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The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

Aug 17 2024

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The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

In 1886, the sexologist Kraft-Ebbing treated the Marquis de Sade’s work as a compendium of sexual pathologies and gave the term ‘sadism’ its clinical definition. The Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814) was an 18th century French nobleman and author, who wrote several books when he was imprisoned for […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

Aug 9 2024

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Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

On 26 June 2024, 26-year-old Josephine Owino, a hairdresser from Mukuru Kwa Njenga, in Nairobi the capital of Kenya, went missing after receiving an unexpected phone call and leaving her home at short notice to meet someone. She was never seen again. In the weeks that followed, Josephine’s younger sister, Peris Keya, visited three different […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of serial killers: Part III

Aug 1 2024

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of serial killers: Part III

In the previous two articles of this trilogy I explained how serial killers’ fixations in Freud’s psychosexual developmental phases led to the acting out of their fantasies on crime scenes. Yet the serial killers are not unique in developing subconscious sexual and aggressive fantasies, as Melanie Klein theorizes that all children could have them. Childhood […]

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

Jul 25 2024

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

This article is the second of a trilogy series on my signature theory on the origin of serial killers. In brief, in the first part I discussed how fixations in one or more or Freud’s psychosexual developmental phases plant the seeds of sexual and aggressive fantasies in a serial killer, which are then acted out […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

Jul 22 2024

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

Attending a murder scene, a detective usually asks the question: Who had the means, motive and opportunity to commit this crime and once that is figured out, it narrows down the suspect list, usually to a single suspect, or no more than a few. The motive could be greed, lust, revenge, or rage and is […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Evolution on the Origin of Serial Killers

Jul 12 2024

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Evolution on the Origin of Serial Killers

During the Middle Ages, the gruesome discovery of sporadic mutilated corpses of villagers, and the telltale footprints of a hound on the scene, raised the spectre of a werewolf at large. No-one in the village would ever have suspected that it could have been the cobbler’s son – an as yet unidentified serial killer – […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Jul 11 2024

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Rejection: When the Odd-Ones-Out Murder

Some old classmates remember serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer as the one who was clowning around at school. Dahmer was referred to as a “goofball”. Children may defend their fragile ego’s by pretending to be the Fool, when they are already cast in the role of the Fool by others, in order to be […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Ostracism: Sowing the Seeds for Spree Killers

Jul 10 2024

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Ostracism: Sowing the Seeds for Spree Killers

Imagine you are a member of a Neanderthal tribe, but for some reason, you have been ostracised – you no longer have access to shared resources such as shelter, – you have to sleep outside, exposed to the elements, you have no access to food – hunters do not share their meat with you and […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Category: Articles

The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of serial killers: Part III

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

Evolution on the Origin of Serial Killers

Rejection: When the Odd-Ones-Out Murder

Ostracism: Sowing the Seeds for Spree Killers

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