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    Jeffrey Dahmer was a very well known serial killer in Wisconsin. He is described as a ruthless‚ evil‚ cunning‚ and malicious anti-social being who may look like someone OK on the outside. He was seen as an inviting stranger - friendly and sympathetic - but in reality was the demon - Satan himself - who killed many people. In the story‚ Jeffrey was described as a person who seemed inviting and friendly‚ but in reality was not. One of his victims‚ Traci‚ shows this very clearly. On page five‚ it states“‘I

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    because‚ as a serial killer‚ there’s a lot more to him than what his crimes told. Something that sets him apart from most was his sadistic tendencies‚ meaning he received sexual pleasure from inflicting pain and other brutal acts on someone. While in mid brutality‚ Kürten would reach a climax in his sexual excitement‚ this lead some to go as far as identifying him to have been a psychopath. Kürten’s unusual obsession with bestiality sets him in a specific category from other sadistic killers. The slitting

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    The mind of a serial killer has never been diagnosed. The environmental conditions have never been identified. The chromosomal patterns have yet to be determined. But serial killers exist. They are obsessed individuals for sure. They have no conscience and lack remorse. All the known characteristics of a serial killer point to something beyond our comprehension. Maybe it’s just something as simple as a work of evil. So‚ what is a serial killer? A serial killer is a person who commits a series of

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    Serial Killers: America ’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history‚ their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years‚ words such as "baffling" and "mysterious" have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred serial killers

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    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

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    Are Serial Killers Born or Made? The term serial killer‚ as defined by Robert Ressler (1974)‚ refers to a person who commits a series of murders‚ often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic and predictable behaviour pattern. Commonly used terms like sociopath and psychopath are no longer used in a clinical setting. Instead‚ these pathologies fall under a condition called anti-social personality disorder. A sociopath is traditionally defined as a person with a personality

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    So it’s only slightly ok to agree if its happened to you? Rape‚ serial killers‚ and child molesters/convicted pedophiles/ sex offenders‚ these people are not human‚ they are MONSTERS‚ Some with not even the slightest sympathy to what they’ve done. They ruin the lives of the victims and it ripples across the entire family and people around them. It effects EVERYONE. I see all these stories on the news about these horrible beasts. My heart breaks completely not even imagining the pain. If that happened

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    real name was Hamilton Howard‚ He was also known as the Gray Man‚ the Werewolf of Wysteria‚ the Brooklyn Vampire‚ the Moon Maniac‚ and The Boogey Man. He was a serial killer in the United States. He was born on May 29th‚ 1870 in Washington D.C. and died January 16th‚ 1963 in Ossining‚ New York. He an American Sado-masochistic serial killer and cannibal. He was a father of 6 kids their names were Anna Fish‚ Gertrude Fish‚ Albert Fish‚ Eugene Fish‚ John Fish‚ and Henry Fish. Albert Fish was a Sex pervert

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    Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s‚ and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer‚ he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings‚ ted had developed a specific pattern of victims‚ and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over‚ while sexually assaulting his

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    Tom had been on the go since six o’clock that morning‚ had confirmed that the brutal rape and murder of a woman was the work of a serial-killer‚ interviewed her friends and acquaintances‚ and spent hours perusing telephone phone and computer records‚ without coming up with one iota of substantive evidence‚ or feeling as if he’d located a direction in which to turn. The only break‚ and sustenance‚ he’d had all day was the quick lunch with Lila‚ and the Detective was mentally and physically exhausted

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