So, which of the criminals featured in 'The American Compendium of British Crimes' were psychopaths?

If in doubt about what a psychopath actually is, please see the blog entry for 31st March (below).

John Williams (Ratcliffe Highway murderer—if indeed guilty!): PSYCHOPATH

Burke and Hare: NOT PSYCHOPATHS…..certainly SOCIOPATHIC elements

Jack the Ripper: PSYCHOPATH

Amelia Dyer (the Baby Farmer): NOT A PSYCHOPATH…..more likely a SOCIOPATH

Doctor Crippen: NOT A PSYCHOPATH

George Joseph Smith (Brides in the Bath killer): NOT A PSYCHOPATH….more likely a SOCIOPATH

John George Haigh: PSYCHOPATH

Reg Christie: PSYCHOPATH

Ruth Ellis: NOT A PSYCHOPATH

Ian Brady (Moors Murderer): PSYCHOPATH

Myra Hindley (Moors Murderer): SOCIOPATH

Ronnie and Reggie Kray: SOCIOPATHS (Ronnie also schizophrenic and psychotic)

Mary Bell: PSYCHOPATHIC tendencies

Lord Lucan: NOT A PSYCHOPATH

Donald Nielson (the Black Panther): SOCIOPATH

Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper): PSYCHOPATH

Jeremy Bamber (if indeed guilty): SOCIOPATH

Michael Ryan and Thomas Hamilton: SOCIOPATHS

Fred West: PSYCHOPATH

Rose West: SOCIOPATH

Robert Thompson: PSYCHOPATHIC tendencies

Jon Venables: NOT A PSYCHOPATH but clearly disturbed

The killers of Stephen Lawrence: SOCIOPATHIC

Harold Shipman: PSYCHOPATH

Ian Huntley: SOCIOPATH

Jimmy Savile: SOCIOPATH