American serial killers

Why did he do it? Why did Harold Shipman, a popular doctor with a seemingly unparalleled bedside manner murder all these people? I do not know that answer to that question definitively. Based on my research, I could draw several conclusions as to why Harold Shipman may have carried out these cold heinous acts. First, it could have related back to the death of his mother. At the age of 17, Harold Ship lost his mother to cancer. The passing of anyone’s Mother certainly has an impact on their…

The Golden State Killer was a prolific news story and spree during the late 1970s to 1980s, also known as the East Area Rapist in his earlier days of crime. There were many speculations on how he could fall between the cracks of over 50 rapes and 12 murders all in a decade and suddenly disappear off the face of the earth. However, it took over forty years to find any sort of lead in the story of the Golden State Killer, really by a stroke of chance by the police force investigating the case. Who…

Bloody Kate Bender America’s first family of serial killers murdered more than 20 people on the very plains of southern Kansas (historynet.com). They were known as the Bloody Benders. Kate Bender, the only daughter of the family, grew up playing a vital role in her family’s gruesome murders. Eliza Griffith, more commonly known as Kate Bender, was born in 1847 (mentalfloss.com). Her family did not settle in Kansas until the year of 1870 (murderpedia.org). They purchased 160 acres of land in…

Colin Dexter Raised with high scholarly expectations, Norman Colin Dexter is a revolutionary in the writing genre of crime and mystery. Born September 29, 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, Colin Dexter had numerous academic challenges ahead of him. Both of his parents dropped out of school at twelve years old, consequentially wanting him to put his time and effort solely into his studies, which excused him of household chores. As he got older, Colin Dexter took an interest to crossword…

Who was the first to coin the term serial killer? A simple assignment lead me to the minds of unscrupulous people. My first criminology class opened a whole new world full of surprises. I was astonished by how much harm a person can do to another. To some people, serial killers are murders who deserve the worse. However, for me, each serial killer is a story full of interesting details. The uniqueness of each case brings me to the edge of my seat with excitement; each case whispering, “look…

sadistic killer is someone who gets arousal/ pleasure through the intentional infliction of pain and suffering on someone else (they do the inflicting). The sadistic killer is by cruel, aggressive, and manipulative and they often direct demeaning behavior at others. They lack concern for people, engage in abuse and violence, and derive pleasure from harming or humiliating others. They lie frequently so that they can continue inflicting pain on others. These deaths will have…

The serial killer I chose to do a report on is Joseph Roy Metheny, also known as “The Cannibal Killer”. He was born on March 2, 1955 and died on August 5, 2017 (Blanco, n.d.). Despite what Joseph has said about his home life, it was pretty normal. He grew up in the North Point Boulevard area of Essex, in Maryland (Wynter, 2017). In an interview, his mother, Jean Metheny, openly spoke about his childhood. She said that when Joe was six, his father got in a car crash and left her a single mother…

Herman Webster Mudgett, also known as H.H. Holmes, built a hotel in Chicago full of evil ways to kill his victims. Holmes had a hard childhood which could have affected his future. He became obsessed with death at a young age because he was abused by his parents and he was horribly bullied at school. Holmes admitted to killing 27-200 people but murder was not the only crime he enjoyed to commit. He often committed insurance fraud and he also stole cadavers from medical schools to experiment on.…

The 12 part Serial podcast series told a story of a criminal case, involving of a high school senior, Adnan Masud Syed, who was convicted of allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. The serial podcast was conducted by that Sarah Koenig, a journalist and goes in depth taking the evidence, testimonies, stories, and characters and laid it out in the podcast showcasing a likely error within the criminal justice system On January 1999, in the city of baltimore, Maryland, Hae Min Lee a…

indistinguishable traits. Essentially, many average people, and serial killers, act impulsively without good intention or justification. Impulsivity is developed from a number of actions and personal characteristics that a person holds. Macbeth possessed the impulsivity of a serial killer due to his craving for power, absence of compunctions, and his evident mental illness. There are many distinct similarities between serial killers. A serial killer is identified as: “A person who commits a…