Sadistic Killers: Profiles of Pathological Predators (39 page)

Because of the current confusion about so-called legitimate hitting, far fewer people report child cruelty than animal cruelty – yet there’s often a crossover between the two as adults who abuse their pets are also much more likely to abuse any children living in the home.

Removed from their violent carers and given significant therapeutic help, many of these children blossom into considerate teenagers. Rex Krebs went from child sex offender to model citizen after being taken away from his cruel father and put into a supportive environment. But he was eventually returned to his father, regressed and went on to commit two terrible homicides.

And Rex Krebs’ body count was statistically low, as the average sadistic American serial killer claims eight known victims before he is caught. And as we’ve seen, some account for even more victims – Robert Hansen privately admitted to murdering 17 women and Robert Rhoades is suspected of up to 50 unsolved homicides.

These sadists cause widespread emotional suffering as the relatives, friends, workmates, neighbours and acquaintances of the victim are all affected by their horrific torture-murder.

And many of these outwardly charismatic men continue to manipulate others within the prison environment.

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Ironically, the victims’ families often call for these sadists to be birched or whipped, not realising that the corporal punishment received during childhood fuelled their very first revenge fantasies: beaten on the soles of his feet by his parents, Dayton Rogers went on to beat and cut the feet of numerous prostitutes. Whipped by his father, Victor Miller went on to bind and whip other boys.

The punitive treatment of offenders is similarly counter-productive, as illustrated by Christopher Wilder who was given electroconvulsive therapy after raping a classmate. Already deeply disturbed through being physically and sexually abused, he simply fashioned a torture device from an electric cable and gave his unfortunate victims electric shocks.

Such nightmarish childhoods explain why these men want to mutilate and kill but can’t excuse them. Many other people have suffered repeatedly throughout their formative years but have chosen not to pass that suffering on. Moreover, almost every sadist profiled in this book was loved at some stage by a partner or spouse and most of them had children who would initially have loved them unconditionally. They had the option of making a life based on shared respect but made the active choice to denigrate and destroy.

The final word goes to Viktor Frankl who saw many men cope with extreme adversity at Auschwitz. ‘We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread; they offered sufficient proof that everything can be taken away from a man but one thing, the last of the human freedoms, to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.’

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APPENDIX: USEFUL

ADDRESSES

Organisations change premises (and occasionally
close due to lack of funding) so check out their
websites whenever possible to confirm their current
status and locale.

Emotional Wellbeing

National Association for People Abused in Childhood
, 42 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3NH – their website at www.

napac.org.uk includes a booklist with sections for survivors, their relatives and professionals. Their national helpline for survivors is 0800 085 3330.

James Nayler Foundation
, PO Box 49, Ventnor, PO38 9AA

– a charity co-founded by Dr Bob Johnson to expose the link between childhood trauma and adult mental health difficulties.

Website www.TruthTrustConsent.com

The Samaritans
offer confidential emotional support by telephone 24 hours a day to anyone in distress. You’ll find your local branch number in the phone directory or call their national number 08457 90 90 90. Website www.samaritans.

org.uk or you can contact them by post by writing to Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA. The Samaritans also run a campaign to encourage people of all ages to e-mail them if they prefer not to use the telephone. E-mail [email protected] 327

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Erotic Powerplay

www.lynnpaularussell.com
is the website of erotic artist Lynn Paula Russell which includes a free gallery of her adult art.

Spanner Trust
, BM 99, London, WC1N 3XX exists to defend the rights of sadomasochists of every sexual orientation. Website www.spannertrust.org

Preventing Child Abuse

Children Are Unbeatable
, 94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF. Send a stamped self-addressed envelope marked ‘free leaflets’ to receive information about positive childrearing practices. Website www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children
, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3NH – if you suspect that a child is being abused, telephone them on 0808 800 5000 or e-mail [email protected]. Website www.nspcc.org.uk

www.there4me.com
is a website run by the NSPCC for children aged 12 to 16. It gives advice on bullying, difficulties in the home and exam worries so that no child need feel alone.

