Serial

crime book based on a real story and is written by Ann Rule. This book is all about the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy was well known to Rule as she was quite close to him in several series of murders he committed. The reason for choosing this book is that it provides detailed explanation about how and when was the wrongdoings were committed against the law. It describes how the serial killer, Ted Bundy, executed those crimes, what was going on in his mind during all this period…

Psychological profiling has had a long history within the criminal justice field including the FBI. Many believe that this type of profiling has no usefulness in solving crimes, however the more that is learned about how a criminal thinks the better equipped to solve crimes sooner and prevent new crimes. Psychological profiling can be used to limit the amount of suspects for a given crime. While a psychological profile will help to solve a crime, having a solid crime scene examination is a…

Jeffrey Dahmer targeting and killing men would have been a terrifying event. Similarly, Jack the Ripper grabbing women in the night would have been just as horrifying. Jeffrey Dahmer and Jack the Ripper were two very famous serial killers in history. While their methods of murder were similar their targets, and their capture and end were quite different. Jeffrey Dahmer was interesting in the way he lured his victims in and who he targeted. Dahmer targeted only African American men. There were…

made these slayings so unique to an area already heavily entrenched in violent crime, was the sheer brutality of the homicides. Inside the boundary lines of a single square mile, a number of prostitutes were strangled and mutilated by an unidentified serial killer known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Despite the efforts of the Metropolitan Police to find and capture the assailant, the true identity of the Ripper is as much of a mystery today as it was in 1888. Speculative theories concerning…

At first he was convicted of 48 separate murders. And later confessed to nearly twice that number. The total number of convictions against him was 49 convictions, making him the most prolific American serial killer in history. Most of his victims were suspected to be prostitutes and other women in vulnerable situations, including underage runaways. The press gave him his nickname after the first five of his victims were found in the Green River. He killed…

One of the best modern day adaptations of the Divine Comedy is the movie Seven. In this Dramatic Mystery, John Doe, a serial killer, carries out horrific murders based on the concept of contrapasso from the Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is referenced several times and seems to be the source for the serial killers seven murders as each relate to a deadly sin. From the opening credits to the seventh day of the film, the movie replicates Dante’s use of symmetry: the number seven refers to the…

“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…

percentage of psychopaths is a high 25 percent, according to Alternet. Psychopathy, however, can be an advantage in some professions, according to Kevin Dutton, an Oxford psychologist. In his book, “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serials Can Teach Us About Success,” he wrote that psychopathy…

anxious, or excitement. I chose the film Silence of the Lambs to describe suspense because this film in particular touched me in a suspenseful way. The basis of the movie in itself is suspenseful; police investigations and attempts at stopping a serial killer who is at large creates an exciting atmosphere. Its themes also create some suspenseful aspects to the film that are also applicable to life. The themes present in this film include gender--the main character is a female FBI agent, making…