Harry Howard Holmes should not be classified as a psychopath, regardless of the fact he killed people and was arrested for insurance fraud. However, there are many other reason to why he is absolutely a psychopath. Even though he finished medical school, did not keep trophies from his past murders, and confessed to his crimes, Holmes is a psychopathic murderer. Money is the biggest reason to all of his crimes that lead to him eventually being diagnosed with a Psychopathic disorder. Holmes is not a psychopath. Psychopaths usually never finish school. Psychopaths are normally extremely smart and do very well in school. A downside to that fact is that most psychopaths don 't finish school and drop out of college. Holmes; however, finished high school and went all the way to medical school at Michigan University. Finishing school isn’t the only thing different about Holmes than other psychopaths. Holmes never kept a trophy from any of the men or women that he murders. Most Psychopaths kept trophies from all of their murders for example, murderers …show more content…
Many criminals have a psychotic disorder, or have a psychopathological disorder. Ted Bundy was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls. Ted Bundy used charisma and his good looks to swindle young women with long, dark hair resembling his ex-girlfriend. Ted Bundy has blue eyes and is a psychopath. David Berkowitz on the other hand had psychosis. He received commands from his neighbor’s dog apparently. Psychosis is when you have hallucinations or an unclear tell of what is reality and fantasy. David Berkowitz did not know that the dog wasn’t commanding him to murder or kill anyone which is a sign of psychosis. Holmes differed from David Berkowitz because Holmes did not have hallucinations or believe anyone was commanding him to do anything. Holmes was stable enough to know what he was doing and even wrote a memoir on what his crimes