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    Henry Howard Holmes or commonly just H.M. Howard, Herman Mudgett, Dr. Henry H. Holmes, Henry H. Holmes, Henry Holmes, H.H. Holmes. Holmes was the first documented serial killer in the modern. He was born on May 16th, 1861 in Gilmanton, NH and died May 7th, 1886 in Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Chicago Hh Holmes…

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    In The Devil in the White City, a novel published in the year 2003, Erik Larson describes the greatness of both the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and one of America’s first serial killers, H.H. Holmes. In the novel, Larson uses juxtaposition, imagery, and repetition to emphasize the characteristics of good and evil for the reader. In his implementations of juxtaposition, Larson directly contrasts the characteristics of opposing elements. In his contrast between “the moral” and “the…

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    IN the mind of the worst of the human race We all fear something, don’t we? Yes, yet it is hard to say things that we are afraid of do not intrigue us, make us wonder. Where it came from what made it what it is well this paper is my dive into the mind of something that intrigues me personally yet I am also afraid of. The mind of the serial killer the monsters among men we all fear people that can take a human life but why do they well in my research I found some similarities such as personal…

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    • Greater Love is a poem written by Wilfred Owen where he mock romantic love for falling short in front of the brotherly-friendship bonds created during young men in war. • Wilfred Owen was an officer in World War I, however was sent to a hospital because he suffered from "shellshock". Here, he met poet Siegfried Sassoon, who played a part in influencing him to write poetry about war and the suffering of soldiers. He later returned to the war, where he was killed. Opening Statement and Title •…

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    Carl Sandburg’s Chicago may be widely interpreted as one man’s visualization of his city. The author’s use of a sort of ordered free verse reflects the controlled chaos within the city itself. One must be well familiarized with Chicago and all of its parts and citizens to truly understand the order of the city’s work, play, and crime. Sandburg also uses numerous adjectives and similes, which applies a sort of personal, human-like aura to this city. In the first half of the poem, Sandburg…

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    H.H Holmes was born May 16th, 1861, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. His legal name was Herman Webster Mudgett. When he was young he was bullied. His peers discovered that he was afraid of doctors so they made him stand in front of a human skeleton at a doctors office. Holmes was afraid at first but soon intrigued by the experience. It may have led to his fascination and unhealthy obsession. Holmes was a con-artist. His first committed crimes were fraud and scams. Holmes went to the university of…

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    Libertucci 1 According to the FBI, “serial murder can be defined as a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crime was committed by the same actor or actors” (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Killers such as Henry Howard Holmes often display similar traits that can also identify them as serial assassins. These people are often master manipulators who…

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    Dr. Shipman had one of the best guises a serial killer could expect to have. He was a family doctor, a pillar of society, respected by his colleagues and patients (England, 2015). This, on its face value made it inconceivable that he could be responsible for murdering so many people. When suspicions first arose that something criminal may be afoot with the unusually high number of deaths occurring out of Dr. Shipman’s practice, things were overlooked that could have allowed the police to end…

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    July 20, 2012, James E. Holmes ended the lives of 12 people and injured 70 in the a Colorado theater. This paper will go into detail about the life and thought process of a mass murder and what would make him want to kill so many people and harm so many people. This next paragraph will discuss Holmes early life. Holmes was born on December 13, 1987 in San Diego. Son of a nurse and a mathematician. He lived in the suburbs, went to church every Sunday. Kids sometimes said he was not insane but…

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    Wack! Wack! Wack! That might have been you if you lived in New Orleans in 1918. But fortunately, it wasn't. Instead, it was 6 other innocent people from the area of New Orleans were murdered. There was much evidence collected but no one found a real suspect that fit the crime. Still today, researchers study the evidence and keep trying to come to a conclusion to who the dangerous Axeman of New Orleans was. Many people noticed that the Axeman used the ax that the victims owned. He would…

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