Serial killer

In 1888, the infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, terrorized Whitechapel, a town in East London, for eleven months with a series of five, possibly eleven, murders. There were six other horrendous murders that came before the official five victims of Jack. There were many suspects during the Ripper investigation, but the police believed that either Joseph Barnet or Robert D’Onston was responsible. Jack was never identified or arrested because a year later, the murders stopped suddenly. The…

To some, the biology of the killers also plays a role in their understanding. Main biological factors include, physical trauma, brain damage, and genetic traits. An example of this idea is in a study done by Adrian Raine, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He was given a result that strongly implies “that birth complications can lead to mild brain damage that may go unnoticed throughout childhood, yet predispose a boy to violent behavior in adulthood.”…

Killing Field” (S2E4) , “Since the 1970’s, 30 young girls have gone missing in a flat, no-man's land outside of Houston. Several of them have turned up the, leaving investigators to question which murders are connected and where is the pattern of this killer and most importantly when he will strike again.” Mr. Phelps adopts a better in critical tone in order to present the lack of disrespect and finding these young woman. As he speaks, in “Dark Minds” Mr. Phelps portrays a deep feeling of…

In 2000 Keenen Ivory Wayans directed Scary Movie which brings a comedy aspect into horror. In this film Six friends are being stalked by a serial killer who's after them because of an accident that they caused last Halloween. This group of teenagers accidentally hit a man when driving, and disposed of the body, but now the killer they are being stalked by has a very recognisable mask. The body count has already started and the friends are going to have to escape from both the killer's clutches…

Charles Mason was a killer who has been deemed the “Boogeyman” without really killing a single person that he is known for, himself. He was the leader of the “Family” and used the people he recruited as tools to do what he wanted. He used the Beatles and race wars as a way to have people kill for him, with the excuse that it is what needs to happen to ensure their survival. He used his wit and charm to lead and enslave young men and women into his psychopathic thought process. In this paper, I…

The five motives that I chose to discuss that induce a person to kill are Financial Gain, Sexual Gratification, Emotional, Self-Protection and Apparently sex-connected homicides. The first on is financial gain. Someone will be driven to murder another person if they knew they stood to gain a large sum of money. This can include the beneficiary of a will or insurance policy of a spouse or relative. In addition, they could receive financial gain by being the surviving spouse in a community…

in high school everyone could tell Jeffery Dahmer was different. Looked on as an outcast, Jeff felt he was out of place in this world. His parents were not there for him, Jeff had no one there for him and that ultimately led him to become the serial killer he was. In Derf Backderfs spellbinding Graphic Novel My Friend Dahmer, a story about Dahmer’s dark adolescent life, taught me to be sensitive to someone’s home-life, be there for people, and to stay positive and strong. You really never know…

Introduction Many believe that people capable of committing serial murder or spree killing are born “evil,” and in some cases this can be perceived as at least somewhat truthful. This however cannot be the case for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the two people responsible for the D.C. Sniper Attacks. The D.C. sniper case, also known as the Beltway sniper attacks, were a stretch of organized shootings that occurred over a three week period in the states of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Colombia…

Countess Elizabeth Bathory is an infamous serial killer from the seventeenth century, who has been accused of the murders from anywhere between 30-650 young girls, though only a minimum of 30 were witnessed, and 600 has been proved to be a high exaggeration. Elizabeth was born on August 7th, 1560 into one of the wealthiest families in Transylvania. She could speak and write four languages, and had a high education, proving she was a very intelligent woman. At fourteen she married Count Bathory,…

John Wayne Gacy was a notorious serial killer known for murdering young men and boys in his own home and then burying them in his crawl space. Gacy was also known for dressing up as a clown to entertain children, an action that would earn him the name of Killer Clown. Gacy wasn’t all bad though. He was good father, did charitable work, and was even involved in politics. However, many say that no amount of good he did could make up for the men and boys he murdered. Despite what Gacy did, he was…