Serial Killers Essay

Serial killers have seen a rise in popularity as of late. With several television shows and novels based in these crimes, analyzing serial killers has been a popular pastime. With all of the recent attention given to serial murder, there is a growing interest in the psychology behind their behavior. When analyzing them, certain factors appear to be present. These factors are what lead them to become a serial killer and these seem to be shared with multiple killers. Serial killers are both born…

Ted Bundy: The Suave Serial Killer Theodore Robert Conwell, more commonly known as Ted Bundy, was born on November 24, 1946 to Eleanor Louise Cowell in Burlington, Vermont. He was considered an illegitimate child because his mother was not married and didn’t even know for sure who the father was. Her parents were very religious and to prevent the social stigma of the bastard child, raised Ted as their own and told him that his mother was his sister. As a toddler, Ted was known to have an…

H. H. Holmes would turn out to be a terrifying serial killer but he didn’t start that way, in fact He didn’t even start out as H. H. Holmes his real name was Herman Webster Mudgett. Herman was born on May sixteenth eighteen sixty one in Gilmanton New Hampshire. He was born into a moderately wealthy family and raised in a strict religion family. “He was constantly bullied and abused by his classmates, causing him to spend his boyhood friendless, isolated, and alone.” (Coffey, 2014). Herman was…

H. H. Holmes was one of of the first accounted serial killers in America during 1893. Holmes was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire in 1861 with the name Herman Webster Mudgett. Holmes was referred to “The Beast Of Chicago” also. He killed many of the cities inhabitants in his specially constructed house which was ominously referred to as the “Murder Castle.” Once people found out about what Holmes had done they had fear they never knew existed. People could never believe that a man could kill…

murder? Or more specifically why people commit serial murders? Why do serial killers only target victims with certain traits? Two of the most famous serial killers are Patrick Wayne Kearney and Jeffrey Dahmer. These two vicious murderers demonstrated two different types of serial killers. This report will cover what drives serial killers to kill. Types According to criminologists in How to Spot a Serial Killer there are two ways to categorize serial murders. They are categorized by motive and…

Notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 21, 1960. At the age of 6, he underwent a minor surgery to correct a double hernia which seemed to effect a change in the boy. Following Dahmer's surgery, he increasingly lacked self confidence. Around that time, the boy's insecurities deepened when he moved to Ohio. By his early teens, he was disengaged, tense and largely friendless. Dahmer claims that his attraction toward necrophilia and murder began at the age of…

When many people think of a serial killer they think of Hannibal Lecter, although he is fictional, or Jeffrey Dahmer. A serial killer is someone who murders at least three people that fit a specific category weather it is based on gender, race, wealth, age, religion, or any other characteristic (Serial Killer 2001). Serial killers have intrigued and frightened people in American culture for decades. One of the more horrifying aspects of serial killers is that there is no way of distinguishing…

Nature vs Nurture: Serial Killers Throughout history, people have been horrified yet fascinated with serial killers. But, the huge question is, ¨Are serial killers born or made?¨ Before answering this, I must first establish exactly what a serial killer is. A serial killer is much different than just a murderer. According to the Oxford Dictionary, a serial killer is defined as a person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and following a characteristic, predictable…

Serial killers, we have all seen them on TV and heard of them, but now we get to go in depth and learn about their life and I am excited. I love watching shows like ncis and stuff like that and I am thinking about becoming a forensic psychologist so this is right up my alley. Now I have put a lot of thought into which killer I am going to choose and I decided to pick john Wayne gacy. He was one of the most psychotic killers of his time and probably the scariest. John was born on March 17, 1942…

con-artist. His first committed crimes were fraud and scams. Holmes went to the university of michigan to study medicine. He would steal corpses and he used them to experiment on and to get false insurance claims. He was known to be the first serial killer in the U.S. He moved to Chicago in 1886. The first job that he got there was at a local…