Albert Fish And Jeffrey Dahmer Comparison

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Jeffrey (The Milwaukee Cannibal) Dahmer and Albert (The Grey Man) Fish were two of the most notorious serial killers of all time. Both were violent cannibals who preyed mostly on young boys. Jeffrey and Albert had awkward relationships with their parents. Both of their parents were religious, which eventually would what is what I would believe to have caused them to struggle with themselves throughout their life, and would have something to do with their lack of control when it came to their impulses. They are easily considered to be monsters, sadistic, predators, and most of all purely evil. There is the belief that no two individuals are the same, which may be true. The fact is, these two men, who killed at two different time periods, were more alike than they were different by their method of killing, victim type, and convictions.
Jeffrey Dahmer of Milwaukee Wisconsin struggled with evil fantasies and …show more content…

His mother gave him up as a child to an orphanage. It was at the orphanage where he experienced a ton of violence to the point that he began to crave violence. His mother then came back and got him after she became established. He became a handyman and forced into a marriage that was arranged by his mother. When his wife left him for another man, he then lost all control. Interestingly In similar fashion to Jeffrey, Fish at times was also able to mask himself long enough to get what he wanted. Shortly after his wife left he would be arrested and do time in prison. Similarly, to Dahmer after his release, Fish would then go on to commit violent acts and murder several young boys who were mostly black. In similar fashion to Dahmer, Albert fish would rape and dismember the bodies of his victims and eat every part that he could. Fish too preserved his victims so he could eat them over for days at a time. He was caught and convicted with multiple sexual assault and murder