American serial killers

victims in a single summer. Edmund Kemper, or the Co-Ed Killer started murdering when he turned 15 years old. Dennis Rader murdered ten people in Kansas in a span of 17 years. These men are some of the most prolific serial killers in history. What makes these monsters different from us? What makes a serial killer? This question has plagued psychologists for centuries. Serial murders have augmented over the past 30 years…

Throughout American history, there have been people who commit mass atrocities that can only be described as serial killings. Most people believe that serial killers are these awkward or dissociative people who stand out. In reality, these people actually tend to blend in with society and have no tells that they have a monster lurking inside (A Serial Killer, 2017). Most of the serial killers that are known have had families, are involved in their communities, military veterans, and well-liked…

contemporary conjecture establishes that the commencement of childhood experiences forms the adult into an serial killer. The purpose of the research is to analyze the mental, emotional, and physical state of a serial killer. Therefore, acknowledging their justification for committing crimes is the primary topic of the research. Prior research has shown, that the motivation for an serial killer commences from traumatic childhood experience, annihilation…

There are many serial killers within the U.S. but finding them is almost impossible. Even some people seem to believe that others can prevent serial killers by realizing “warning signs” in most people. However it really still will not help because most “ warning signs” are far-fetched and most people who are considered “normal” experienced these “warning signs” and they are not even known as serial killers, most are even actresses, actors, and even presidents. In my opinion, even though there…

the most notorious serial killers. Despite their horrendous and despicable actions these men are said to have a sort of charm to them. Bundy was the young, attractive, educated man that gave off the ‘boy next door’ persona and Gacy was a well-known man in the community that spent time as Pogo to entertain ill-children (Lust). No one could imagine at the time what these men were capable of doing and after discovering the truth people were fascinated. Each other these serial killers holding high…

pleasure really that important? These questions are popular when it comes to understanding the brain of serial killers. A serial killer is someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with a cooling-off period between murders (“56”). Your brain is literally the “master mind” when it comes to the things you do, say, or feel, but, what makes a serial killers brain think differently than ours? Often, the fear of rejection causes us to miss opportunities we…

The most common explained that serial killers were all dysfunctional loners, white males, motivated by sex, multi-state wanderer, addicted to killing, and are either insane or diabolical geniuses. While serial killings do occur, they are not as common or graphically alarming as the media often portrays them to be. While serial killer myths increased awareness of surroundings, it created a breed of people segregated from others because they had “serial killer antics”. The movie Frailty aligns…

In this day and age, serial killers have become part of the American culture. From Ted Bundy to the infamous “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, numerous serial killers have become remarkably well-known for their crimes. So well-know, in fact, that they are now their own kind of celebrities, their twisted stories living on even after their deaths. It’s no secret that we can’t get enough of these individuals as well as the heinous murders they commit, but why is this the case? For many years,…

typical day of Jeffery Dahmer. He wasn't a serial killer fueled with anger or rage, he simply took the lives of his victims on impulse…

of a serial killer works. Who would ever guess that the baby born mere seconds ago would grow up to become a serial killer? Did Jeffrey Dahmer’s parents know that he would grow up to cut people into pieces? How about Ted Bundy? Could his parents ever suspect that the precious baby boy would become one of the most feared and hunted men in America? No, I do not believe that as babies any parent can predict what the future would hold…