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    Tom had been on the go since six o’clock that morning‚ had confirmed that the brutal rape and murder of a woman was the work of a serial-killer‚ interviewed her friends and acquaintances‚ and spent hours perusing telephone phone and computer records‚ without coming up with one iota of substantive evidence‚ or feeling as if he’d located a direction in which to turn. The only break‚ and sustenance‚ he’d had all day was the quick lunch with Lila‚ and the Detective was mentally and physically exhausted

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    real name was Hamilton Howard‚ He was also known as the Gray Man‚ the Werewolf of Wysteria‚ the Brooklyn Vampire‚ the Moon Maniac‚ and The Boogey Man. He was a serial killer in the United States. He was born on May 29th‚ 1870 in Washington D.C. and died January 16th‚ 1963 in Ossining‚ New York. He an American Sado-masochistic serial killer and cannibal. He was a father of 6 kids their names were Anna Fish‚ Gertrude Fish‚ Albert Fish‚ Eugene Fish‚ John Fish‚ and Henry Fish. Albert Fish was a Sex pervert

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    Ted Bundy: Serial Killer

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    Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s‚ and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer‚ he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings‚ ted had developed a specific pattern of victims‚ and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over‚ while sexually assaulting his

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    Serial Killers: America ’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history‚ their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years‚ words such as "baffling" and "mysterious" have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred serial killers

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    The Making of a Notorious Serial Killer July 7th‚ 2012 When thinking of someone to write about I preferred to research a rapist or killer of women. (You could say‚ “When thinking of someone to write about I prefer to research a murderer that preyed upon women.”) (Also could think about revising this statement to make it smoother) I felt I could relate to these innocent victims because I am a woman myself. The mind of a serial rapist and a murderer is something one that is sane may not be able

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    Ted Bundy: A Serial Killer

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    Why Ted? Theodore Robert Cowell‚ better known to the world as Ted Bundy‚ was a serial killer in the United States during the 20th century. It is unknown exactly the number of victims Ted had during his killing spree but himself has been quoted as admitting to at least 30 murders crossing seven different states. Authorities ae under the assumption that Ted could be responsible for over a hundred murders during his life. To this day‚ it puzzles authorities as to how Ted could continue his heinous crimes

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    Edmund Kemper was one of the most gruesome serial killers in American history. He was born on December 18‚ 1948 in Burbank‚ California. At a young age Kemper was already showing signs of sociopathic behavior‚ he would torture animals and killed 2 of the family’s cats. Kemper had two near death experiences when his sister pushed him in front of a train that nearly ran him over another sister had pushed him at the deep end of a swimming pool nearly drowning him. Being traumatized and showing signs

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    Are Serial Killers Born or Made? The term serial killer‚ as defined by Robert Ressler (1974)‚ refers to a person who commits a series of murders‚ often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic and predictable behaviour pattern. Commonly used terms like sociopath and psychopath are no longer used in a clinical setting. Instead‚ these pathologies fall under a condition called anti-social personality disorder. A sociopath is traditionally defined as a person with a personality

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    Every day is filled with death. A human‚ a dog‚ a bird‚ a mouse‚ a bee. Which life is worth more? Do they even have any worth? It is estimated that every second two persons die somewhere in the world. Every minute someone is expected to die of cancer in the U.S alone. There are over seven billion humans alive today. Seven billion. What would that number look like if you took away one‚ or two‚ or ten? Still pretty similar. It is this fact that makes me wonder whether any human death is meaningful

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    Tom had been on the go since six O’clock that morning‚ had confirmed that a brutal rape and murder of a woman was the work of a serial-killer‚ had interview the victims friends and acquaintances‚ and spent hours going over phone and computer records‚ without coming up with one damn piece of evidence‚ or anything he believed had led him closer to finding a direction in which to turn. The only break‚ and the only food‚ he’d gotten all day was the quick lunch with Lila‚ that had been mostly business

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