bobby joe long

Whenever a particularly violent or grisly crime grabs the headlines, most people have the same thoughts. Are criminals raised or born? Throughout history, social scientists, physicians, researchers and psychologists have struggled to answer these questions. In Medieval times, it was believed that demons and evil spirits of all types and forms took possession of the person, thus causing bad behavior. The ancient Romans believed that human behavior ebbed and flowed with the phases of the moon. The word 'lunacy,' which is derived from the Latin word 'luna' for moon, reflected that belief.
Bobby Joe Long through his span of terror he raped over 50 women and killed 10. He grew up with an extra x chromosome causing him to grow breast through puberty. This is the start of him building up that anger and taking it out on women. Him being teased all through his Jr. High life only worsened the things happening in life. While growing up he slept with his mother till he was a teenager. His attachment to his mother that way made him the way he is. His mother also had a lot of short-term boyfriends, which every one of them Bobby did not like. His mother doing that I think made it hard for Bobby to stay attached to something. Bobby not having a father figure around didn’t give him guidelines or someone to look up to in life. As a child he suffered several head injuries and brain traumas. With the head injuries it could have changed who Bobby Joe really was. The head injuries changed him and made him shorter tempered. Also they could have stopped him from thinking about what he is doing. His head injuries were never checked by a doctor or diagnosed what is wrong. Bobby Joe Long said a motorcycle accident made him hypersexual and eventually a serial lust killer. In the end Bobby Joe was a psychopath. He had no remorse for what he did to all those women. When asked by the cops to describe his crimes, he had some of the most detailed and gruesome notes they have ever heard.