Henry Lee Lucas: The Confession Killer

Ottis Toole met Henry Lee Lucas at a Jacksonville soup kitchen in 1976, what manifested was a duo of two violent men from poor and troubled backgrounds who met by chance, traveled the country picking up women who were hitchhiking, and broke into homes or otherwise found victims. The two lovers went on to allegedly committing over one hundred murders and practicing cannibalism together. (Joyce, F. S. 1983,

This psychopath terrorized the people of Wisconsin and Ohio for thirteen years. This man committed a series of murder, rape, and dismemberment amongst his seventeen 17 victims. This paper will go one to talk about his early life, first victims, killing spree, arrest and imprisonment, and also his death.

Henry was a normal boy and did all of the normal things young boys do: making noise, being busy and active, nosing around in the refrigerator, and asking questions - all part and parcel of being a normal child. But he was brought up to believe he wasn't a "model boy." His parents were constantly interrupted by him - his mother while she was reading and grading papers, and his father so much so that he spent most of his time in his office on campus, joining them only at mealtimes. His father wished to remain "blissfully unaware."

Moreover, another event from the movie that shows his (CD) is his attempt to kill his mother. After running away from her in the woods and hiding, he tries to push his mother of a cliff. This plan was once again stopped by Mark. This ultimately led to Henrys death. This shows just how maladaptive or out of touch with the world Henry was. As I pointed out earlier, Henry was a very intelligent and manipulative child. He convinced his parents and other elders around him to believe that he was the perfect child and tried turning them against his cousin Mark. He even had Mark’s doctor believing that Mark had a problem. According to (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 12/10/09) both of these events are characteristics of (CD).

“He felt that in this crisis his laws of life were useless. Whatever he had learned of himself was here of no avail. He was an unknown quantity. He saw that he would again be obliged to experiment as he had in early youth. He must accumulate information of himself, and meanwhile he resolved to remain close upon his guard lest those qualities of which he knew nothing should everlastingly disgrace him.” (Crane, Chapter 1) From this quote the reader can tell that Henry is fearful about whether he has the courage to fight in a battle. Henry assumes that war is only for creating heroes and that they are granted prestige in society. When he recalled his mothers advice, he realizes that it isn’t about making a name for himself, but meeting his responsibility honestly even if he has to sacrifice his own life.

In Regarding Henry the main character Henry is a harsh lawyer in New York. Henry tends to use his id mostly in his occupation. He is very blunt and rude to his wife and daughter. It is almost as if he doesn't have a superego before his injury. After his injury, Henry is a totally changed man. He is super nice and caring for others and always wants to be with his daughter.

After the Vietnam War, Henry was crazy and unstable. For instance, when Henry was watching television and he bit through his lip with blood pouring everywhere (977). The blood was getting on his bread every time he took a bite, but because of his lost ability to think straight Henry doesn’t even flinch as blood pours everywhere. Also, at the end of the story Henry snaps on his brother Lyman. He punches Lyman, which leads to a fight ended by the laughing of Henry (980). During the fight with Lyman, the extent of Henry’s mental changed, to turn on a family member and physically strike him. Henry illustrates how crazy he is when he jumps in to the river all of the sudden to “cool off”(981). This action by Henry ends his craziness and his life.

During the war, Henry’s emotions overcome him which compels him to make wicked decisions. After the war begins, Henry is committed to winning and does not care about the obstacles that lie ahead. After his friends are slaughtered, Henry decides that “every soldier kill his prisoners.” (4.6.38) All the prisoners taken by the English were slaughtered because Henry’s emotions interfered with his decision making. Moreover, Henry’s intellect got in the way with his decision-making, which cost the lives of many

Henry VIII is one of the few English monarchs recognizable even in America, for his antics are legendary on both sides of the Atlantic. He is as notorious for killing important people as he is for getting married six times and his break with Rome. Indeed, Henry's reign would make a good comic book, for he was always off on some new half-baked project, be it invading France or plotting a crusade. His whole life was marked by impulsiveness and his "OK, that was fun, what's next?" attitude. He never outgrew many childlike character traits, at times stubborn and the next moment almost a gullible pushover. This childish disposition is the key to why he

“A Death in Texas” An essay by the songwriter Steve Earle, recounts the last days on convicted murderer Jonathan Wayne Nobles. Was he truly rehabilitated? The reasons why I believe that Jonathan Wayne Nobles wasn’t truly rehabilitated is because I believe he was faking it. First reason why I believe he was faking it was because, it was one person that was also a pen pal, of the several he had, this one was in prison with him.

Only May 30 1969, sixteen-year-old David Milgaard was falsely convicted for the murder of Gail Miller. He was sentenced a life imprisonment for someone else’s crime. His friends turning on him due to drugs, police failing to look into statements and lies for money all lead to Milgaard being sentenced to a life imprisonment.

Henry's personality changes after the war and he does not like the things that he once did. Henry says “my boots are filling up” in a normal voice like it’s nothing (Erdrich 189) which demonstrates his inability to make rational decisions. This further supports the conclusion that his death was an accident. Henry is affected negatively by his war experiences but he acts in an awkward way which is not suicidal. Henry is a victim of the war in Vietnam and his mental problems were the reason why he died

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Henry lee lucas is a cold blooded killer with a accomplis/boyfriend Otis Toole. He was born on August 23, 1936, in blacksburg, Virginia. His mother, Viola Lucas is a violent prostitute, and his father, Anderson Lucas was an alcoholic and a former railroad employee, who had lost his legs in a train accident. He use to get beat when he was younger, once he was in a coma for three days when his mother beat him over the head with a plank of wood. Once he was given a mule as a gift by one of his dad’s friend, only to see his mother shoot it and kill it. Lucas confessed to his first murder in 1951, when he strangled a girl who refused to have his sexual commands. In 1954, Lucas was convicted on several counts of burglary in and around Richmond,

I feel that before Henry had gotten shot he was a id and after he got shot he was the more playful id that he was a superego he did have a few of those moments but other than that he was more fun and less self centered and cared about his