ABSTRACT
One criterion I used for the selection of the cases discussed in Chapters 4-7 was that writings by the individuals, in the form of journals or diaries, etc., were available. These subjective materials contributed to the validity of my analyses of the presence or absence of the conditions postulated as necessary for their lethal behaviors. These personal records also increased the likelihood that my speculations about the unconscious emotional complexes that were at the root of their enactments were reasonable deductions.
