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The killings and the minds of a serial killer have long fascinated the public both fictional and non fiction. It gives the public the sense of fear, scaring the population and questions if they are going to get caught while it is also repulsing to think someone has died by a person’s own hand. A … Read more
A psychopath is a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior. A person who is labeled a narcissist has a sense of self-importance and need others for admiration, but show lack of empathy. The Reverend Jim Jones was a psychopath who ultimately lead hundreds of people to their deaths in … Read more
Keith Jesperson, also known as the Happy Face Killer, is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least 8 women in the United States in the 1990s. Growing up, Jesperson lived with his parents Leslie and Gladys Jesperson, and was the middle child of two brothers and two sisters. Jesperson did not grow up in … Read more
Sociological Perspective on Serial Killers and Serial Murder The topic of serial killers is something that is often not spoken about in today’s society, but it is a very interesting concept. Many people refrain from speaking about serial killers because of how gruesome some of their murders can be. Almost all serial killers are driven … Read more
John George Haigh was a 1940’s serial killer. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire but grew up in a village named Outwood, which is just west of Yorkshire. His parents were both members of the Plymouth Brethren, a conservative protestant sect. He did not have much space and had to stay within a 10 foot … Read more
A serial killer is someone who commits a series of murders, usually in a pattern, with no apparent motive. Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as “The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough” and one of America’s most infamous serial killers, is responsible for the murdering, dismembering, and eating of seventeen boys between the years of 1978 … Read more
Prior to discussing what serial killers do, we must identify and pinpoint what a serial killer is. We generally tend to attribute the same name for serial killers and mass murderers. This is incorrect because they are two independent and different types of killers. While both of these individuals may kill many people, the difference … Read more
Ted Bundy is one of the worst serial killers in history. His Antisocial personality and psychotic character made him feared across the country. After all was said and done Ted left behind a trail of bloody slayings that included the deaths of 36 young women and spanned through four states. The biggest question in many … Read more
One of the more romantic elements of American folklore has been the criss-crossing rail system of this country steel rails carrying Americans to new territories across desert and mountain, through wheat fields and over great rivers. Carl Sandburg has flavored the mighty steam engine in elegant prose and Arlo Guthrie has made the roundhouse a … Read more
In the past decade, the elusive creature known as the serial killer has captured the attention of American culture. With the popular press churning out dozens of books and movies centered around the serial killer each year, the term has almost become a catch-phrase, replacing earlier terms such as ‘homicidal maniac. ‘ Fiction writers and … Read more
A serial killer is a person whom everybody knows as a friend, a lover or even a father but no one knows about his killer instinct until it’s to late. Serial killers have plagued this country and others for many years. They are hard to find and virtually undetectable until they start murdering the innocent. … Read more