Jane Valez-Mitchell's Secrets, The Killer Next Door

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In the story Cohen makes use of the most trivial murder of 1836 to show the twisted societal accommodations of those who are considered privileged, hypocritical channelled views towards sexuality and legal codes exploitation with a mingling of tabloids journalism and mere politics. In her story Cohen brings out a really sensational fact that a place for women is determined by a man.

In 1990 seven percent of serial killers were women (Aamodt, 2014). Aileen Wuornos is notorious for killing seven men in the years 1989 to 1990 along a Florida interstate. This research paper will take a look at Aileen’s early life from a child to her teen years as well as her adult life and how the events of her life have affected her psychologically. Aileen faced many life altering events in her life that sculpted her into the person she was and died as.

To many, murder is an act that no sane person could possibly commit but is it possible for one to prove their mental stability through the telling of their own transgression? Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a murder mystery in which we know who the killer is; however his motives seem to be elusive and unclear. This story deals with paranoia, one’s descent into madness, and the role that guilt has on one’s conscious. One would say that that the readers view on reality becomes warped as he or she identifies with story in ways they may not fully understand. “The Tell Tale Heart” triggers the readers curiosity right from the beginning and pulls them along as the narrator tells his story of murder which shows some insight on the chilling and frightening mind that the narrator possesses; the reality of a mad man. Through Poe’s carefully structured syntax and use of literary elements such as symbolism and irony, we can begin to understand the narrator’s maze-like mind and the reality of how someone can possibly kill another person.

The Girls of Murder City by Douglas Perry follows the lives of various women in Chicago who are on trial for murder in the 1920’s and the new kid on the block reporter following their cases. While The Girls of Murder City did have a few good parts and vivid description, the book was overtaken by its lack of relevant information, poor pacing and flow, and its inability to make us want to pick up the book again.

The media today, is highly selective in their constructions of offences, offenders and victims. Media representations of crime are moulded and women are portrayed in a way that is entertainment driven and is appealing to the audience. Despite the fact that women seldom stalk, murder outsiders or commit sequential murders- in fact they are rarely vehement, “accounting for only ten percent of convicted violent offenders- those who do so are highly newsworthy because of their novelty” (Jewkes 2011, p. 123) Present day media admits that because fierce women are comparatively uncommon, they are all the more appealing and diabolical to the audience as a result. The essay shall discuss the reason and presentation in the media of female offenders, female victims and women specific crimes.

Posing as a wealthy inventor by the name of Harry Gordon, Holmes met a lady named Minnie Williams in 1893, and they soon became engaged. Julia and Pearl Connor seemed to disappear out of nowhere. Holmes later confessed that Julia had died in a bungled abortion he performed on her and then poisoned Pearl. He murdered Julia and Pearl because of Julia’s jealous feelings towards Minnie; “But I would have gotten rid of her anyway, I was tired of her,” stated Holmes while confessing to Julia’s murder. Minnie lived at the castle for over a year. She knew of the murders taking place and even instigated the murder of Emily Van Tassel, a 17 year old girl who worked at the candy store on the first floor of the hotel. Emily’s fiance, Robert

To write a book about an anonymous murder suspect is one thing. To write such a book about someone you have known and cared for for ten years is quite another. And yet, that is exactly what has happened” (Rule xl). Ann Rule was born on October 22, 1930, in Lowell, Michigan to the parents of Chester and Sophie Stackhouse. With both her grandfather and uncle working as sheriffs and her cousin becoming a prosecutor, Ann Rule was born into the field of law enforcement. As a youngster, she listened to police tales and later found an interest in true crime literature as she grew older. Ann remembers spending summer vacations with her grandparents; helping her grandmother prepare meals for the prisoners. The people she encountered seemed normal enough

In an ironic twist of events, one of Chicago’s finest represented and stood beside one of America's most infamous serial killers and never knew. Larson includes this little fact to not only shock the audience but to further show Holmes’s charismatic persona. The irony is elucidated in the words “most surprising and perhaps dismaying” and is further played out before the eyes of the reader, invoking a feeling of astonishment and even admiration for the criminal whose charm can blind the eyes of even the chief of police.

The American criminal justice system has a principle that everyone has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is a novel about a prosecutor, Rozat “Rusty” Sabich, who is charged with murder of his co-worker Carolyn Polhemus. The novel’s suspense keeps the readers on edge with the many twists and unpredictable turns of the plot. An analysis of the suspense of the novel shows that it follows the five elements of plot that can be applied to make a story more dramatic. The novel was a thrill to read with a good depiction on how everyone is presumed innocent.

Laurie Faria Stolarz wrote a novel entitled Deadly Little Lies. Stolarz wrote this novel in 2009. “Laurie Faria Stolarz is an American author of young adult fiction novels, best known for her Blue is for Nightmares series. Her works, which feature teenage protagonists, blend elements found in mystery and romance novels” (Wikipedia, 2017). Stolarz upbringing in Salem, MA influenced her writing of Deadly Little Lies. This novel is about a young girl who gets stalked by a mysterious person and tries to fall out of love with a convicted murder.

Everybody has their share of secrets but is murder one of them? It is the call that changed everything for Sophie Talbot, returning to Franklin Pines for her father’s funeral when the body of her best friend Avery Johnston is found. Knowing there is a murderer in town, Sophie uses what her ex-cop father taught her to uncover the truth. Suspicious of the events over the past two years, she begins her own investigation, taking her on a dangerous journey. Sophie must not tip off the killer jeopardising any hope of uncovering the truth. Running from the past, a killer, and herself Sophie must focus on what is true. Can Sophie solve this mystery before it is too

Even though there are many good points in The Secret, the overall science and logic does not make sense. Although the movie tries to use trustworthy people, if a watcher is to look up those people they would find that some speakers do have a criminal recorded. The logic in this movie was noticed by Robert Carroll, who once said ¨Sellers don't attract sellers; they attract buyers, unless they're running an MLM scheme. Lazy dreamers don't attract lazy dreamers¨ (The Skeptic’s Dictionary). This easily demonstrates how a lot of information does not always mean a lot of facts. The fallacies alone allow one to demise the entire movie as a delusion. Not to mention all the problems with their hosts and their logic. For example one host that this movie

It looked to be another boring, rainy Thanksgiving with our entire family over. Believe me, I never will know how so many people can fit in our small house, especially when 90% are under ten.

In this report, the murder of Rachel Nickell is analysed. The researcher of the report viewed the four-part video of the documentary made on Rachel’s murder. Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered on 15 July, 1992 on Wimbledon Common, south-west London. The murder investigation turned out to be a highly publicised and controversial investigation. It will not be wrong to say that the metropolitan police and other officials involved in the investigation of the murder made a mess of the entire investigation owing to which it took 16 years for the real culprit to be charged with the accusation. The paper will be focusing on the diverse communication aspect that was revealed in the documentary in order to provide a thorough