path to follow. Thankfully most criminals are caught‚ thrown in prison and safely locked away. Unfortunately some are not‚ remaining undetected all while scaring the pants off everybody else. Here are 8 serial killers that are still at large‚ don’t have nightmares! Number Eight: The February 9th Serial Killer‚ USA Only killing on February the 9th‚ (hence the name) this particular killer struck once in 2006 and then again in 2008‚ but has since remained quiet with the case going cold in 2011. With his
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to back the theories validity. The studies described in the text consist of research counts of 84‚ 102‚ 1200; that is not enough research or statistical data collection to convince me that these behaviors are direct links to the behaviors shown in serial killers. The simple downfall of this theory is the lack of research and study groups. On the flip side the strength of this theory is its potential. With more money‚ research‚ studies‚ and attention I believe this theory’s reputation could improve
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"We serial killers are your sons‚ we are your husbands‚ we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow." - Ted Bundy. Serial killers have long been the taboo of society since the beginning of time. The horror movie industry portrays serial killers through scary masks‚ or a maniac running around the streets with a knife; but the truth is most serial killers are introverted and were once abused as children. Serial killers are not born serial killers they are influenced at
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Lopez Ms. Feehan General Psychology 6 October 2010 Aileen Wuornos People like Aileen make me wonder how they turned out that way. Was it because of her childhood‚ her parents‚ or her being neglected? Aileen was one of the first known female serial killers in the United States. No one really knows the true story of why she killed those seven men. Even though I personally do not know why she did it‚ I can come up with some of my own views on the subject of Aileen. Aileen Wuornos was born on
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out there. All of them take people’s lives but how they do it in each category is different. In the case of serial killers they kill three or more individuals spaced out over a period of time. They tend to go through phases which include the killing phase‚ capture phase‚ aura phase‚ totem phase‚ and the depression phase. The phases do not happen in a specific order and not all serial killers experience all of them. Each individual is different. However‚ during the aura phase the killer becomes
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theories and disorders employed to account for serial killing which include Freudian psychoanalytic and personality disorders of the serial murderers. This paper presents the exploration of the theories behind the phenomena and offers solutions consequently. The reason behind this selection of the topic is not the personal interests but to explore the issue of true crime which looked at the individual murderers and offered the explanations for the serial murders’ causative factors. Analyzing the Sinner
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aka The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was serial killer who went on a two rampage killing innocent people in southern California. He raped and tortured more than 25 victims and killed more than a dozen of them. Most of these victims were killed in their own homes; as he would find opened windows and doors in the night to kill his victims. But what were the contributing factors that maybe helped mold Richard Ramirez into this brutal serial killer who seemed to have no conscious? Was he born
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self-esteem. Jeffrey Dahmer was one of America’s most well-known serial killers‚ murdering and dismembering 17 young men and boys. In some cases Dahmer ate parts of their bodies. In 1994‚ Dahmer committed his first murder in Bath‚ Ohio‚ in 1978. A second murder followed in 1987‚ and during the next five years he killed another 15 boys and young men‚ who were for the most part poor and African American‚ Asian‚ or Latino. Although other serial murderers had claimed far more victims‚ Dahmer’s crimes
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United States during the 1970s. More and more women students suddenly and inexplicably vanished. During a frantic search for the serial murderer‚ investigators could not seem to find a link to the perpetrator. The striking similarities of the victims indicated to only one mastermind was behind this scheme. However‚ when he was caught‚ America learned that not every serial killer fits the profile. Ted Bundy‚ a man known to many as intelligent and intriguing‚ spread his reign of terror throughout the
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I. Introduction A. Ted Bundy is one of the worst serial killers in history. His antisocial personality and psychotic character made him feared across the country. After all was said and done Ted left behind a trail of bloody slayings that included the deaths of 36 young women and spanned through four states. The case of Bundy relates to a psychopathy and antisocial disorder psychological typology. I also related the case of Ted Bundy to the Behaviorist/Social Learning Theory as I learned that
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