ABSTRACT

For howlers, we described various categories in which howlers seem to fall. We could as easily have categorized hunters; indeed, they too fall into most of the same categories as howlers. James Kopp, for example, killed Dr. Bernard Slepian because Slepian conducted abortions. Kopp was a crusading hunter. Similarly, Mark Chapman, who assassinated John Lennon, was a celebrity-seeking hunter. Jack McKnight, who killed one and wounded two during his assault on the Topeka, Kansas, federal court, acted out of revenge for his arrest and imminent imprisonment for growing marijuana. He was a self-defending hunter. Dennis Rader, the notorious “BTK”* serial killer from Wichita, Kansas, killed 10 people between 1974 and 1991. He was a habitual hunter. Spouses who intend to kill their mates do so when the other spouse does not bend to their will. These spouses are controllers. Similarly, workplace violence frequently involves intimidators. Thus, the categories clearly apply to both howlers and hunters.