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    Perhaps one of the most famous contract killers in history‚ Richard Kuklinski‚ or better known as the Iceman‚ killed these people during his lifelong career. This paper will delve into Kuklinski’s mind and past to prove that the many circumstances and conditions that Kuklinski was subjected to‚ led him to become the absolute perfect killing machine. To understand Kuklinski and his actions‚ it is imperative that one get know him first. Although the famed killer may be dead‚ it is still possible to examine

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    an infamous serial killer from Transylvania. Driven by a desire for eternal youth‚ she turned vampirialistic. She would drink the blood of young girls and enjoyed torturing them before their deaths. What made her this way? Let’s investigate. Before we can understand Elizabeth Bathory‚ we have to understand the basic profile of a serial killer. Oftentimes‚ serial killer exhibit traits in childhood. The Macdonald Triad is three of the most common traits shared between serial killers. The triad

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    A person who is classified as a serial killer has to have killed 3 or more people with a cooling period of about 30 days between each murder. (Ronald M. Homes‚ 1998) The people involved in these events are the killers and the victims‚ whether the killer is murdering people he or she knows and for a specific reason‚ but sometimes the killer doesn’t know the victims and is just killing them out of pleasure. Serial killers have been around since time began but they have different from then and now.

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    Running head: FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS 2 Introduction It is true that there are far less female serial killers than there are male serial killers‚ but that does not mean they are any less dangerous (Johnston‚ 2012). They kill for profit and power‚ murdering the people who are the closest to them. They use poison‚ shooting and suffocation to get rid of

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    SERIAL KILLERS‚ young and old October 14‚ 2013 GNED 144 SEC. 511 Instructor: Magdalena Spulber   K Jones Introduction Serial killers have been around for a very long time‚ and they will continue to exist and walk among us on a day to day basis. To categorize an individual as a serial killer they must have one or more of the following attributes within their character. This includes killing numerous amounts of people in a short period of time‚ having a release of sexual urges from performing

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    directly from the insight of nightmares‚ both captivating and horrific. Serial killers disguise themselves behind uninteresting and normal circumstances. Oftentimes they are able to avoid being caught for years‚ decades and sometimes an eternity. Even when serial killers do get caught‚ we may not recognize what they are because they don’t match the twisted conception that we have of serial killers. What is that conception? Killers live among everyday life‚ they are the ones who creep into someone’s

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    Many serial killers claim to have had horrible childhoods while growing up‚ causing them deep psychological problems. Some serial killers have come from backgrounds of child abuse‚ molestation or neglect. Scientist say that those traumatizing events could definitely lead somebody to be a killer‚ traumatizing events cause deep psychological scarring to one’s brain causing a person to believe killing is right. Some killers have even said that they do not understand why what they are doing is wrong

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    1900s‚ Sacramento‚(Capital for California)‚ has been popularity well known for its famous serial killers; One of various which remarked the most‚ Richard Chase‚also known as the vampire of sacramento. With 30 years old of age ‚Chase changed serial killer history by just being one of the most youngest and outstanding criminals who showed abnormal characteristics and behaviours. Just like many of serial killers‚ chase had the same type of background childhood as mostly of them. Its remarked that chase

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    Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III For this project I have chosen to go with a serial murder by the name of Edmund Emil Kemper III. A serial murder is a murder of separate victims with some time breaks between them (Lyman‚ 2011‚ p. 307). The main characteristics of a serial murder can vary because each individual murder had their own “calling card” so to speak. For example my serial killer became known as the Co-Ed killer because he chose to kill

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    Serial Killers Are Made Not Born. One who kills another is called a murderer‚ but one that kills many for no specific reason and often have the same pattern of behaviour are serial killers. Serial killers are psychologically disturbed and often become killers because of being harassed‚ assaulted‚ punished‚ etc. Genetics does not shape a serial killer but it rather plays a small role. Serial killers are psychologically disturbed people who learn behaviours and emotions based on their environmental

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