Ted Koppel

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H.Holmes, was known as one of the first serial killers in the states or some could even say he was one of the first killers that genuinely defined the word. Holmes was at large around the same time as Jack The Ripper. He committed his crimes on all people regardless of age, gender, relationship status or status in life. No one was safe from the acts he committed in the mid 1800’s. To give a little light on who Holmes is, He was born in New Hampshire in…

William H. Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, was a wild west figure who many people see as worse than he actually was. He was not a terrible kid who killed a ton of people, but he did kill some. The reasoning for the killings were reasonable, they weren’t just because he was crazy and enjoyed killing people. Two of the people he killed were killed when he was trying to escape from jail. Many things about Billy the Kid remain a mystery today. Nobody knows his exact date of birth and nobody…

The Ink Drinker Continued... I rushed back to the bookstore feeling excited about my new hunger for books. I went straight to my hiding place, sat down, and began to wonder about what to do next. “Should I tell someone?” I thought to myself. I decided to just wait until the next morning and go back to the graveyard to see if I could find Draculink and ask him about my newly developed book issue. Besides, it was getting really cold and dark outside anyways. All I could think about was…

John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer who had 34 victims. Like most serial killers, John Gacy had a horrific childhood that caused him to become the predator to others. John Gacy’s father was constantly physically and emotionally harming him. Most of John Gacy’s victims were male and this may be because he had a grudge against males because of his father. John Gacy was a serial killer who molested his victims before killing them, his childhood was similar to most serial killers and could be the…

As Buddha once said, “the mind is everything. What you think, you become.” Can your childhood really be so bad that you get gratification out of killing innocent people? Does attention mean that much to someone? Is sexual pleasure really that important? These questions are popular when it comes to understanding the brain of serial killers. A serial killer is someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with a cooling-off period between murders (“56”). Your…

A theme ever-present in a large majority of poetry is conflict. Conflict can manifest in many different forms in the world and poetry, being a great form of social commentary, discusses the impact these forms of conflict have on the world. A diverse selection of authors discuss the themes of ethical conflict, romantic conflict, conflict in war, and existential conflict in their work. The theme of ethical conflict is highly predominant in the poetry of Langston Hughes, George Watsky, and Seamus…

The Law enforcement system in the US is not always reliable and and trustworthy in every case. During 1993, in West Memphis there was news about three 8 year old boys being deemed missing from their families. Not too long later they were found dead in a stream. They were bruised, mutilated and tied up like hogs. These three boys were Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steve Branch. Three young adults known as, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin, were eventually convicted in…

officials his inspiration was “Nightmare on Elm Street”. Various serial killers are diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder. This disorder allows a person to manipulate and not feel any empathy. An example of this is when a serial killer named Ted Bundy simply stated “I'm as cold a m*therf*cker as you've ever put your f***g eyes on. I don't give a sh* about those people.” Other serial killers have worse mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or borderline personality…

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…

I read the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The main characters are Kirsten Raymonde and Miranda Carroll. The novel’s setting is around the Great Lakes area. The setting affects the novel because the area is desolate because it has been 20 years since the end of civilization. Kirsten lives and works with a group of artists called the Traveling Symphony. They go around to towns in caravans and perform plays and music to other survivors. The book switches around from…