Most insane people in history?

Who are some of the craziest figures in history? be they actors, historical figures, etc.? Hitler would have had to been somewhat off kilter to become so paranoid and obsessive. Not to mention the things he preached. Another would be Shiro Ishii, read about him to see why but the guy was a nutzoid

Aleistair Crowley

When I think of an insane person, I think of Gary Busey.

Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Bush Jnr. to name a few. All subject to megalomaniac fantasies of living up to imaginary legacies which never existed.

Stalin

Kim Il Sung. He's certainly one of the most self absorbed persons to ever live. His government was as oppressive as oppressive can be and he would regularly have people enslaved in labor camps for the most minute things like forgetting to polish your picture of him (which was mandatory to have in ever north korean household, by the way). In North Korea, there's a statue of him every ten feet and the only TV station that's available is one that's full of disdain towards americans. He wanted to be worshiped as a god and would kill anyone who refused to adhere to his disgusting cult. He was a walking devil.

god im sick of "something people in history" threads and people posting Hitler.

Anyway, I'd say Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bathory, Joseph Mengele, Caligula and yeah maybe Nero.

Hitler, Mussolini,Napoleon, and the Rev. Jim Jones to name a few of the thousands.

roulettethedog

Vlad Tepes, yeah he made a forest of impaled people.

Jack the ripper.

Allistair Crowleyimaps3fanboy

This guy. It's even scary thinking about this guy.

Ed Gein probably wasn't very sane.JML897

By insane, are you referring to a state of mental health in which one has lost touch with reality? This is the most common usage of insanity, and refers to "psychosis".

By this definition, you probably NEVER would have heard of any of the most insane people in history, because they would be so loony that they would have lived most of their entire life in a mental institution and/or be totally impeded and never make any contribution that would go down notably in history books. Think of a guy who sticks peanut butter in their ears and keeps saying "RIBBIT! RIBBIT!" while licking their fingers for no reason at all. That's insane.

Contrarily, any person who has enough mental stability to plan, organize, rationalize, and lead an entire country cannot possibly be one of the most insane person in history. Hitler had different ideals than most humans, but he's far from a loony.

Hitler, Mussolini,Napoleon, and the Rev. Jim Jones to name a few of the thousands.

roulettethedog

Hitler was crazy, I had read that somewhere can't recall details properly tho.

There are many I will class as pure evil not crazy tho

This guy who lives down the street from me. Just plain nuts.

Vlad Tepes, yeah he made a forest of impaled people.

D3dr0_0

Psh, thats art.

He's just as insane as anybody in the army :P bullets, spikes what are the difference?

They both kill.

Stalin was pretty crazy. He started making up crazy conspiracy theories and ideas that people he knew were trying to kill him/rid him of his power. And he had a lot of people killed because of it.Overlord93

Sarah PalinGAMESHARQ

Allistair Crowleyimaps3fanboy

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Allistair CrowleyDmadFearmonger

That's exactly why I find him scary, especially because of what he believed.

H.P. Lovecraft.

Your Hitler doesn't even compare.

[QUOTE="Overlord93"]Stalin was pretty crazy. He started making up crazy conspiracy theories and ideas that people he knew were trying to kill him/rid him of his power. And he had a lot of people killed because of it.xTheExploited

.. Paranoia is a must if you want to hold onto a tyrannical government.. The tyrants that live the longest and stay in power, are the ones that are most paranoid in having secret police and other such things.. If anything becoming paranoid in such a position is the most sane thing to do for self preservation.

Serial killers, all of them. The end. Insane people don't get elected to power or stage coups to get it. The only insane people I can remember that were leaders, were those born into rulership.m25105

See Serial killers are not insane.. They are psychopathic or sociopathic.. The famous ones that have been convicted were found to be competent enough to stand trial in knowing what they did was wrong and the consquences of that. Insanity is usually defined as a state in which the mind loses all grasp of reality in which the person can not understand the consquences of their actions and what not.

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Hitler, Mussolini,Napoleon, and the Rev. Jim Jones to name a few of the thousands.