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen
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Adolescent Alienation
(1996, Westview Press Inc) Begg, Paul & Fido, Martin
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Twentieth Century
(1993, Carlton/Simon & Schuster) Begg, Paul
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(1998, Robson Books) Bird, John
Percy Grainger
(1982, Faber & Faber) Britton, Paul
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(2000, Corgi Books) Busch, Alva
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(1996, Pinnacle Books) Church, Robert
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(1989, Robert Hale Ltd) Cole, D.J. & Acland, P.R.
The Detective and the Doctor
(1994, Robert Hale Ltd)

Davis, Barbara
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(1999, Pinnacle Books) Douglas, John & Olshaker, Mark
Mindhunter
(1996, Heinemann)

Du Clos, Bernard
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(1993, St Martin’s Paperbacks) Eskapa, Roy
Bizarre Sex
(1995, Parallel Books) Fowles, John
The Collector
(1998, Vintage) Furneaux, Rupert
Famous Criminal Cases 6
(1960, Odhams Press Ltd)

Gekoski, Anna
Murder By Numbers
(1999, Andre Deutsch) Gibney, Bruce
The Beauty Queen Killer
(1984, Pinnacle Books) James, Mike (edited)
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(1999, True Crime Library)

James, Oliver
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(1998, Arrow Books) James, Oliver
They F*** You Up
(2003, Bloomsbury Publishing) Johnson, Bob
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(2002, James Nayler Foundation)

King, Gary C.
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(1992, Onyx)

Lane, Brian
The 1995 Murder Yearbook
(1994, Headline) 329

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Larkin, Philip
Trouble at Willow Gables
(2002, Faber & Faber) Leith, Rod
The Prostitute Murders
(1983, Lyle Stuart Inc) Leyton, Elliott
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(1995, Constable & Company Ltd)

Linedecker, Clifford
Thrill Killers
(1998, Futura) Lucas, Norman
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(1988, W.H. Allen & Co) McCrary, Gregg
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(2003, HarperCollins)

McLagan, Graeme & Lowes, Nick
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(2003, John Blake Publishing)

Michaud, Stephen & Hazelwood, Roy
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(1998, St Martin’s Press)

Mitchell, Corey
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(2003, Pinnacle Books) Motion, Andrew
Philip Larkin
:
A Writer’s Life
(1993, Faber & Faber)

Pincus, Jonathan H.
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(2001, W.W. Norton & Company)

Ramsden, Mark and Randall, Housk
Radical Desire
(2000, Serpent’s Tail)

Selwyn, Francis
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(1988, Routledge) Tate, Tim & Wyre, Ray
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(1992, Thames Mandarin)

Vronsky, Peter
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(2004, Berkley Publishing Group) Whittaker, Mark & Kennedy, Les
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(1998, Pan Macmillan Australia)

Wilson, Colin
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(2000, Robinson Publishing)

Magazines and newspapers

Marriner, Brian ‘Britain’s Cruellest Murder Ever?’,
Master
Detective
(April 1994)

Preston, John ‘Crumb’s Comforts’,
Sunday Telegraph
(13

March 2005)

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Select Bibliography

Spencer, Matthew ‘Murder and Sadism in the Kent Countryside’,
Master Detective
(March 2005) Filmography

Curing Childhood Traumas 1: How Dawn Taught Unbrainwashing
, produced by the James Nayler Foundation (November 2004)
Curing Crime 1: Tony’s Story
, produced by the James Nayler Foundation (April 2004)

FBI Files: Christopher Wilder
, produced for the Discovery Channel and broadcast on Britain’s Channel Five
FBI Files: Killer Abroad
, produced for the Discovery Channel and broadcast on Britain’s Channel Five

Manhunt To Kill and Kill Again
, produced by Folio and broadcast by BBC1 (September 2004)

