Running head: SERIAL KILLER H. H. HOLMES H. H. Holmes Valerie Jones Theories of Criminal Behavior September 23‚ 2012 Phillip Neely Abstract The United States first known serial killer was named H. H. Holmes. H. H. Holmes would later be said to be an
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H. H. Holmes A. Introduction: On May 16‚ 1861 Herman Webster Mudgett was born. His home town was Gilmanton‚ New Hampshire and he soon would become the notorious Dr. H.H. Holmes‚ Americas’ first Serial Killer. He was a small white male born into a devout Methodist family. Holmes’ mother Theodate Page Price forced strict religious studies while his father‚ Levi Horton Mudgett handed out the harsh‚ strong discipline. Holmes had one brother and sister. B. Intelligence‚ Social achievement
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’White City’ of a Lie H.H. Holmes proved his madness in his design of his hotel near the World’s Fair in Chicago. He had a litany of evil deeds that would take a lot of lives of innocent people. Holmes’s personality is perfect for someone who could be able to commit murder‚ someone with‚ “dark hair‚ and striking blue eyes” (35). On the surface H.H. Holmes seemed to be a productive member of society. Born and raised in the small state of New Hampshire‚ he turned his fascination with the human
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are familiar and comforting. Others‚ like Comic Sans‚ should never be seen unless you are a five-year-old girl writing a story about rainbows and unicorns. As one of the great Classic typographers‚ John Baskerville had a great impact on typography and printing. At the young age of 20‚ John Baskerville started a writing-school in Birmingham and a business of cutting the letters on tombstones and memorials (Bigmore and Wyman p. 36). He made is fortune in japanning due to its wide success. Japanning is
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Baskerville is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1757 by John Baskerville (1706–1775) in Birmingham‚ England. Baskerville is classified as a transitional typeface‚ positioned between the old style typefaces of William Caslon‚ and the modern styles of Giambattista Bodoni & Firmin Didot. The Baskerville typeface is the result of John Baskerville’s intent to improve upon the types of William Caslon. He increased the contrast between thick and thin strokes‚ making the serifs sharper and more
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It felt like I was surrounded in cool‚ deep waters and I felt numb all over. It was then I heard angels speaking and protecting me in blanket-like warmth. Is this real? Where is Mildred? Where is Faber? Beatty? The firemen? The Hound? A beautiful little angel approached me and said in a soft voice‚ "You are in a different world right now. Year 2000‚" then she promptly vanished in the white light. Everything was crystal clear now. I can see a city filled with tall buildings and each neighborhood
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introduces the character of H. H. Holmes as he roams around a Chicago train station. Larson’s purpose in this passage is to characterize H. H. Holmes’s persona as well as his tendencies around women in order to foreshadow his behaviors later in the book. According to Larson‚ Holmes possessed a sense of confidence that- in addition to his good looks- naturally attracted many women. He had‚ “dark hair and striking blue eyes‚” and with his confidence as well as his sense of fashion‚ Holmes often created
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opportunistic‚ deceptive and highly pragmatic behaviors. Characters that have combinations of these traits are Doctor Gregory House from the hit television show‚ House MD‚ Sherlock Holmes from the BBC’s modern adaptation of Sir Conan Arthur Doyle’s stories‚ Sherlock‚ and Hannibal Lector from the hit television series‚ Hannibal. Bradley discusses Benedict Cumberbatch’s interpretation of Sherlock Holmes from the BBC hit‚ Sherlock‚ in greater depth. Sherlock is known to frequently
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The BBCs Sherlock has an extremely fanatical audience that enjoy the pace of the show as well as the clever dialogue. The co-writers of the television show‚ Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss have managed to stay true to the essence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book series but put a 21st century twist with their version which is enjoyed by all. In the final dramatic scene in the first ever episode of Sherlock (BBC‚ 2010) where it’s a showdown between Sherlock and the taxi driver who has been murdering
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and I received some big consequences for doing it. Sherlock Holmes is a detective and he is on a case about Ryder‚ a criminal‚ and Ms. Cusack‚ Ryder’s apprentice or‚ companion‚ and they stole a Carbuncle. A Carbuncle is an expensive jewel that belonged to the Countess. Holmes eventually finds out who had stolen the jewel and stuffed it into a goose. I know right? A goose! Sherlock ends up letting Ryder and Cusack free. In my opinion‚ Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision.
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