Ted Hughes

killers 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…

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,…

The label serial killer is defined as a person who commits three or more killings. The killings have commonalities that propose the crimes were committed by the person or persons. Federal law provides this definition only to aid law enforcement agencies with investigations of serial killers. However, the definition is not meant to serve as all-encompassing description for serial murders. Serial killers vary in many ways so there is not a blanket profile for a serial killer. However, there…

July27, 1981 six-year old Adam Walsh was abducted from a Sears department store in Hollywood, Florida. Revé Walsh, his mother, allowed young Adam to busy himself with a video game display while she shopped. A few minutes later, she returned to the display to find her son missing. What she did not know was that, there had been an argument between Adam and a group of kids at the display that resulted in them all being put out of the store where little Adam was abducted. About a month later, two…

The Pied Piper Arnold Friend, diversely known as Charles Schmid or “The Pied Piper of Tuscon,” in the story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” is a serial killer who has a name for himself. Throughout his life, Charles Schmid manages to kill three teenage girls from 1964 to 1965 by beguiling them to him by altering his appearance and intriguing his victims by his persuasive choice of words . In 1966, Joyce Carol Oates found inspiration to write ,“Where Are You Going, Where Have You…

Ted Bundy Christopher Gregory Community College of Aurora Theodore Robert Bundy, AKA Ted Bundy, is one of the more well-known serial killers in this nation. Before his death in 1989, he had confessed to thirty-six murders, but the number is likely much higher and some estimate it’s likely in the hundreds. Bundy was a serial rapist and killer, he raped his victims before beating them to death, that had a tristate murder spree. Bundy had escaped prison twice, before he was eventually caught and…

unmarried. She got pregnant with Ted from a sailor named Jack Worthington who had left after he learned of her condition.During Ted’s childhood he believed that his grandmother and grandfather were his parents and that his real mother Louise was his sister. His grandfather had a violent temper and Ted was exposed to this. His grandfather was also abusive to animals, physically violent, and had a collection of disturbing pornography that Ted was also exposed to. Ted displayed unusual behavior at…

Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Misty Copeland endured a tumultuous home life to dance, eventually she began to study under California ballet instructor Cindy Bradley. Misty joined the studio company of American Ballet Theatre in 2000, becoming a soloist several years later an starring in an array of productions such as The Nutcracker and Firebird. An icon whose star shines beyond the world of classical dance, in late June 2015 Misty became the first…

"I deserve, certainly, the most extreme punishment society has, and I think society deserves to be protected from me and from others like me." This quote from Ted Bundy, stated just days before his execution in Florida’s electric chair, shows that Bundy truly is a cold-hearted killer (Nichols 54). Bundy is thought to be responsible for the death of more than 30 women and girls, all with the same physical characteristics. Using tricks such as asking for help to find his dog or pretending to have…

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City (Kane 299). “Teedie” as his family often called him, was the second of four children (Gable 465). Teedie was frequently ill from infancy to his late teens because he struggled with asthma (Harbaugh 329). Although he was a very small child, had asthma and awful vision, nothing took away his energy and zest for life (Gable 465). Theodore grew up very privileged because his father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., was a very wealthy New…