American serial killers

Cause and Effect Essay The death penalty has been discussed for a long time. It has been discussed in our class for two or more weeks. We recently watched a movie called a Law Abiding Citizen, in the movie Clyde was imprisoned after he horrifically murdered two men by the name of Darby and Rupert Ames. Clyde murdered the two men after they invaded his home, and raped and killed his wife and daughter. Clyde did these horrible actions because only one of the two men received the death penalty.…

Ringu is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and adapted from Koji Suzuki’s novel of the same name. It follows a TV reporter, who attempts to solve a string of strange murders, whose cause is believed to be a cursed video tape. The movie opens with two teenagers talking about a videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. It is also revealed that one of the girls, Tomoko, has seen it and she dies very soon after the conversation. Her aunt Reiko, a TV reporter…

Serial killers spark headlines and interest due to the gruesome nature of their crimes. Typically, they do not stop killing until they are caught. The media often portrays them as evil genius capable of superhuman feats. The purpose of this paper is to review multidisciplinary research on Serial Killers’ behavioral and personality traits in conjunction with crime scene characteristics to ascertain a better understanding of the phenomenon of serial homicide. A serial killer is someone who murders…

sometimes it may just so happen that you do not know who you're truly talking to. What or who is hiding behind a computer screen on the other side may just be your worst nightmare. Philip Markoff, an aspiring medical student was dubbed the Craigslist killer in 2009 for committing robberies and even killing one of his victims. Cases like these raise questions such as, what drives a person to murder? Maybe he was deranged, or in a state of panic.…

How to Profile a Serial Killer David Berkowitz was an infamous serial killer of the 1970s. He is also known as the “Son of Sam.” Berkowitz was a sociopathic, satanic serial killer. Serial killers must commit two or more murders in repeated incidents. He received commands from Satan to target single women and couples. Although he was adopted at birth, he believes he killed his mother and is carrying out these deeds by Satan as a punishment for killing his mother. David Berkowitz acted alone…

Infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat his children if he believed they had misbehaved in someway. Gacy's father also physically assaulted his mother, the only person that truly showed affection for Gacy. Gacy's sister Karen, when interviewed on Oprah, said that the siblings learned to“toughen up against the beatings”…

Monsters in Society The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these…

“productive pathology” as well questioning reality and social control through implicating the main character’s self-navigation and determination of his own identity and destiny, I Am Not a Serial Killer (Billy O’Brien, 2016) qualifies as a mind-game film within the theme of digital temporality. I Am Not a Serial Killer tells the story of a small-town teenager, John Wayne Cleaver, who must confront his somewhat dark and disturbing tendencies in…

a bar where police officers socialized. In 1973, he murdered his mother and her friend. He called and confessed to the police, but they could not believe their friend "Big Eddie," as they called him, could be the Co-ed Killer. After revealing details only known to the Co-ed Killer, they believed him. Kemper was arrested and charged with eight counts of murder. According to Edmund Kemper Biography (2016), he was asked by the judge what he thought his sentence should be; he…

Claudia Espinoza Ms. Walsh English 9 HP 6 December 2015 Guilty or Not Guilty Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Claudia Espinoza, and I am the prosecutor of the case of Jack Merridew and Simon. Thank you for bringing your attention to this matter and listening to what I have to say. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, there is a difference between self-defense and an over-reaction. There is also a difference between what establishes reasonable doubt, and what adds up to just excuses made by the…