Ted Shawn

Wayne Williams was born on May 27, 1958, in Atlanta, Georgia. Wayne Bertram Williams was the key suspect for the Atlanta Child Murders. He was convicted of the killing of two men in January 1982. It was only until after his conviction that he was thought to be responsible for the deaths of more than 20 other people, these were the Atlanta Child Murders. These beliefs came from DNA evidence that suggested he was linked to the murders (Wayne Williams Biography). Wayne Williams was known as one of…

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…

Willa Cather moved to Nebraska in 1883, when she was only 9 years old. A year and a half later she moved to the small prairie city of Red Cloud. While there she had an attic room that she loved to read in. At sixteen she went to college. After attending the University of Nebraska she moved to Pittsburg. She became a big woman in American journalism, but quit when she started writing her American masterpieces. She wrote three masterpieces in five years, one being My Antonia. She was received the…

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…