The Cecil Hotel‚ located in downtown Los Angeles near skid row‚ opened in 1924. The original hotel owner‚ William Banks Hanner‚ was looking for an upscale art-Deco hotel for its time with stained glass windows‚ potted palm trees‚ and alabaster Greek statues. The Great Depression suddenly set in and Hanner was unable to complete the entirety of the fifteen floored hotel in five years. The hotel once sat on Main Street and that quickly declined to Skid Row which was home to many of the homeless people
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Grave Robbing “Even in prosperous times the living robbed the dead.” This statement by Jocelyn Murray in A Tale Of Ancient Egypt serves as a direct reference to the tomb looting in Ancient Egypt‚ and displays the irony that the living robbed the dead’s possessions and even their bodies‚ and attempted to justify it. The two main motives for grave robbing were body snatching and grave looting. Grave robbing‚ although a travesty and an immoral violation of human rights‚ did however‚ help to further
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Obsessed With Killing In the novel The Wasp Factory‚ by Iain Banks‚ All the characters possess an uncommon character trait. The main character‚ Frank Cauldhame is obsessed with killing. He has been obsessed with killing since he was a young child‚ when he murdered three innocent children. His obsession has evolved into a daily ritual due to multiple reasons. First‚ Frank’s dad has secretly put additional male hormones in Frank’s food since he was a young child. (Frank was born female‚ but after
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Jeffrey Dahmer or “The Milwaukee Cannibal” is one of America’s most horrifying serial killers. Dahmer began killing in 1978 and continued to kill until 1991. He murdered a total of seventeen males. Jeffrey Dahmer was not only a serial killer he was also a molester‚ a necrophiliac‚ and a cannibal. Jeffery Dahmer Biographay.com (n.d.) mentions how Dahmer usually found his victims “…at gay bars‚ malls and bus stops‚”. Dahmer’s method of killing often consisted drugging and strangling his victims. Thought
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Trevon Franklin Ms. Gregory Missouri History 31 October 2017 Granville Allen Granville Allen was born in 1910‚ in Kansas City‚ Missouri. Granville was the 7th person ever to be executed at the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was executed at age 28 on October 28th‚ 1938. Granville lived with his mother and some other relatives. Granville Allen was convicted in the Jackson County Circuit Court on the murder of Howard Preston. He shot Preston to death after he searched Preston’s pants and then threatened
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Roy Criner Case The body of Deanna Ogg was found in a secluded wooded area near an old logging road on September 27‚ 1986‚ in Montgomery County‚ Texas. The cause of death was determined by autopsy to be blunt trauma injuries to the head and multiple stab wounds to the neck. The victim was also sexually assaulted. Roy Criner became a suspect after allegedly bragging to friends that he had picked up and had sex with a young woman and "had to get rough with her." In 1990‚ Criner was convicted of
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Ginny rose to the next morning‚ still feeling quite proud of herself. She had successful entertained Maude Jefferson without offending her and scaring her away forever. Ginny felt like that was quite an achievement‚ especially for her. Ginny was resting in the parlor when Mother ran in yelling‚ "Oh Virginia!" she cried. "What is it mother?" Ginny asked‚ taking deep breaths‚ trying to calm her heart. "The Countess of Lewick sent a footman over asking you to come meet her and the three children‚
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Introduction Increasing more than ever‚ American society is fascinated with serial and mass murderers. Throughout the decades‚ people have celebrated killers who have reached the peak of success within their field by glorifying them in movies‚ documentaries‚ magazines‚ and even on trading cards. In 1991‚ a trading card company in California created its first mass and serial card collection‚ which included notorious murderers such as Jeffrey Dahmer who killed 17 men between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer
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Olvera‚ Lucio October 28‚ 2012 Green River Killer Investigation The Green River Killer (GRK) was a serial killer in the 1980’s who obtained many victims in the Seattle‚ Washington area. Since the 1980’s the technology used in criminal investigations have improved tremendously in efforts to aid investigators in their investigations. Some technology advances are in the field of forensic science the study of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and how DNA analysis can tell from what substance(s) a person
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Richard Kuklinski was a notorious serial killer‚ self-proclaiming that he killed anywhere between 100-200 people. He seems to have no remorse or regret for his actions. There can be several theories of crime causation connected to why Kuklinski behaved in this way‚ including the behavior theory‚ behavior modeling‚ and the nurture theory. Behavior theory states that all human behavior is learned through a social process. Kuklinski grew up in a home that often contained instances of violence; for
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