Ted Conover

In Volume 3 of my Serial Killers series, The Serial Killers Butchers and Lunatics, you will be introduced to some of the most vicious and disturbed Serial Killers. In Butchers in Lunatics we are going to explore the crimes and lives of men such as Ted Bundy, killer of at least 36 woman and perhaps more than 60. Randy Kraft convicted of 16 counts of murder and rape of young men. Herbert Mullin an almost forgotten serial killer from the 1970's who committed 13 murders. This lunatic believed…

Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy Introduction “A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually due to abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break between them” (Wikipedia). Notorious serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms, and then murdered by a fellow prison inmate in 1994 (“Jeffrey Dahmer…

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. H. H. Holmes once said “I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing....” This quote came from Holmes at his confession trial in 1896. Holmes is thought to have had a fortunate childhood, so it is unsure what the main cause of his dire need to kill so many people in his life time truly was. While Holmes only confessed to twenty-seven murders and many insurance…

Wayne Williams was born on May 27, 1958, in Atlanta, Georgia. Wayne Bertram Williams was the key suspect for the Atlanta Child Murders. He was convicted of the killing of two men in January 1982. It was only until after his conviction that he was thought to be responsible for the deaths of more than 20 other people, these were the Atlanta Child Murders. These beliefs came from DNA evidence that suggested he was linked to the murders (Wayne Williams Biography). Wayne Williams was known as one of…

This essay will discuss the life of John Wayne Gacy before his murders, during his murders and the ending result when he finally was convicted. Now although there are a lot of things to say about John Wayne Gacy , there’s a lot of background information that may have led up to the cruel things he did. John Wayne Gacy was born on St.Patrick's day in 1942. He was the middle child; his older sister Joanne was born two years before him and his younger sister Karen who was born 2 years after. “To…

Danielle M. Buller, Katelyn McGinnis, 2009). Ted Bundy was a very interesting person to try to understand. He had a way of himself that others could only view as charming and having a sense of overwhelming confidence and intelligence. Ted Bundy was born on November 24th, 1964 in…

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, rapist…

Willa Cather moved to Nebraska in 1883, when she was only 9 years old. A year and a half later she moved to the small prairie city of Red Cloud. While there she had an attic room that she loved to read in. At sixteen she went to college. After attending the University of Nebraska she moved to Pittsburg. She became a big woman in American journalism, but quit when she started writing her American masterpieces. She wrote three masterpieces in five years, one being My Antonia. She was received the…

past an average of 10 murderers, in the U.S, who have not been caught yet. Names like John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy are all widely known serial killers that have been sent to jail for their crimes. One thing that you may have not known though is the fact that Ted Bundy killed two of his victims in Tallahassee, specifically right here at Florida State University. Ted Bundy admitted to killing 30 people but many believe he had as many as 100 victims. Although at one point his own…

When many people think of a serial killer they think of Hannibal Lecter, although he is fictional, or Jeffrey Dahmer. A serial killer is someone who murders at least three people that fit a specific category weather it is based on gender, race, wealth, age, religion, or any other characteristic (Serial Killer 2001). Serial killers have intrigued and frightened people in American culture for decades. One of the more horrifying aspects of serial killers is that there is no way of distinguishing…