Serial killer

Most serial killers do not start killing until something bad happens in their life, however, negative life changing experiences such as losing a love one or failing at something you do can change your life in ways you wouldn’t expect. It could make you think things you wouldn’t normally think, or make you do things you probably wouldn’t do also. Things like this could set off an emotional trigger. Ted Bundy, was one of those people who lost a loved one and had a negative life changing…

Serial Killers are not an anomaly in history, they have existed as far back in history as B.C.E. their charming personalities and intelligence helped prevent detection and make significant stains in history, and the lack of evidence of actual disappearances or sudden deaths of people. In the book “Inside the Mind of Serial Killers: Why they Kill” by Katherine Ramsland states one of the first serial murders in history ever recorded was in 54 A.D., Locusta a female poisoner hired to put Nero on…

Captured in the 1930s before the words psychopath and pedophile were part of common vernacular, notorious serial killer Arnold Sodeman murdered four young girls with little thought of remorse. Without guilt, the evil serial killer strangled them to death with their own clothing and left their small bodies alone in the Australian brush, earning himself a chilling position in the annals of Australian crime. The first victim in his child murder spree, 12-year-old Mena Griffiths, showed signs of…

Jeffery Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Charles Manson are three very well known serial killers. Society has deemed these individuals crazy psychopaths for their violent crimes and behaviors. However, is there an underlying reason, or mechanism, that has influenced their behavior? More specifically, is there a region, or regions, of the brain that play a role in the planning and execution of violent crimes such as these? Researchers hypothesize that dysfunction in the frontal lobe region,…

According to the Crime Museum, a serial killer is conventionally defined as a person who murders three or more people in a period of over a month, with “cooling down” time between murders. Often driven by a psychological thrill or pleasure, serial killers murders must be separate events. Serial killers commit murder in different places over a long period of time. The characteristics of a serial killer often lack empathy, guilt and often become egocentric individuals. They also hide their true…

Among the most well-known serial killers are names like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Tommy Lynn Sells, and so on. These men are regarded as vicious and have killed multiple people. Common myths about serial killers that often cloud our visions of them are that these killers are white men, motivated by sexual desires, and are anti-social. Why do we see so many serial killers like this? The answer could be attributed to two infamous American serial killers. They go by the names Donald Henry Gaskins…

The label serial killer is defined as a person who commits three or more killings. The killings have commonalities that propose the crimes were committed by the person or persons. Federal law provides this definition only to aid law enforcement agencies with investigations of serial killers. However, the definition is not meant to serve as all-encompassing description for serial murders. Serial killers vary in many ways so there is not a blanket profile for a serial killer. However, there…

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer from Whitechapel, London, known for the brutal murder of five prostitutes in 1888. He has become known as the first serial killer. His murders are probably the most reputable crimes in history. The killer has yet to bet identified and the case is a still a mystery to this day. Multiple witnesses have stated that they have seen him, although he was never been captured. His crime spree was unprecedented in Britain and nothing like it had ever happened. Police…

Our first instinct might be to refer to this person as a serial killer. With the given knowledge, we cannot accurately classify this person as a serial killer. A more accurate description would be a mass murderer, or possibly a spree killer. Serial killers, mass murderers, and spree killers share common elements amongst each other. But, there is a clear distinction between the three – motive and timing. A prime example of a serial killer is the notorious twentieth century murderer, Ted Bundy.…

To further understand how serial killers are created by their upbringing, we must first get to know what a serial killer does, and the different types of serial killers there are running around. Many psychologists have classified that serial killers are sociopaths and or psychotic. Under the psychological microscope, Sociopath and psychopaths are considered to be the same by nature, they both exhibit antisocial behavior, but they’re both extremely different. Psychopathy, used to describe a…