Moment of silence

“It was like there was two Ed Gein's. One during the day, and one at night digging up the graves.” Ed Gein was known for grave robbing and the murder of two women. I chose to research Ed Gein because, for some reason I find forensic related things interesting. I like researching murders, mysteries, urban legends, etcetera. It’s still hard to believe that no one ever suspected him doing anything like what he did. It kind of seems like a fictional thing. It’s scary that someone you trust and least…

The tool of psychological profiling has gained a lot of notoriety both in fictional media as well as real life for its ability to aid in the capture of dangerous psychopathic serial killers. This type of offender is unique when compared to other criminals because financial motive is usually not the primary reason for murder. This is because what they seek to attain is psychological and sexual gratification with certain types. (LaBrode, 2007) Ultimately, why they all kill is to experience power…

Clarice Starling, an agent of the FBI is with the help of another killer trying to save a woman from a psychopath. Throughout the movie, she undergoes series of transformational changes that eventually makes her develop the skills necessary to arrest and capture the killer. The paper explores some of the concepts of symbolism and metaphoric figurative techniques in the film. In the literal interpretation of Anthony Hopkins movie (1991), the Lambs are considered as beautiful, innocent, and…

The Silence of the Lambs is a film about Hannibal Lector, a crazed psychiatrist who is serving life in prison for murder and cannibalism. The FBI believes that Lector may have information about a murderer who is killing young women and skinning them. The FBI sends a young investigative student, Clarice Starling, to talk to Lector. Being a psychiatrist, Lector is able to question Clarice just as she questions him. In the end, Lector escapes only to pursue an old acquaintance and Clarice solves…

The novel "The Silence of the Lambs" will have you on the edge of your seat the entire way through. It includes a strong female lead, by the name of Clarice Starling. Clarice is brave, determined, and hard working. She works in a male dominated job, therefore she faces unjust treatment. However, she proves herself to her coworkers when she is assigned to gather information about a serial killer on the loose. She is told to ask a cannibalistic serial killer named Dr. Hannibal Lecter questions and…

I chose the topic MRIs. I will discuss the following topics, what an MRI is, what is an MRI used for, and How should you prepare for an MRI and the risks and benefits. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an examination that uses a magnetic field and three dimensional detailed anatomical images to take pictures of the inside of the body. In many cases, MRI gives different information about structures in the body that can be seen with an ultrasound, X-ray, or even a computed tomography scan or as…

As cases start to arise, parental abuse starts to become a common recurring factor. One of the most famous American serial killer, Edward Gein an atrociously notorious grave digger, and the serial killer was known for his mutilation of human body parts and scavenging graves of those already dead to manifest their body parts to create himself, essentially a new skin. At first, he appears to be a psychotic gentleman that hacks and engulfs his victim, however, his problems seem to spur from an…

behavioral science trainee now has to track down this awful man, but not without having to ask for the help of the renowned Doctor Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter who ate nine of his physcology patients before being arrested . Both versions of The Silence of Lambs contain the moral that to succeed you must learn how to work with people around you and trust them, yet in the book, Clarice has a much more hidden past that she attempts to cover up, which is why she is so distrusting. In the book,…

Following research conducted and findings of previous topics and articles, this contribution is to open the mind and thoughts surrounding the questions many have asked. This paper will review the findings of research based on the mindset of serial killers and, will also explore the ideas and trends involving serial killers in today’s society. This article is designed to help us understand a little more about why things thought to be taboo involving serial killers, in some areas become somewhat…

Boundaries are what people put up and dare not to cross or to cross. They are put up for protection or as a challenge. The movie The Silence of the Lambs explores the first of these two reasons. The movie features Agent Clarice Starling, an FBI agent in training who is given a difficult case that will either make or break her future reputation, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychologist that has become a psychopathic and cannibalistic serial killer, and Buffalo Bill, a man that is convinced that he is…