Facts About Serial Killers
Have you ever watched the show Criminal Investigations? This T.V show is based on a team of FBI agents that get together with local police stations to track down criminal murders. Their goal is to track down these bad guys and put them away for their crime. This show was helpful to my research, because after watching a few episodes and watching them profile serial killers, I got a better understanding of similarities that serial killers have in common. I just watched an episode of Ted Bundy on how he confessed to all the murders he did right before he got executed. This source is fitting in with my research, because it gave me more aspects to look at and study about why serial killers kill.
Davis, Jeff. "Criminal Minds." Criminal Minds. CBS. 22 Sept. 2005. Television
John Wayne Gacy, was a 1970’s serial killer from Cook County Illinois, who raped and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men and was labeled “the killer clown” by the news media, and the authorities. In 1978 the Cook County Sheriff’s dept. found 26 bodies in the basement of Mr. Gacy’s home. Mr. Gacy was among one of the most gruesome serial murders in U.S. History. These murders …show more content…
happened between 1972 to 1978, some of his victims where his workers in the construction business he had. Mr. Gacy would sexually assault most of his victims as he was torturing them. The reason for him being known as the killer clown was because know as Pogo the clown that would perform at kid’s birthday parties. www.NewYork timesarticle.com By Liam Stuck July 19, 2017
Theories have been proposed as to what starts someone into being a serial killer.
Serial killers have a propensity to act and think a certain way due to environmental stressors. Through a combination of other factors such as self-esteem and self-control coupled with social skill issues, the person retreats into serial killer mode. The killer, at that point, believes that they can correct their problems through killing. (Holmes and DeBurger 1998) These serial killers get a thrill out of murdering people. Once they do it they crave that excitement to do it all over again. They are not thinking of who they are hurting and how they are affecting the families of these victims. Serial killers, essentially allay their self-esteem and self-control issues through violent acts against others. (Guillen, Tomas Serial Killer
2002)
Here is an example I got from the internet of the types of serial killers.
Four categories of serial killers
1. Visionary killers are categorized as being out of touch with reality and are noted as hearing voices in their head
2. Mission-oriented serial killers, state that their life's mission is to kill certain kinds of people
3. Hedonistic killers gain their thrills from the joy of the act and these are the majority of serial killers
4. Power/control killers seek more satisfaction through bloodlust and having complete control over their victims (Walsh)
Davis, Jeff. "Criminal Minds." Criminal Minds. CBS. 22 Sept. 2005. Television
John Wayne Gacy, was a 1970’s serial killer from Cook County Illinois, who raped and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men and was labeled “the killer clown” by the news media, and the authorities. In 1978 the Cook County Sheriff’s dept. found 26 bodies in the basement of Mr. Gacy’s home. Mr. Gacy was among one of the most gruesome serial murders in U.S. History. These murders …show more content…
happened between 1972 to 1978, some of his victims where his workers in the construction business he had. Mr. Gacy would sexually assault most of his victims as he was torturing them. The reason for him being known as the killer clown was because know as Pogo the clown that would perform at kid’s birthday parties. www.NewYork timesarticle.com By Liam Stuck July 19, 2017
Theories have been proposed as to what starts someone into being a serial killer.
Serial killers have a propensity to act and think a certain way due to environmental stressors. Through a combination of other factors such as self-esteem and self-control coupled with social skill issues, the person retreats into serial killer mode. The killer, at that point, believes that they can correct their problems through killing. (Holmes and DeBurger 1998) These serial killers get a thrill out of murdering people. Once they do it they crave that excitement to do it all over again. They are not thinking of who they are hurting and how they are affecting the families of these victims. Serial killers, essentially allay their self-esteem and self-control issues through violent acts against others. (Guillen, Tomas Serial Killer
2002)
Here is an example I got from the internet of the types of serial killers.
Four categories of serial killers
1. Visionary killers are categorized as being out of touch with reality and are noted as hearing voices in their head
2. Mission-oriented serial killers, state that their life's mission is to kill certain kinds of people
3. Hedonistic killers gain their thrills from the joy of the act and these are the majority of serial killers
4. Power/control killers seek more satisfaction through bloodlust and having complete control over their victims (Walsh)