“What’s one less person on the face of the earth‚ anyway?” What type of person would say such an inhuman remark along these lines‚ you may ask. These very words came from the cruel‚ most notorious serial killer of the late 20th century. Also known as Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy raped and killed thirty-five women. Although‚ some thought he had committed as many as one-hundred murders or more. This man people describe as horrible‚ decided to plead insanity during his court case‚ but in reality he was not
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Harry and Faye Greener. Harry acts as if he has had a long and successful career as a star‚ when in reality he is just a washed up clown. Harry’s clowning act is used to sell his shoe polish. Harry knows that no one really wants to buy his shoe polish but he thinks that he is still a great actor and also realizes that people won’t go out of their way to punish a clown. But clowning becomes compulsive because he acts in his everyday life. Harry is so caught up in his illusion that it ends up killing
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Serial Killers: Ted Bundy Serial Killers kill three or more unrelated victims separated by a cooling off period and may involve sadistic‚ sexual violence. Special Agent Robert K. Ressler‚ one of the pioneers of the F.B.I’s Behavioral Science Unit first coined the phrase “Serial Killer”. According to Resslers account (published in his book‚ Whoever Fights Monsters)‚ he was lecturing at the British Police Academy when the participants referred to “crimes in series”. Impressed by the phrase‚ Ressler
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Female Serial Killer INTRODUCTION When you think of serial killers and gender most people will assume that the offender is male. Although not as common‚ female serial killers do exist. The FBI recently reported that of the 70-140 estimated serial killings a year only 5%-10% are committed by women which roughly comes to 4-12 people (Myers‚ 2005). Unlike men who kill for a type of sexual gratification‚ women tend to kill for money and some type of power such as “Angel of Mercy” killers (Myers‚ 2005)
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Serial Killers Vs Mass Murders In both mass murder along with serial murder cases‚ victims die as the offender momentarily gains control of his or her life by controlling others. Whereas serial murder involves the killing of several victims over a period of time‚ mass murder involves the killing of several victims at one time and in one place. Gaining the little bit of control a killer lost in younger years justifies any murders he or she commits. It may not show on the surface but the differences
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debate about keeping killer whales in captivity. Although retaining these majestic creatures may provide statistics and data for scientists and present entertainment for the public‚ others have very dissimilar views on this riveting situation. Orcas have been captured and retained in captivity for over fifty years. Whether it be for entertaining the public or allowing scientific studies to be made‚ many people do not agree with this way of treatment to cetaceans. Killer whales have been withheld
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by this idea we are brought to a cognitive dissonance. So‚ when someone speaks of female serial killers we are shaken by this “phenomenon”‚ and show a lot of interest and curiosity towards this topic. While it is of some interest to study serial killers of any gender‚ female serial killers have a certain peculiarity to it. The further you dig into the malicious details connected with female serial killers the more you realize the complexity and multidimensional nature of their stories. This essay is
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell tells the story of Jack the Ripper and the story of who she thinks committed the crimes. Jack the Ripper was the self-given name of a serial killer during the late 1800s. Jack brutally slayed five known suspects‚ but many more deaths may have been because of him. Walter Sickert‚ an English artist‚ is Jack the Ripper according to Cornwell. In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed the story is told from the author;
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To become a serial killer by definition you would have had to kill two or more people over a period of time from hours to years. There are even different kinds‚ there are the ones that do it for profit‚ for political reasons‚ and even the occasional professionals that do it for a “family”. Most serial killers have a compulsion or sexual need that drives them to kill‚ and John Wayne Gacy was no exception. His killing spree lasted for years and his addiction to torturing‚ raping‚ and eventually killing
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I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Barry Lyga‚ 44 ‚ is a man that spent the majority of his career working on teenage age books and short stories. He has written a couple of other books the most famous being “ The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth girl”. He worked for the Diamond Comic Distributors before he started writing books because he spend most of his time and his childhood reading‚ looking‚ enjoying comic books. He has written two other major books one being Boy Toy‚ which was his second
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