What is a hedonistic serial killer?

A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. read more

This type of serial killer seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as expendable means to this goal. Forensic psychologists have identified three subtypes of the hedonistic killer: "lust", "thrill" and "comfort". read more

Between 1978 and 1991, 17 men and boys were murdered by a hedonistic serial killer by the name of Jeffrey Dahmer. Born Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer on May 21 st, 1960, he grew up as an abandoned child. His father was the first to leave, followed by his mother and brother. read more