Ted Robert Gurr

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known by his alias Dr. Henry Howard “H.H.” Holmes, was one of the first publicized serial killers in American history. Called a “blood-thirsty demon” in an 1896 New York Times article, Holmes was convicted and hanged for the murder of Benjamin F. Pietzel, but he confessed to 27 murders and his body count has been estimated to be nearer 200. Holmes, who started out his life of crime with insurance fraud when he was just out of college, eventually confessed “I was…

Think of the words “serial killer.” Who comes to mind? Many have left an undesirable impression on the world, but some tend to stand out from the rest. One in particular seems to be especially unique against the others: Richard Kuklinski. Standing at six and a half inches at three hundred pounds and nicknamed “The Iceman,” Richard Kuklinski was a brutal and cruel man known for killing more than one hundred men in his lifetime. Most people who knew of Kuklinski’s background would not be surprised…

Sylvia Plath “The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence" (Plath). Throughout her life, Sylvia Plath wrote about her hardships and emotions, to contribute to her main theme that death brings the hatred out of people, as reflected in her own life, which allows people to relate to her work and feel as though they are not alone. Sylvia Plath faced a challenging childhood and reflected her emotions within her poems. Otto Plath died on the night of November…

Lust killers typically use their hands as weapons because it requires close contact with the victim. An example of this type of serial killer is the notorious Ted Bundy, who terrorized women all over the country. Bundy deceived his victims by pretending to be injured and requesting help. The young women who did, paid a fatal price. After he killed his victims, he often would have sex with their corpses and even…

their deeds, or to confess that they were motivates by voices in their heads or some other imaginary source” (“Serial Killers”). Of course, if there is a disorganized killer, then there is also an organized killer. Ted Bundy is the ultimate example of an organized serial killer. “Ted Bundy was so organized that the police never located the crime scenes where his first seventeen victims were actually killed. Six of his victims remain missing to this day” (Vronsky 102). Organized killers tend to…

fascinated by the horrors and cruelty of murderous fictional characters such as Freddy Krueger and Haninibal Lecter. Fictional murder crimes seem far-fetched, however, they can be all too close to reality. With real-life killers such as Helter Skelter, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, and Jack the Ripper anyone can see that fictional murders are just as real as actuality. Be that as it may, Serial murder is a rather rare event; the estimated murders committed in any given year is estimated to…

of primary emotional components resulted in Ted doing these unthinkable things while still appearing like nothing was wrong on the outside. While living with his grandparents, Ted was exposed to violence by his grandfather and not receiving the affection from his mother that he so desperately needed. Consequently, this resulted in Ted acting out in the undesirable way that he did to achieve the emotional need that was not receiving (Black, 2016). When Ted was removed from his grandparents, his…

(pp. 1-40) After reading the first forty pages in Tuesdays with Morrie, I feel that I have obtained a decent character overview of Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz. What I have learned so far in this book is that time can change a person. Mitch Albom was once a joyous young student, who was great friends with his dear professor, Morrie. But time changed Mitch. Experiences shaped Mitch to be a much different person; almost unrecognizable to the young man he was in college. When Mitch wrote…

Theodore Robert Bundy, Ted Bundy, was born on November 24,1946 and sentenced to death on January 24, 1989, was one of Americas most notorious serial killer and rapist in the late 20th century. He confessed to killing 30 women during his reign of terror in the 1970s in seven different states (Washington, Utah, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Idaho, and California). It is believed he killed even more than confessed to. Ted Bundy had the power to charm women. Many of which paid with their lives. He…

What drives people to murder? Or more specifically why people commit serial murders? Why do serial killers only target victims with certain traits? Two of the most famous serial killers are Patrick Wayne Kearney and Jeffrey Dahmer. These two vicious murderers demonstrated two different types of serial killers. This report will cover what drives serial killers to kill. Types According to criminologists in How to Spot a Serial Killer there are two ways to categorize serial murders. They are…