competitiveness. To some extent, we all carry these traits in various ways. Now, it depends on the situation that really emphasizes which feature we would use and how strongly we use it, but it all starts at a young age. How a parent raises their child usually determines what the child will become when they are older. While this is not necessarily true, as in the cases of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy, most serial killers are in fact raised in toxic families. In a study of over 50 serial killers, it was observed that 68% of serial killers experienced mistreatment regardless of type, and 50% experienced psychological abuse. To say the least, many of these serial killers we see today or hear about have in most cases been mistreated in some way, whether it be psychological or physical abuse. It has been noted that 36% of serial killers have suffered physical abuse, but the majority have suffered psychological abuse. There is a certain fascination in trying to understand how someone commits not one murder but dozens, and without a conscience or a care in the world about their murders. actions. Dr. Helen Morrison has spent her life trying to understand what goes on in the mind of a serial killer amid sheets of paper and shots at the ceiling. “Dude,” I say, “I'm sorry, I put my head down, sorry.” This helped me get out of depression. I would trip over it” (Ressler, 1988) What happens in the mind of a serial killer all depends on the upbringing received at an early age, and some are born with mental illnesses. All in all you never know who can become a serial killer, because they might seem completely normal, and most blend in so well with society, that you never know who will be a serial killer and who won't. Sometimes all it takes is that moment when there's a switch in that person's brain that flips and turns them into a monster. All in all, you never know what someone will become and that's what fascinates psychologists is finding out what the trigger is and what turns that person into a serial killer and finding out the true characteristics of a serial killer..