CannedWorms

Any man who wishes to systematically eradicate a race is of no sane mind. (Hitler)

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Hitler, Mussolini,Napoleon, and the Rev. Jim Jones to name a few of the thousands.

JasonDarksavior

..... Well your broad definition on it pretty much opens up the gambit of people through out history than, including the majority of all rulers..

You know, the well known crazies. Like Stalin, the vikings, rawsavon, those type of people.

[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="CannedWorms"]Mussolini was not crazy..certainly not in comparative terms to other dictators and people who have craved power. One of the most insane people in history he is not. I'm not defending him, I'm just pointing it out.sSubZerOo

..... Well your broad definition on it pretty much opens up the gambit of people through out history than, including the majority of all rulers..

[QUOTE="m25105"]Serial killers, all of them. The end. Insane people don't get elected to power or stage coups to get it. The only insane people I can remember that were leaders, were those born into rulership.sSubZerOo

See Serial killers are not insane.. They are psychopathic or sociopathic.. The famous ones that have been convicted were found to be competent enough to stand trial in knowing what they did was wrong and the consquences of that. Insanity is usually defined as a state in which the mind loses all grasp of reality in which the person can not understand the consquences of their actions and what not.

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[QUOTE="m25105"]Serial killers, all of them. The end. Insane people don't get elected to power or stage coups to get it. The only insane people I can remember that were leaders, were those born into rulership.m25105

See Serial killers are not insane.. They are psychopathic or sociopathic.. The famous ones that have been convicted were found to be competent enough to stand trial in knowing what they did was wrong and the consquences of that. Insanity is usually defined as a state in which the mind loses all grasp of reality in which the person can not understand the consquences of their actions and what not.

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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"] Any man who wishes to systematically eradicate a race is of no sane mind. JasonDarksavior

..... Well your broad definition on it pretty much opens up the gambit of people through out history than, including the majority of all rulers..

How about Andrew Jackosn? Is he insane?

[QUOTE="m25105"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

See Serial killers are not insane.. They are psychopathic or sociopathic.. The famous ones that have been convicted were found to be competent enough to stand trial in knowing what they did was wrong and the consquences of that. Insanity is usually defined as a state in which the mind loses all grasp of reality in which the person can not understand the consquences of their actions and what not.

JasonDarksavior

They knew what they were doing was wrong.. A psychopath lacks empathy or regret.. They can still understand what they are doing is wrong and illegal within society though and do it any way.. If this were not the case, these serial killers would not be secretive and show a active sense of never getting caught.... A person that is suffering from schizophrenia on the otherhand depending how bad it is cannot..

[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

..... Well your broad definition on it pretty much opens up the gambit of people through out history than, including the majority of all rulers..

sSubZerOo

How about Andrew Jackosn? Is he insane?

GG Allin

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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"] Pretty much ;)JasonDarksavior

How about Andrew Jackosn? Is he insane?

Yet again whats the difference? Andrew Jackson purposely sent small pox blankets to local Native Americans.. He signed the Indian Removal Act.. Which led to the trail of tears.. He may have never killed as many as Hitler But in the end who knows because Andrew Jackson did not have the same kind of resources and control Hitler did.. This is not defending Hitler nor condoning his actions.. I am merely pointing it out that Hitler's ideals may have never been a anomally only the fact that he was able to get so much power to do so.. How many more genocides in history would occur if the wrong people got ahold of enough power?

[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

How about Andrew Jackosn? Is he insane?

sSubZerOo

Yet again whats the difference? Andrew Jackson purposely sent small pox blankets to local Native Americans.. He signed the Indian Removal Act.. Which led to the trail of tears.. He may have never killed as many as Hitler But in the end who knows because Andrew Jackson did not have the same kind of resources and control Hitler did.. This is not defending Hitler nor condoning his actions.. I am merely pointing it out that Hitler's ideals may have never been a anomally only the fact that he was able to get so much power to do so.. How many more genocides in history would occur if the wrong people got ahold of enough power?

Wow, GG Allin is disturbing indeed. Very interesting read, thanks. Can't quote the user for some stupid reason..Solid_Snake325