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Why would anyone knowingly marry a serial killer? In the most recent installment of Philippa Gregory’s Tudor Court series, The Taming of the Queen, the answer to that question becomes all too clear: because he is the KING! Kateryn Parr, the final Queen in the reign of Henry VIII, is the subject of this latest piece of historical fiction. Picking up shortly after the execution of Katherine Howard, King Henry’s fifth wife, this book introduces the world to the little known Queen Kateryn. With…

Was Jack the Ripper really Jack the Ripper? Or was it someone else? Ripper was a serial killer and mutilated at least five prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888 and because no one arrested or tried for murders, crime buffs are still fascinated with Jack the Ripper case more than 115 years later. To criminally profile the man named Jack the Ripper, there is evidence of his types of victims, what he did to his victims and the possible suspects to his true identity. The women experts really…

Monster essay Nobody in the world is perfect. In today’s society, there are people who either make good or bad choices, and there is always an outcome to it. In the novel Monster, there are three people who are accused of Mr.- Nesbitt’s murder. Steve is a 16-year-old from Harlem who is on trial for participating in robbery and murder. As well as James King and Richard Evans who is known by the name “Bobo”. Steve may be the lookout for the robbery that was being made, but he wasn’t responsible…

There is a body of criminological research suggesting that mental instability and Dissocial personality disorders play the major role in the criminal behavior of mass murders (Agnew, 2012). In support of this theory researchers including Robinson, have observed that the delusional tendencies among mass murders could be a defensive extrapolation by the perpetrator to rationalize their actions (Robinson, 2004). The contrary perspective is best summed up by the irrational nature of the crime itself…

A Characterization of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter: The Retributive Scientist In The Scarlet Letter , Roger Chillingworth is the antagonist of the novel. Roger Chillingworth, once a kind, true and affectionate man, turns into a man full of vengeance and rage after his wife, Hester Prynne, commits adultery with a man named Arthur Dimmesdale. Chillingworth begins to seek revenge for the man who committed this sin with his wife, which turns him into the cruel and twisted man that he…

In the well known-podcast, Serial, host Sarah Koenig (Fig. 1.1) reveals contradicting anecdotes and unquestionable facts of the murder of eighteen-year-old girl, Hae Min Lee. The main purpose of the podcast is to acknowledge and bring awareness of the amount of doubt there can be in any given situation. Serial exhibits countless strategies to keep the listener’s attention and over the course of time, including the formatting of the episodes. Every episode of Serial begins by tugging at the…

Charles Manson “Everyone in the world has tried to kill me for the last twenty-five years, and I am still here,” says notorious killer Charles Manson. A small group of intruders broke into the home of actress Sharon Tate on August 9, 1969, and she was ferociously murdered, along with her unborn child and her friends. The next evening in the same city, a grocery store executive and his wife were found murdered in the same manner. These brutal acts of murder brought enormous attention to the City…

Serial Killers: Behind the Mind In order to solve murders and catch killers there has to be some research behind what makes them commit terrible acts. Without the research we have today criminal profilers and detectives would have a much harder job of determining the criminal’s next move or where they are hiding out from the police. People like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacey, or Jeffery Dahmer could have claimed more victims if it weren’t for the research behind the criminal mind. “Statistically…

Introduction- thesis Serial killers have been treated the same throughout the years for the most part, but many have been proven to have some form of psychological disorders. Although they have done wrong things, it does not mean we should treat them inhumanely- they are people! Serial killers deserve to have psychological treatment and should not be denied that opportunity because of the heinous things they may have done, because of these disorders. The right to an education should not be…

The zodiac killer is like no other, he is a killer who has never been close to being caught and could be living among us today. The self-made zodiac killer was linked to many murders in northern california starting in 1968 and ending around 1969. He would torment police by making threatening letters sent to newspapers around the area, he sent letters for about 6 years straight then stopped suddenly. Even though there was intensive investigations no one was ever arrested or questioned for the…