When the bodies were discovered at various locations the victim’s breasts were bruised up and the nipples cut off. There were marks on the neck with shows there was a possibility of strangulation and injuries on the wrist which created a notion that the women were…
Always Sleep With Both Eyes Open In the Summer of 1912, Olivia Valence disappeared from her home in Florence, Italy. After many months of searching, police declared her dead based on a streak of blood above her nightstand. The case turned cold, no one was ever charged. The case became a national phenomenon, with vigils held everywhere.…
The homicide of John Hossack will always be a mysterious cold case. The person who truly killed John will never be known from the very little evidence left in the bedroom. Though with very little evidence all fingers pointed to Margaret Hossack and Mrs. Wright for the killings of their husbands. Therefore, Margaret and Mrs. Wright story didn’t add up to how their husbands were killed and were incarcerated for life. There are two sides to every story, but only John, Margaret and Mrs. Wright knew what happened that very night.…
Renegade Women Renegade Women: Gender, Identity, and Boundaries in the Early Modern Mediterranean by Eric Dursteler tells real-historic tales of women in Mediterranean area, which has been a multi-cultural and multi-religious reigon with the Ottoman presence. The main focus of these tales are women who stand for what they believe themselves and not what their families chose them to believe. In the second part of the book, the story of two girls from two sides of Ottoman-Venice border is told.…
Relation to the real world can be a difficult task, but can be achieved through intricate sequences of events including Aminata’s Story. This is a product of family loss, being beaten and sexually assaulted and loss of individuality Family loss has affected the ways in which I perceive life.…
Lilith Rein pulled out her notebook and pencil and started to think about the death of her friend, Melissa O’neil. There are many suspects, one of them is her own dad, who liked to do science experiments. Every time Lilith tried to question her dad he would go silent, then bring up another topic, Lilith asked my dad where he was at the time of the murder, he said he was in his lab on Monday, April sixteenth. Lilith, after all the struggle, sat her father down to talk. “What experiment were you doing the night that Melissa died?…
Ray Krone is one of many people who have suffered from being falsely accused. In December of 1991, Ray Krone was in his mid thirties. At the time, he was working as a postal worker. Ray Krone lived in Phoenix, Arizona at the time.…
125 W.Ninth St. Anna Thorwald recorded death by Lars Thorwald under 1st person account of L.B Jeffery. Self Reported “A neighbourhood murder ... Trips at night in the rain, in possession of saws, knives, trunks with rope, and a wife that isn’t there anymore”. Under external circumstances, L.B Jeffery and Lisa Carol Freemont contributed greatly in this small investigation led by Thomas Doyle assisting in the observation of Lars Thorwald.…
The case of John Hossak is incredibly mysterious and is a mystery that was never completely solved. Due to the inherent mystery of the case there were many different books, stories, and plays based of it. One of these is “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. The plot of this play is essentially the same as the case; however, fundamental differences can be found within the two, as well as trivial details, such as names. Within this report you will find a comparative analysis between “Trifles” and the case of John Hossack.…
Jack the Ripper is a serial killer and still nowadays is remembered by the impeccable crimes he committed which didn’t attach him to any direct suspect. In this book, Patricia Cornwell narrates the story in her point of view where Walter Sickert, a painter and printmaker, was known for painting Jack´s crime scenes. Many of these paintings are all around the world and some of them were used against Sickert to blame him. Other perfect suspects could have been Prince Albert Victor who suffered from syphilis and the infection may have driven him insane causing him to commit the crimes. Frederick Bailey Deeming, his first wife, and children were found dead under the floor boards of his house with their throats slashed.…
On October 27, 1969 Tatiana Tarasoff was killed by Prosenjit Poddar. Tatiana Tarasoff’s parents (Plaintiffs) claim that Dr. Lawrance Moore (Defendant) and other therapists had the duty to warn Tatiana and parents of threats made by their patient, Prosenjit Poddar. They argue that two months earlier the Prosenjit Poddar had mentioned to Dr. Moore his intentions to kill Tatiana Tarasoff. Dr. Moore in fact did warn campus police about Poddar’s intentions and was detained briefly to be later released once he appeared rational. After, Dr. Harvey Powelson, Moore’s superior asked that no further action be taken to detain Poddar.…
Built in 1927, the Cecil Hotel has a grim history of murders, suicides, and even serial killers, but no anomaly was perhaps more shocking than the mysterious death of Elisa Lam. Called an “accidental drowning” by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the college student’s death baffled and fascinated the public. Elisa was seen as a normal girl, but when she checked into the Cecil Hotel she went missing, and was later found in the hotel's water tank with no evidence to suggest how she got there. Elisa Lam was a seemingly usual girl. Loved by her family and friends, Elisa never showed any unusual behavior before the incident; she was a 21 year old Canadian college student studying at British Columbia University in Vancouver Canada.…
Even after Aylmer has persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife, he is not capable of loving her properly, unselfishly. He becomes egotistic in the ways of his actions and thoughts, not considering that he himself has a problem but that his wife’s imperfection is the problem. Aylmer’s obsessive desire for perfection, took Georgina’s life. Georgiana’s pure faith also symbolizes the modern issue of men controlling women. Aylmer is not only trying to manipulate and dominate nature, but he is trying to control Georgiana.…
The gift from nature that Georgiana once viewed as a “charm”, soon became the source of her insecurity and unhappiness. In the beginning, Georgiana was shocked at Alymer for suggesting the removal of the birth-mark she had all her life, she even question why he married her in the first place. However, after Georgiana heard Aylmer yell, 'It is in her heart now; we must have it out!…
Compare and Contrast Essay Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Dying Detective”, as well as Josh Pachter’s “Invitation to a Murder” both feature the tales of two riveting mysteries. Although they were two different stories, several ideas existed in each that ran parallel in relation to one another. These consistencies include the presence of premeditated actions from the characters, evidence of situational irony, and the indication of a foul play mystery. Conversely, a collection of concepts support the notion that the two stories were unlike each other in major ways.…