Isenschmid(t) Records: Part 2

[lynn cates]

ID

Hello Jason.

"Kosminski was ID'd by a witness. JI, wasn't."

Indeed? This is great news. Can you tell me whom that witness was?

You are right that JI was not IDed. Perhaps that's because Dr. W. Julius Mickle forbade it.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

Hello Lynn,

However, you are forgetting the biggest thing in evidence against his candidacy, most killers are not psychopaths.

[lynn cates]

psychopath

Hello Corey. Perhaps we should define psychopath? When I studied psychology (many years ago) it was used as the equivalent of the modern "sociopath." Some use the word as a catch all for "psychotic."

There is little doubt in my mind that JI was paranoid schizophrenic. I'm sure I don't need to convince you that one suffering from this malady can, and sometimes does, kill.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

Hello Lynn,

Yes, Jacob Isenschmid was a psychopath, however, you are right, it is possible. As is everything. I think I have had my bit of arguing today

Have a good evening my friend,

Corey

p.s Psychopath is psychosis, which sociopath is personality.

[jason_c]

Hello Jason.

"Kosminski was ID'd by a witness. JI, wasn't."

Indeed? This is great news. Can you tell me whom that witness was?

You are right that JI was not IDed. Perhaps that's because Dr. W. Julius Mickle forbade it.

Cheers.
LC

Who it was is not important. The fact that 2 top police officials reported it makes Kosminski a far better suspect than all the other violent lunatics out there.

[lynn cates]

psychopath

Hello Corey. Thanks, this helps. You are using it in the second sense.

As far as sociopathy goes, many sociopaths do not kill. But I could never become a partner of one (heh-heh).

Most psychotics, likewise. Of course ANY form of paranoia is potentially dangerous and should be treated. But I am preaching to the choir.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

police

Hello Jason.

"Who it was is not important."

I should think it is VERY important. Then one can assess the reliability of the witness.

"The fact that 2 top police officials reported it makes Kosminski a far better suspect than all the other violent lunatics out there."

Perhaps, given you wish not to discuss the witness, you could discuss these 2 top officials? The only 2 of which we are aware who even mention his name are:

1. Swanson.

2. Sir MLM.

Of these 2, the latter dismisses him in favour of Druitt. The former (in the marginalia) never explicitly endorses him, but rather seems to disambiguate the story of his candidacy. (Make of that what you will.)

By the way, where is the evidence that AK was violent? I have yet to see that.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

Actually Lynn, many more sociopaths then psychopaths kill, and this has been proven with statistics, Ted Bundy, Harold Shipman, Neil Creme, all were sociopaths, and me thinks it is possible that Peter Kurten and Peter Sutcliffe were too, however they likely lied to obtain the ruling of insanity.

This is what makes killers hard to catch, the fact that they are sociopathic, and have clear thinking. A sociopaths main factoid is they feel no remorse, no guilt, thus they are the true monsters, not psychopaths, who are a harm more to themselves than anything else. Yet if Jacob Isenschmid was the killer, it fits the profile of a psychopathic killer, who is usually always caught, and early.

Yours truly,

Corey

[Garza]

Plus pyschopaths are usually disorganised killers, JtR showed traits of organisation, he had a method.

[lynn cates]

agree

Hello Corey.

"A sociopath's main factoid is they feel no remorse, no guilt, thus they are the true monsters, not psychopaths"

I could not agree more. They scare the devil out of me.

When I studied them in psych, it was said that, when cornered (on a less serious charge), they would OVER confess. In other words, they could feign guilt and humility and "grovel" more that a true penitent.

Is that still the theory? It is over 30 years since I studied abnormal psych.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

method

Hello Garza.

"JtR showed traits of organisation, he had a method"

But that method seemed to change drastically over the last 3 canonical killings.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

Hello Lynn,

Well in my studies of narcissism, a sociopathic disorder, it has been observed that they are pathalogical liers. Say if Bundy was approached and asked where he was last night, even if he was home watching television, he would lie. They are extreamily careful not to be caught.

Bundy even escaped prison to commit more murders, even though they had pretty much figured who he was.

This is the horror of a sociopath.

A scary example is Hanible Lector.

Corey

[corey123]

Hello Lynn,

I would argue the opposite, rather his method evolved naturally. In the direction we would expect to see, and if any one noticed this, and if Isenschmid was the killer, and whoever followed adhered to the pattern, well they must have been a genious.

[Garza]

Hello Garza.

"JtR showed traits of organisation, he had a method"

But that method seemed to change drastically over the last 3 canonical killings.

Cheers.
LC

Serial killers have been known to change their MO, look at Ted Bundy or the Yorkshire Ripper for example. They will change if they find a better way.

[corey123]

I wonder, did anybody really pay attention to anything I wrote in my essay