Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bsl.595 Serial Murder in America: Case Studies of Seven Offenders James O. Beasley II‚ B.S.‚ M.P.A.* This article summarizes and compares information on seven interviewed serial killers in an ongoing project designed to study similarities and differences among these individuals. The aim of this article is to increase our collective knowledge of the dynamics of serial murder by examining the perpetrators’ backgrounds‚ as well as the unique
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Retrieved April 15‚ 2008 From http://www.medicinenet.com/schizophrenia/article.htm Scott‚ S. L. (n.d.). Herb Mullin: Killing to save California from earthquakes - a new motive for serial murder? Retrieved April 5‚ 2008‚ from http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/mullin/index_1.html Vronsky‚ Peter (2004). Serial Killers: The Method and madness of monsters. [Electronic source] Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Published March 13‚ 1919. By Angela Kong New Orleans: Has the killer come back? Over a rough period of 10 months‚ a man who identified himself as the “Axeman” appeared. He is believed to be responsible for 11 attacks and 5 deaths. News spread throughout New Orleans‚ placing fear in its citizens. The killer attacked people in their sleep‚ using weapons only from the victims households‚ primarily an ax. The first attack happened on May 2‚ 1918. Victims Catherine and Joseph Maggi had been attacked
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The Killer Clown also known as John Wayne Gacy‚ Jr. was born on 17 March 1942 in Chicago‚ Illinois and was the middle child of three. His father John Wayne Gacy Sr. worked as a machinist and his mother Marion Elaine Robinson was a homemaker. Gacy would have a close relationship with both his mother and sisters but a difficult one with his father who was an alcoholic with a violent temper who thought John was a sickly kid and he would often beat him for being weak. In the early years problems
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Outline I. Introduction II. Victim History A. Mary Ann Nichols B. Annie Chapman C. Elizabeth Stride D. Catherine Eddowes E. Mary Jane Kelly III. The real ripper A. Who I think it is The real “Ripper” Jack the Ripper was one of the most infamous serial killer in the 19th century. His identity was never found and there are many mysteries about his murders which have never been explained. However the serial killer Jack the Ripper was never caught‚ evidences
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Behind A Serial Killer ’s Deeds On the night of Sunday‚ October 30‚ 1966‚ Cheri Jo Bates was at the Riverside College Library in California‚ studying for her classes. Unbeknownst to her‚ when dark fell‚ a man found his way to her car and disabled it. After disconnecting the distributor from the rest of the engine so that the vehicle would refuse to start‚ he waited in the shadows of the Library Annex for his victim. Bates attempted to start the car‚ but failed. She was stranded when the killer approached
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like serial killers‚ and what drives them to do what they do. Many scientists are still researching whether or not if serial killers are driven by the way they were raised or if it is a part of their genes. This literature review will analyze what people think about the nature versus nurture debate. It will talk about the nature side and the nurture side of the debate. What is a serial killer? Eric Hickey (2012) in “Serial Killers: Defining Serial Murder” defines what a serial killer is exactly
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of both the potential and the current predicament of serial killers. Specific stereotypes of serial killers are often mislead by the inaccuracy of information provided by the hypothesis of an individual that has not performed the proper research analysis. It has been noted that serial killers often have a background of a bad childhood and/or household in metropolitan and rural areas as well as the racial statistic that states that serial killers are most likely to be White than African American in
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Henry Louis Wallace is a serial killer who killed at least 10 women in the Charlotte‚ North Carolina area. He is also known as the Taco Bell Strangler because a lot of his victims worked with him at Taco Bell. Wallace’s crimes did not start with murders. He had several burglary charges in Seattle‚ Washington. He also began to use several drugs including crack cocaine while he was in the Navy. In 1990‚ Wallace committed his first murder in his hometown of Barnwell‚ South Carolina. His first victims
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Spencer Herrmann Mr. Benson Composition 12 11 November 2015 Jesse James Thesis Even though Jesse James was a good leader‚ he did end up killing hundreds of Union Soldiers in and after the Civil War‚ and took money that wasn’t his. Jesse James was the most feared outlaw of his time because of his control and ability to influence the members of his gang. This gang followed his every call and so he could just have people killed if he wanted. Jesse James was also a great family man‚ which
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