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Serial is a 12 episode podcast based around the murder of Hae Min Lee and her alleged killer Adnan Syed who was convicted for it. In this shocking podcast there was a view into the prosecution’s tactics and actions that shocked many listeners; even the narrator of the podcast itself, Sarah Koenig. The prosecution relied primarily on one witness for a majority of their case, due to an absence of evidence. As well, they also used Adnan’s relationships against him. Overall the prosecution’s actions…

Dr. Shipman had one of the best guises a serial killer could expect to have. He was a family doctor, a pillar of society, respected by his colleagues and patients (England, 2015). This, on its face value made it inconceivable that he could be responsible for murdering so many people. When suspicions first arose that something criminal may be afoot with the unusually high number of deaths occurring out of Dr. Shipman’s practice, things were overlooked that could have allowed the police to end…

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…

Will Graham, a teacher with pure empathy and enormous imagination. Despite Will’s instability in the field, special agent Jack Crawford chooses to use him in the pursue of serial killers. To ease Will’s mental damage, Jack ask for aid from the psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter. Little do Will and Jack known that Hannibal is the serial killer they are chasing. In a series of manipulation, murders and accusations, it inevitable ends in a bloodbath. Will Graham Will Graham never knew his mother; he…

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,…

misunderstood is serial killers. Serial killers are growing at an increasingly high rate as each year passes by. Any person that has killed a number of people are considered to be serial killers. These killers go on sprees, causing a disastrous effect everywhere they go with victims that do not normally show any connections. There is no set characteristics that make up a serial killer, these people can be your next door neighbors, the pastor at your church or even your own spouse. Serial…

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).…

over one hundred Jack the Ripper suspects. Lewis Carroll, famous for his work of “Alice in Wonderland”, is one of the hundreds that have been accused of being the murderous Jack the Ripper. The mystery began when Jack the Ripper, an unidentified serial killer, made his first killing around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name “Jack the Ripper” came about when a letter was written by an anonymous person claiming to be a murderer. However, the letter was thought about as a joke.…

family then goes on to kill a number of people 15 years later. After watching, Jake was amazed at how relaxed the boy was at killing and supposed that if he were to kill someone, he 'd feel the same…

On November 24, 1946, Eleanor Cowell had no idea that she gave birth to a person who would turn out to be one of the most notorious serial killers in the late 20th century. She would not be the one to raise her son, Theodore, though. She was only eighteen years old and was not married when she had him. Her parents decided to take the responsibility of raising Ted in order to hide Eleanor’s role of being an unmarried mother. Ted was told that Eleanor was really his sister and that her parents…