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    introduced the character. Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an FBI agent with a rare gift for tracking serial killers who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however‚ his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody‚ near-death experience‚ and afterward Graham retired from the Bureau‚ moving to Florida to spend his time with his wife‚ Molly (Mary-Louise Parker)‚ and their son. However‚ a particularly grisly killer is on the loose‚ and Jack Crawford (Harvey Keitel)‚ Graham’s one-time mentor at the Bureau‚

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    John Wayne Gacy is known today as one of the most disturbed serial killers in American history. Over the course of 6 years he claimed the lives of 33 men‚ brutally raping‚ torturing and eventually murdering them. Eventually‚ he was caught by police and was tried and convicted for his crimes. He was sentenced to die by lethal injection and was executed in 1994. Gacy was born in Chicago during the 1940’s. As a child he was very overweight and shy. He was very close to his mother but felt the need

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    the piece makes reference to other material other than what the director and performers thoughts are about Nilsen. Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men is loosely based on Brian Master’s book Killing for Company which is the story of Dennis Nilsen a serial killer who lured his victims (all young men ) back to his homes in Cricklewood and Muswell Hill and killed them by chopping their bodies into little pieces and stuffing them down the drain (http://www.dailymail.co.uk). Newson liked to challenge his audience

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    Most crimes that are committed during the normal daily activities of people’s lives is indicative of the Routine Activities Theory that gives insight onto how Jeffrey Dahmer was so successful in luring‚ raping‚ and murdering unsuspecting men from the local gay nightclubs in Milwaukee. Jeffrey Dahmer had willingness and the ability to commit such heinous predatory crimes. He was motivated by a strong sexual desire for sexual gratification that deviated from the norm‚ evident by his method of killings

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    He was attractive‚ smart‚ and had a future in politics. He was also one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Ted Bundy screamed his innocence until his death in the electric chair became imminent‚ then he tried to use his victims one more time to keep himself alive. His plan failed and the world got a glimpse of the true evil inside him. Theodore Robert Cowell was born on November 24‚ 1946 in the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Vermont. Ted’s biological father was an Air

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    Aileen Carol Wuornos: The Life of a Serial Killer “I robbed them‚ and I killed them as cold as ice‚ and I would do it again‚ and I know I would kill another person because I’ve hated humans for a long time.” (Wuornos‚ 1999-2010) These words came from Aileen Wuornos after she was arrested for the murders of seven men during the course of a year. She faced numerous adversities from early childhood through adulthood. She displayed many psychological warning signs‚ but none was attended too regardless

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    Ted Bundy

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    society‚ the belief of being born a murderer is false. No one is born a murderer; society gives birth to that murderer. In Ted Bundy’s case the lack of parental guidance and constant rejection of women contributed to him evolving into a vicious serial killer. Bundy was a man who let his fantasies run his life‚ he believed that life was a game. All this contributed to making Bundy revengeful‚ bitter‚ and not quite mentally stable. Bundy took countless numbers of young female lives in the 70’s. This

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    point that they want to take another person’s life‚ or inflict pain on another human being just for the pure pleasure of it? To understand a serial killer it is necessary to look into their pastto see if there was any mental problems as a child or teenager. Poverty or low socioeconomic status and childhood abuse and humiliation can cause many serial killers to feel worthless and inadequate‚ so terrifying victims is a sense of power (Social Structure Theories Chapter 6). In the case of David Parker

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    Due of his repeated viscous crimes and unpredictable story‚ Theodore “Ted” Bundy has made himself one of the most well known serial killers to date. The mystery behind his crimes still go unsolved as the number of murders committed remains unknown. His story was the inspiration behind many novels and films and it helps us to understand the startling reality of serial killers around the world. Introducing Ted Bundy Bundy was born on November 24‚ 1946‚ in Burlington‚ Vermont‚ to a 22-year-old single

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    the steps‚ eager to get to the kitchen where the candles and matches kept. The staircase creaked under my weight. When I was passing through the front door‚ I heard faint footsteps. Wild thoughts began to race through my mind…a ghost?.... a serial killer on the loose?...fear‚ raw and intense‚ sent my stomach churning. Swallowing a scream‚ I squatted down‚ trying to make myself invisible. Squinting in an effort to see clearly in the darkness‚ I could make out a shadow standing behind the door.

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