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    their deeds, or to confess that they were motivates by voices in their heads or some other imaginary source” (“Serial Killers”). Of course, if there is a disorganized killer, then there is also an organized killer. Ted Bundy is the ultimate example of an organized serial killer. “Ted Bundy was so organized that the police never located the crime scenes where his first seventeen victims were actually killed. Six of his victims remain missing to this day” (Vronsky 102). Organized killers tend to…

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    for others impossible. When asked to empathize, some are capable of activating their emotional processes, which could explain why a serial killer can make themselves appear “normal” at times to lure their victims in. Many serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgeway, Tom Lynn Sells, John Wayne Gacey, Jeffery…

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    Why Serial Killers Kill

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    Why Serial Killers Kill “I just liked to kill, I wanted to kill.” A quote from Ted Bundy an American serial killer during the 70s. Ted Bundy just like all serial killers fell under some sort of category for the reason of why they kill. The top categories that serial killers fall under are lust, feeling of power, mission oriented, and comfort. Many of the most famous serial killers that you may have heard of fall under one of these four categories. One of the more common reasons that serial…

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    lack a feeling of empathy which is why they are able to commit these horrendous crimes. Serial killers have to murder more than four people and have a specific type they go after. Ted Bundy would go after young college girls. Serial killers try to appeal to our emotions in order to get away with their crimes. Ted Bundy would pretend to be hurt and a college girl would help him not knowing he was a serial killer who would then rape and kill her. Gary Ridgway would bring his son along when he went…

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    Ted Bundy Case Study

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    him until his mother married and her husband adopted him. But the fact that Bundy raised up thinking his real mother was his sister made him angry towards his mother. Adding to the complicated family life Bundy had he was always more of a loner and had difficulty finding friends. Ted Bundy also showed unusual and unhealthy interest in extreme violence and dead animals, which is also a common trait of serial killers . Ted Bundy attended college, where he met his first girlfriend Stephanie Brooks.…

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    Serial Killer Essay

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    What Creates a Serial Killer? When you first Google serial killers, you get all sorts of links, links from definitions to the top 25 serial killers of all time. Why is it that serial killers are such an intriguing topic? Is it the suspense of what drives them or how afraid we are of them? Everyone wants to know why he or she becomes a murderer, but there seems to be no specific reason. In this paper I will search for the answers to these questions, I will beg the question of nature versus…

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    contact with the victim. An example of this type of serial killer is the notorious Ted Bundy, who terrorized women all over the country. Bundy deceived his victims by pretending to be injured and requesting help. The young women who did, paid a fatal price. After he killed his victims, he often would have sex with their corpses and even kept their heads as a sick keepsake to recollect the murder in his own time. Bundy finally confessed to murdering 30 young women and girls in a total of seven…

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    In this day and age, serial killers have become part of the American culture. From Ted Bundy to the infamous “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, numerous serial killers have become remarkably well-known for their crimes. So well-know, in fact, that they are now their own kind of celebrities, their twisted stories living on even after their deaths. It’s no secret that we can’t get enough of these individuals as well as the heinous murders they commit, but why is this the case? For many years,…

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    Sadly in the flawed world that we live in, there are people who have clouded judgments and cannot function rationally. There are people who can commit malicious acts and justify them by their own means that do not necessarily make sense to a sane person. Unfortunately some of these people are psychopaths and serial killers. One of the first serial killers documented in America was Dr. Henry Howard Holmes. He created a hotel in Chicago in 1893 for The World’s Columbian Exhibition. This event…

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    Essay On The Zodiac Killer

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    We all know what a murder victim is, they are unfortunate people who will be missed by many, and revered by some. But what about murderers who are they and how many have they victimized and most importantly why? 10) The Zodiac killer Nobody knows who's the zodiac killer is, from the 1960 to the 1970 he raised terror in California. The actual count of the victims is yet to be known. There are 5 confirmed dead and possibly 28 victims. On August 1, 1969, three letters that allegedly were…

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