Ted Danson

David Videcette is a British detective mystery writer best known for writing the DI Jake Flannagan series of novels. He is a former Scotland Yard Detective with the London Metropolitan Police who specialized in organized crime and terrorism. During a career spanning more than two decades he has tracked down many dangerous criminals, interviewed numerous witnesses, and searched hundreds of properties. Today he puts that knowledge into use in writing the DI Jake Flannagan series of novels. The…

Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye tells the story of Marv, a psychotic, disfigured, ex-military killer living in a decadent and corrupt city. Marv is framed for the murder of beautiful prostitute Goldie, and feeling a connection with her though they only shared one night together, Marv goes on a search for her killer. Marv is both hunter and hunted as he traces the murder up through Sin City to a corrupt cardinal and a cannibalistic serial killer preying on the city's prostitutes. Marv…

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” Sylvia Plath faced many obstacles in her life, including the death of her mother, father troubles, an identity crisis and a failed marriage. Throughout Sylvia Plath’s work, she revealed this troublesome life, as well as her true emotions. Plath wrote “Daddy” before her final suicide attempt and really expressed her state of mind about people in her life during this time. Sylvia Plath’s life experiences and relationships combined with historical references impacted her…

Jack the Ripper In London 1888, Jack the Ripper was a murderer that killed prostitutes such as Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman and a few others (Jones). His real identity is still unknown today, because of their lack of forensics and technology then they could not find the actual murderer (Jack the Ripper Biography). The name Jack the Ripper was created by one of the letters that was sent to the Metropolitan newsletter and they had signed it as "Jack the Ripper" (History.com Staff 1).…

Mr. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was conceived on May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (wikipedia.org). After eight years, his family moved to Shower, Ohio. He was an exceptionally bashful young man who frequently gathered dead creatures and hinted at necrophilia at an early age. Nobody could have anticipated that Jeffrey Dahmer would confer 17 killings amid his lifetime which, in trial, were demonstrated to have been driven by necrophilia and his own homosexuality. A large portion of Mr. Dahmer's…

Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont. Theodore Bundy started out his life as his mother's secret shame. Eleanor Cowell (Ted’s Mother) was twenty-two years old and unmarried when she had her son Theodore, which scandalized her deeply religious parents. To hide the fact he was an illegitimate child, Bundy was raised as the adopted son of his grandparents and was told that his mother was his sister. Eleanor moved with Ted to Tacoma, Washington, a few years later. In 1951,…

Serial Killers: Are they born or are they made? It seems to be a question to ignite a debate and has so for decades. The nature vs nurture debate has been regarded as the most essential argument in psychology. Regarding serial killers, it may be the most important. A number of things can play into a person becoming what they end up being or doing. Whether it is their hormones or genetics; or their background, it has an effect on a person’s outcome. Parents can determine the life their child will…

A personal interview was orchestrated to discuss the controversy of DEXTER. Lauren Niemann, freshman at Becker College, was asked her opinion of the show DEXTER, she said” I love DEXTER. It’s different than most shows that deal with the same subject. The writing and structure of the show has the viewer rooting for the serial killer which is a mind-blowing concept to actually think about and I just love it” (Niemann). Niemann was then informed about the controversy surrounding DEXTER, and was…

Being a Serial Killer is very hard work. There are many things you do to keep it going and things from your past that lead up to it. As we know there are a great number of types of criminals and it is always growing. With all the crimes happening today these types of criminals are quite different. Another surprising thing is that not only do men become serial killers but women do as well. Men do their killing differently from each other but compared to women they do it totally differently. Some…

The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly Quite possibly one of the most well-known serial killers, Jack the Ripper murdered 5 prostitutes in Whitechapel, England. The final and most gruesome murder was a young prostitute named Mary Jane Kelly. For well over a century, people have done everything they can to uncover the identity of the infamous murderer. There have been dozens of theories of who the legendary serial killer was over the past 129 years. Ranging from him being a slaughterman or a surgeon to…