The Making of a Notorious Serial Killer
The Making of a Notorious Serial Killer
July 7th, 2012
When thinking of someone to write about I preferred to research a rapist or killer of women. (You could say, “When thinking of someone to write about I prefer to research a murderer that preyed upon women.”) (Also could think about revising this statement to make it smoother) I felt I could relate to these innocent victims because I am a woman myself. The mind of a serial rapist and a murderer is something one that is sane may not be able to comprehend. A serial rapist and murderer that intrigues me is Gary Heidnik. His brutality and the way he showed no apparent remorse is beyond me. It takes someone to really look within the mind of a deranged killer to ever understand them, though I never fully will. It is important to look at all aspects of Heidnik’s life to gain knowledge of his pasts (past) and what made him notorious. For a preview of this notorious serial rapist and murderer this next sentence (the following) explains it all. “ In essence, Gary Heidnik ran a mini-slave colony of African American women in his basement, keep (keeping) them chained, abusing and beating them, and feeding them a blend of dog food and human flesh,” (Philbin & Philbin). Gary Heidnik was born to Michael and Ellen Heidnik in 1943 and raised in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Gary had a younger brother by the name of Terry, and when Gary was two years old his father filed for a divorce from his mother due to her alcoholism, (Bellamy). Heidnik and his brother were raised by their mother for four years before being handed over to their father and his new wife. Later on, Ellen remarried three other times before committing suicide in 1970, (Bellamy). An interesting fact to point out is that out of Ellen’s three other husbands, two of them were black. Oddly enough, Heidnik’s victims were all African American. During this time, Gary developed the problem of bed wetting which carried on throughout his life. His
July 7th, 2012
When thinking of someone to write about I preferred to research a rapist or killer of women. (You could say, “When thinking of someone to write about I prefer to research a murderer that preyed upon women.”) (Also could think about revising this statement to make it smoother) I felt I could relate to these innocent victims because I am a woman myself. The mind of a serial rapist and a murderer is something one that is sane may not be able to comprehend. A serial rapist and murderer that intrigues me is Gary Heidnik. His brutality and the way he showed no apparent remorse is beyond me. It takes someone to really look within the mind of a deranged killer to ever understand them, though I never fully will. It is important to look at all aspects of Heidnik’s life to gain knowledge of his pasts (past) and what made him notorious. For a preview of this notorious serial rapist and murderer this next sentence (the following) explains it all. “ In essence, Gary Heidnik ran a mini-slave colony of African American women in his basement, keep (keeping) them chained, abusing and beating them, and feeding them a blend of dog food and human flesh,” (Philbin & Philbin). Gary Heidnik was born to Michael and Ellen Heidnik in 1943 and raised in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Gary had a younger brother by the name of Terry, and when Gary was two years old his father filed for a divorce from his mother due to her alcoholism, (Bellamy). Heidnik and his brother were raised by their mother for four years before being handed over to their father and his new wife. Later on, Ellen remarried three other times before committing suicide in 1970, (Bellamy). An interesting fact to point out is that out of Ellen’s three other husbands, two of them were black. Oddly enough, Heidnik’s victims were all African American. During this time, Gary developed the problem of bed wetting which carried on throughout his life. His
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