Ted Bundy

John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer who had 34 victims. Like most serial killers, John Gacy had a horrific childhood that caused him to become the predator to others. John Gacy’s father was constantly physically and emotionally harming him. Most of John Gacy’s victims were male and this may be because he had a grudge against males because of his father. John Gacy was a serial killer who molested his victims before killing them, his childhood was similar to most serial killers and could be the…

Serial killers are defined as people who commit three or more murders, with a cooling off period that could last anywhere from days to years. Serial killers, regardless of their preferred method of murder, have an ultimate uncontrollable aggression that drives their need to kill. What mainly differentiates serial killers from the well-adjusted individuals in society is the inability to control aggression. Everyone has the ability to murder and some even have the same dark fantasies as serial…

than 35 women in six states; born November 24,1946. The age of 3 years old Bundy had a fascination with knives which soon became a high interest of his unusual actions. Ted Bundy attended Washington University where he met the love of his life a wealthy long dark hair California girl. After a devastating break up to Bundy he began his murderous rampage, killing and raping every female who show similarities as his ex-lover. Bundy was accepted into a law school in Utah before starting numerous…

Serial killers have many distinctive characteristics about themselves. The killer can be male or female. Arthur Shawcross is one of the famous male serial killers. Researchers study Arthur Shawcross in three areas: personality profile perspective, serial murder profile, and the serial killer’s seven rituals of murder. Criminal personality profile is identifying the offender’s characteristics and infers personality and physical traits based on the crime scene and victim interaction. Profiling is…

From an early age, many are intensely interested in voyeurism, fetishism, and sado-masochistic pornography. These are some clues that at a young age a murderers mind starts to evolve. The victims of murders usually have the same kind of way or something in common like their race, appearance, age or sex. Most serial killers are very intelligent and know what they are doing. Psychology is the science and study of human behavior and mental processes. Also, it is the study of human minds and its…

The Brain Network of Serial Killers and Psychopaths A Serial Murder Symposium was held where all the attendees discussed and agreed that there was no generic profile of a serial murderer. How a serial killer commits a crime depends on a lot of different aspects including motivation, his behaviour, how he was raised and what circumstances he had faced in childhood. How are they identified and arrested? A police officer should be trained, how exactly to decipher one from another? The Behavioural…

“We serial killers are your sons. We are your husbands, too. We are all around you. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow” (Ted Bundy). These chilling words spoken by infamous killer Ted Bundy force the world to confront a disturbing reality: the existence of individuals capable of unspeakable atrocities. Ted Bundy’s charm and intelligence allowed him to lure his victims, making him a particularly terrifying and infamous figure in the realm of serial killers, but what exactly…

fascinated by the horrors and cruelty of murderous fictional characters such as Freddy Krueger and Haninibal Lecter. Fictional murder crimes seem far-fetched, however, they can be all too close to reality. With real-life killers such as Helter Skelter, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, and Jack the Ripper anyone can see that fictional murders are just as real as actuality. Be that as it may, Serial murder is a rather rare event; the estimated murders committed in any given year is estimated to…

As Buddha once said, “the mind is everything. What you think, you become.” Can your childhood really be so bad that you get gratification out of killing innocent people? Does attention mean that much to someone? Is sexual pleasure really that important? These questions are popular when it comes to understanding the brain of serial killers. A serial killer is someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with a cooling-off period between murders (“56”). Your…

having a father had a good childhood. Well as I researched a periodical “Reflections on Bundy” and the book “Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters” both brought up a point “the relationship between fantasy and action has always been problematic” (National review page 17) now with this we can come to a conclusion that Bundy was just like anyone else we all have a dark thought here and there yet for Bundy in a lust driven power hunt he crossed the thin line. His last words were “Give…