Ted Hughes

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…

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…

The Poisoner's Handbook involved many stories of dramatic poison murder cases. Medical examineer Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigated the mysterious murders. Poison was a common use of killing during this era. Some of the poisons commonly used were: chloroform, wood alcohol, cyanides, arsenic, and mercury. Norris and Gettler go against unbeatable odds to solve these mysteries and decrease poison use during this deadly time. Key Idea 1 The basic chloroform molecule…

Criminal Profiling Made In the summary of the book “What the Dog Saw” in chapter sixteen “Criminal Profiling Made”, the author Malcolm Gladwell indicated that how different criminals attack their victims, by interviewing many criminals in California and showing the logic evidence. Further more Mr. Gladwell explained that the serial killers can be divided into two categories; (organized criminals) and (disorganized criminals). The organized criminal is well planed their crime…

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…

suspects to who it could be, however it has never been narrowed down to one person. After this case it the interest of serial killing calmed down meaning it was not as popular. In the 1970s and 1980s the notorious serial killings of Green River Killer, Ted Bundy, and BTK (Dennis Rader). The film Silence of the Lambs renewed public interest of serial killings. The majority of the public even law enforcement only gets the information about the killings over films. What they do not realize is that…

John Gacy, also known as the killer clown was convicted of 33 murders in 1980. Gacy told police he had an alternate personality which led to his murders. Later, scientist at discovered that there were no abnormalities in his brain. The way gacy lured his victims into his home was by saying he had a construction job and he would like to hire them.Gacy sexually assaulted and strangled most of them with rope. When he killed his victims he sometimes dressed as his alter ego "Pogo the Clown." 15…