some disclaimers,
im not an expert on the case,
nor am I trying to immortalize
this guy any further than he already has been
also, learning about true crime is fun and all-
but I hope after watching this video
you'll learn a few things about handwriting analysis
if you ever find yourself in a situation
with someone new
and you're not entirely sure what their motives are
if you're ever skeptical about someone
just ask to see their handwriting.
I know it sounds weird, but-
and that's just because people can lie,
but handwriting doesn't really know how to do that
so
I'll quickly provide some context about the case,
and usually I prefer not to verse myself
with too much information on a person
before looking at a writing sample, but
I think with larger case like this,
its best to know at least the basics
of what's already known as well as
what's still being debated on before beginning the analysis-
so
Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer active
from the late '70s into the early '90s.
he would go to bars and
bring home young men or minors
who were estranged from their family
promising them either sex,
money,
or both
then he'd drug them,
strangle them,
photograph them,
engage in sexual acts with them
after they were dead,
mutilate them,
and more that I'd prefer not to go into
he killed 17 people total
many were minors
and most of his victims were black or latino
he was eventually arrested
for his crimes in 1991
although there were many opportunities
for him to have been caught sooner
interestingly enough,
after being detained,
he was very open with the media
and participated in interviews
answering any questions that were asked about him and his life
and thats probably a little too much context,
but a lot of this information I found
actually quite important when
looking at his writing
especially when it comes to the timeline
of when these samples were written
but
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alright, so-
now lets look at the writing.
his this handwriting is strange
because I found samples both in cursive AND in print.
and I tried looking up online to see if the
internet had already developed a few working theories
on why he would change his writing
so drastically
but
it doesn't seem to be addressed anywhere
so I'll tell you what Ithink about it
at first glance,
it appears his writing is only in print
when he's writing about something formal
the print samples I found were of him
either addressing a letter, or
writing to a judge
compared to the cursive samples
which were from a yearbook,
a holiday card,
and a short request to a detective.
one might assume Jeffrey is merely
changing his writing to print
for the courtesy of legibility
when he's in a more formal situation
but I'd wonder if it's
a little deeper than that
although writing in print increases legibility,
print writing is exponentially
harder to analyze than cursive
from the perspective of a handwriting analyst,
what I can gather from this print sample
is that the writer is writing with alot of caution
with the disconnected letters,
the slow pace,
the monotonous rhythm,
all being indicators of caution and concealing
but I can't say much about what the
writer is concealing.
Its interesting though-
this sample,
even though it was written for a court case,
was actually from before
the whole world knew he was a serial killer.
this sample was actually from a different case of his
when he was accused of
second degree sexual assault
in 1989
not from after he was caught
in 1991.
and I think this is why he exhibits more cautious traits
in his writing in 1989
because his murderous, serial-killer
side of him was all still a secret at that point
versus when he was writing to that detective in 1991,
he already knew they had found too much evidence
for him to be able to get away with it.
so that's when he loses all caution
and decided to stop hiding and
come clean about his actions
so
with the mystery of the differing
handwriting samples out of the way,
I'm going to start analyzing the cursive samples.
firstly I see tangling
which indicates disorganization and lack of mental clarity
and its the lowerzones that are tangling
so huge lowerzones mean huge sex drive
but if you mix huge sex drive
with that tangling
-that lack of mental clarity,
that doesn't mix well.
also some very very long t bars
which mean energy and intensity
but that mixed with the "anger tics"
on the t bars tell me that
this isn't necessarily a positive energy
this might be a frustrated energy actually
next look at the lead-ins.
Ted Bundy has the same trait, but worse.
and I actually messed up that trait
in that-that Ted Bundy analysis video I did
so I'll get it right in this video :D
but, lead-ins that come from
below the baseline, indicate a deep resentment
he's also got the "argumentative p's"
with the elongated top part to it.
so thats another hostile trait
that were adding to the pile of bad traits
his writing is also threaded in a lot of places,
which can be sign of quick thinking, and intelligence,
but moreover, the writing is just really
illegible which is a sign of
deep inner unhappiness.
also the baseline is really eratic
specifically in the 1991 sample which
emotional instability
also he's crossing out his name in his
signature, which is never a good sign in writing.
its generally a sign of self-loathing
or s*icidality
but because he doesn't cross out his family name,
-his last name- only his first name,
it means that this 'self-loathing'
doesn't have anything to do with his family.
its all self-directed.
so
to wrap up everything on the analysis,
this is a guy with a lot of problems
to say the least.
he's angry, resentful,
unbalanced, intense,
highly sexual, disorganized,
and unhappy.
but before I end the video,
I want to clarify a misconception
a lot of people have about serial killers.
because a lot of times,
serial killers are painted as these "evil geniuses"
and at least for Jeffrey Dahmer,
I can say with confidence
that this is not some "genius".
is he smart enough? ...sure?
but I repeat, this is not a
particularly smart guy.
this is just a man that got away with
ALOT of horrible things
because the police looked over
anything suspicious being reported about him
and there were plenty of reports
from his neighbors being made
the reason he stayed under the radar of the police
for so long was not
because of his intelligence.
it was because he's white,
because he's a HE
and because the police do not show the same
attention to detail and care
when it comes to when black and brown people go missing,
as they do
for when white people go missing.
so, that's all I have to say about it.
uh
if you're new here,
I've got some other serial killer videos
on my channel you might like to check out, but---
alright, yeah peace out! :DDD
okay see you next week <3