Murder Detectives: The Ties That Bind
, produced by Medstar and broadcast on Britain’s Channel Five

Panorama: Predators
, produced and broadcast by BBC1 (March 1997)

Real Crime: Girlsnatcher
, produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on ITV (March 2004)

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INDEX

Adams, Christine 127, 130

AIDS/HIV 57, 59, 244, 245, 249, 250

Altiery, Andrea 147, 157

American serial killer victim count 325

amyl nitrate 247

Anderson, Anthony 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 63

animals, cruelty towards 16, 52, 66, 71, 73, 79, 170, 174, 222, 223, 225, 234, 251, 320, 325

Archambault, Marielle 267

Aref, Omaima 288, 289

arson 46, 52, 53, 135, 136, 154, 155, 220, 242

Audette, Shirley 267

Ayano, Matsuko 265

Baird, Stephanie 34, 35, 36, 37

Beart, Paul 64, 65

Beggs, William 81–7

Bell, Mary 297

Bellec, Cédric 283, 284, 285

Birnie, Catherine and David 232

bisexuality 119, 242, 243

Bittaker and Norris 188

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Index

Blancheflower, Darren 319

Bockova, Blanka 258, 263

Boden, Wayne 266–269

Bonaventura, Sheryl 213

Bonnick, Andrew 271

borstal 17, 18, 40, 46, 53, 271, 272, 273

Bournemouth 23, 24

Bradley, Perry 58, 59

British National Party 67

Brown, Margaret 35, 37

burglaries 40, 46, 53, 150, 220, 256

Burns, James 245, 246, 249

Byrne, Patrick 30–8

cannibalism 35, 162, 165

Catherine, Mickaël 284, 285

Catherine, Laetitia 284, 285

Capper, Suzanne 298–304

Carpenter, David 155

Carr, Maryann 185, 186, 192, 194

Child’s Play
film soundtrack 299, 303

Children’s Bill 324

Clarke, Caroline 226–9, 231

Cervantes, Nondace 126, 130

Cole, David 248, 249

Colhouer, Jennifer 281

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Collier, Andrew 59, 61

Consent in the Criminal Law 317

Connolly, Anthony 246, 247, 249

Copeland, David 65–71

corporal punishment

of children 134, 288, 324

adult erotic 306, 309

adult, healing childhood hurts 326

Corll, Dean 242

Cottingham, Richard 9, 181–96, 266, 318, 324

Coutts, Graham 87–93

Crawford, Aundria 113, 114, 115

cross-dressing 10, 32, 240, 321

Crumb, Robert 315–6

Cummings, Anita 173–180

Cummings, Jesse 170–80

Cummings, Sherry 172–9

Cunanan, Andrew 243, 250–4

depersonalisation of victim 25, 88, 212

depression 45, 67, 121, 130, 199, 200, 280

Denyer, Paul 232–40

DeVore, Cynthia 126, 130

Dinsdale, Peter 242

Dodge, Beth 216

Douglas, John 11, 155, 159

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Index

Dudson, Anthony 298–304

Dunn, Christopher 58

Easland, Roxanne 145

Eberle, Danny 166, 167, 168

Eklutna Annie 143, 144, 157, 158, 160

electroconvulsive therapy 326

Emotional Health
322

Ergolo, Karin 260

Everist, Deborah 223

Exley, Shannon 224

Faversham, Raymond 46, 47

Fearn, Donald 193

Februs
306, 309

Feddern, Angela 150, 159

female circumcision 289

Ferguson, Theresa 150, 159

Fitt, Yvonne 74

foot fetish 100, 117, 119

Frank, Theodore 275–8

Frankl, Viktor 326

Fream, Debbie 236, 237

Frey, DeLynn 151, 156, 159

frontal lobe dysfunction 130, 233

frozen terror 322

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Furrell, Lisa 145, 159

Gacy, John Wayne 242

Gallagher, Windy 280