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    According to many FBI cases, serial killers tend to be white heterosexual males in their twenties and thirties. While it is impossible to predict who will become a serial killer, there are traits that appear to be similar in all killers. These behaviors include cruelty to animals, bedwetting, lying, drug and alcohol abuse, and a history of violence. A serial killer is simply defined as the separate killings of three or more people by an individual over a certain period of time; usually with…

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    Serial Killer Factors

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    Specific Individual Becoming a Serial Killer. Societies all around the globe are full of deviance. Whether it is a crime or just an immoral act, there’s always an explanation to one’s behavior. In most illegal activities, especially homicides, there is a motive, unless it is an accident. The reasons behind an intentional killing are numerous: jealousy, revenge, hate, greed, and so forth. But the means to a murder are different when it comes to serial killers. In their case, it’s more about…

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    Serial Killer Crimes

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    Each killer has their own unique motives for killing and one of the hardest things to do is to determine the why the killer committed the crime. Television shows such as Criminal Minds make the job look easy. On the show it may only take the actors hours to look at the evidence, determine the behavior of the suspect, and develop a list of suspects, however, in real life, this process may take days, months, or even years to determine. Sadly, this means that the killer has more time to carry out…

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    Killer Whales Captivity

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    Killer Whales, their name alone makes a bold statement, and it is no surprise that people flock to areas that showcase these majestic animals. Spectators watch in awe as these animals put on a show with their trainers. Venues, such as Sea World, take claim to the idea that these shows support education, research and conservation of killer whales12. Alternatively, many state that the use of killer whales for our entertainment is not only dangerous to people, but that it violates the five freedoms…

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    The Zodiac Killer Essay

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    greater level particularly when the movie consist of ghost, demons, or serial killers. These types of movies are about things that are not common in everyday life, so it intrigues people and leave them wanting more information. The movie creators tailor their movies around horror and killing because they know that what people want and it will sell tickets. People’s attraction to serial killers…

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    The Zodiac Killer is still one of the most well known serial killers of all time. Claiming to have killed 37 people. In the San Francisco area between the early 1960s and 1970s the Zodiac wrote letters and intricate ciphers to the police department in which the letters says he was the one who committed those crimes. The ciphers have been analysed and the police and other investigators who try to crack these codes but nobody has been able to decode these ciphers which could potentially say the…

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    The Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer took blame for many murders in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1960s. To this day he has not been caught. The Zodiac Killer has been directly connected to five murders at the least, he is likely responsible for more (Biography.com). On October 30 1966, Cheri Jo Bates was at riverside College coming from the library. Bates got in the car and it would not turn on. Police think Bates’s killer approached her with an officer to help. The killer drug Bates…

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    Zodiac Killer Timeline

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    Throughout history, there has always been a raging serial killer who taunts a certain city with their gruesome killings. They always, most definitely get caught. But, what happens when they don’t? The Zodiac Killer is one of these infamous killers who still even to this day has never been caught. The killer began his killings in the Bay Area of northern California in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. The Zodiac Killer was highly intelligent and very precise on how he did things. When it came to…

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    Serial Killer Stereotypes

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    The biggest stereotype when thinking about a serial killer is that the killer has to be male. In most cases it’s true the killer is a man , but according to 5 Myths about Serial Killers and Why They Persist [Excerpt] by Scott Bonn “approximately 17 percent of all serial homicides in the U.S. are committed by women.” which is a small percentage , but still shows that women are not as timid as everyone thinks. It shows that gender doesn't have anything to do with the impulse of killing. In terms…

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    Serial Killer Traits

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    There are a lot of traits potential Serial killers have and all of these are quite common than people think. The origin of a blood thirsty killer is just some things that people would first pass off as normal as a child but then which would grow worse as the child grows up. There are traits that have been studied upon and in these traits is what would potentially emerge a Serial Killer. In the FBI statistics more than 70% of the serial killers had Alcohol and Substance abuse and any kind of…

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