Serial killer

My parents spent the greater part of my preschool years assuming I would grow up to be a serial killer. As any parent probably knows, there is a time in a child’s life where they do not understand the concept and capabilities of death. It was during this period in my life that my parents decided it was acceptable to give me my own pet guinea pig. While I do not particularly remember this guinea pig, who I lovingly named Jenna, I do remember very vividly the moments leading up to her brutal death…

Portrait of a killer, By Patricia Cornwell, tells the story of a serial killer known as none other than Jack the Ripper. This including how the author herself believes she has discovered the identity of the murderer. Patricia Cornwell, the author, is a crime writer who is fascinated by medicine, forensic science, and crime. She researches crimes and makes discoveries, then writes about her findings. Portrait of A Killer is no exception to this matter, and one of the discoveries she believes she…

The photographs taken from the Franklin home were released by the Los Angeles Police Department last week. The women’s faces in the photos looked like they were unconscious, asleep, or dead. These women were mothers, daughters, and sisters who had families that will never get their loved ones back. It was a abhorrent case that is part of history today. Women left behind children, spouses, and families. I cannot imagine what the women who were captured by this Lonnie Franklin. At this time the…

also has a side to him that consists of gruesomely killing other killers. Dexter had first recognized his urge to constantly kill at a pre-adolescent age. He calls this urge within him "The Dark Passenger.” He channels his urge by killing these other murders to protect his friends and family but, if the public were to find out about this, he would be monsterized in society. As viewers we root for Dexter to kill these other killers…

“It could be worse – I could be fat” These were the words of Joanna Dennehy, the third woman in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to life in prison as she was being processed after being arrested (Smith, para. 1). Dennehy, born in 1982, was arrested at the age of 30 and convicted for three murders and the attempt of 2 additional murders in the year 2013. From a cute baby-faced angel arose a murderous Joanna Dennehy. Alongside her accomplice Gary Stretch, age 42, Dennehy committed a heinous…

Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole Gibran Valenzuela LaFayette High School  Abstract Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were 2 serial killers that met on 1976 in a soup kitchen. They soon started a sexual relationship. Together they started a serial killer behavior. The story of what happened after that is unclear, but it is believed that they were responsible for over 200 murders. Exactly how many people they killed is unknown. One of their most used methods to kill was arson. It was reported that…

Aileen Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Wuornos to Diane Wuornos and Leo Dale Pittman on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Her mother married her father at only 14 years old. Aileen didn't get to know her father because he went to jail for sexual crimes against children when she was four. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and later hung himself in prison. Her grandparents adopted her and her brother after her mother abandoned them. She claimed to have been abused and raped by her…

Serial Killer: Andrei Chikatilo Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was brought into this world on October 16, 1936 in Yablochnoye, Ukraine. He is worldly known as the butcher of Rostov or Soviet Union serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most gruesome serial killers in soviet history. (Cahill) Andrei was born with a few birth defects as a newborn such as nearsightedness, as well as, lesions and water to the brain.(Butcher) The era of Andrei being born Ukraine was at war with Germany(WWII).…

Dexter, is a Tv show about a blood splatter analysis, who not only works to find the killers, but is an killer, an serial killer to be exact. With his actions seeming equivalent to one of a vigilante who only murders the guilty, Dexter fells he does nothing wrong. Whether it be at work or when he performs his “hobby”, Dexter makes sure justice is served. As many dark themed storyline are created, many tend to open with a chilling opening credits that capture your attention to allow you to see…

Theodore Robert Cowell also known as Ted Bundy who was born on November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophile. He confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978 yet the confession, the number of victims could be much higher and remains unknown. After ted died the man who defended ted which would be his lawyer confessed ted had killed more than 100 women. He also revealed that even though ted was a necrophile,…