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Analysis of a Female Serial Killer When we read or hear of violent acts, it is socially accepted that they are committed by men, while women and children are the ones who seem to suffer from the violent acts. When women commit violence, we naturally tend to explain their behavior as an act of defense, mental illness or it was involuntary act. The idea of a woman serial killer is beyond the common thought, yet out of every six serial killers, one is a woman, based on American crime statistics…

A serial killer is an individual who commits a series of murders often without a motive. Serial killers are someone who commits over three murders in more than a one month period with a “cooling down” period. The “cooling down” period consist from weeks to months, or even years, but it normally varies in each serial killer. During the “cooling down” period the serial killer will go back to his or her normal everyday life. The killer when kill again when his or her urges become too strong for…

A past filled with childhood abuse both physical and sexual, assume an incredible part in transforming serial killers. Their cultural conditioning and relationship with parents are also to be factored in. Serial killers are conscience-deprived people who draw pleasure by killing others; while some kill people who belong to a specific gender or age, some choose their victims precisely based on a particular personality trait. It is not often victims are chosen at random although it happens. Vlad…

Serial Killer, Gary Ridgway. Biographical information Gary Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949 and he is currently still alive. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up next to Seattle’s Pacific Highway, in a poor neighborhood near SeaTac Airport. It was said that his mother was domineering. She was reportedly abusive towards him, both physically and verbally. He was a poor student with a low IQ. After high school he joined the military and went to Vietnam in 1967. Description of…

H.H.Holmes was one of America's first serial killers. He killed a large amount of victims by making a hotel designed to be a murder house. His tactics are the reason why so many people learn about him and why he is still remembered today. H.H.Holmes was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire on May 16th, 1861. His birth name was Herman Webster Mudgett. His parents were named Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price. Holmes had three siblings, two older and one younger. His older sister was named…

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 a transexual woman and becomes a serial killer that collects female victims so that he may skin them and use the skin to make a bodysuit for himself. The movie pushes the limits of boundaries by focusing on how far one is…

Theodore Robert Bundy (1946-1989) was an American serial killer who was responsible for the kidnap, rape and murder of at least 30 female victims over seven states in the 1970’s. He was put to death by means of the electric chair in Florida on January 24th 1989. Bundy was perceived as handsome and charming, traits that he abused in order to gain the trust of his young victims. He would usually approach his victims in broad daylight simulating injury or…

Richard Ramirez, “The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. The mother that gave birth to him was Mercedes Munoz and the father of Richard is Julian Tapia Ramirez. They both met each other when they were fourteen and eventually fell in love and got married in 1948. Richard was the youngest of five children and as he was going up he had a bad childhood life. He always hung around with his older cousin named “Mike”, Mike always told Richard stories about…

John Carter, also Known as Hurricane, was convicted of triple homicide, with his friend John Artis. He was a middleweight boxer, with many outstanding records. Carter had a really bad childhood in very bad places. He died from a really powerful disease that still kills people now days, Prostate Cancer. The music "Hurricane" is a music to protest against the John Carter and John Artis wrongful conviction of murder. The music was released in November 1975 and was recorded in July and October of…

The phenomenon of a female serial killer is rare. When people think of female serial killers they often think Aileen Wuornos was the first, and worst, with her multiple murders in 1989. However, that is untrue. Many female serial killers came before Wuornos, including Belle Gunness. Belle began her crimes of arson in the late 1880’s and escalated to murder by 1900 (Rosewood & Lo, 8-10). She transitioned from a young immigrant, to an organized serial killer driven by her motive of profit. What…