Psychoanalytical Criticism

One late night, in 1993 in Missouri, Christopher Simmons; a 17 year old boy along with two of his friends robbed a woman by the name of Mrs.Shirley Crook. They broke into her home and the noise startled her making her get up to see who was in the house. Simmons, who has recently been involved in an accident with her recognized her face. Simmons became upset and scared. The three young men left, but came back later to murder her. The three men tied her up, took Crook to a bridge and threw her off it. They went on to tell people about it; boasting about the crime they had just committed. Christopher Simmons had the idea for his friends to come along because they thought

The disappearance and murder of Tim Bosma was one that captivated much of the news and the public during May of 2013. An ordinary man from Ontario went missing while with two men who were test driving his vehicle, only for his burnt remains found a week later. The two men Dellen Millard, and Mark Smich who were with Bosma during the test drive were eventually charged with first degree murder, and later on both were convicted of that charge and sentenced to life in prison (Armstrong & Russell, 2014). This was a case that had many different police officers evolved in. With the Hamilton Police Service (HPS) leading the investigation they were also assisted by both the Toronto Police Service (TPS) as well as the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)

In the northwest corner of Garden City, Kansas lies four graves from a horrific massacre that happened on a cold November evening in 1959. Written by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood goes into specific detail from the night of the killing to the hanging of the convicted killers: Perry Smith and Richard Hickock.

Crime and glimpses into the heads of criminal masterminds has always been something that fascinates people. Although crime is a terrible thing, the complexity and intricacy of it is something that people love to hear about. One can turn on the news at any given time and almost certainly hear an account of some form of a crime within ten minutes. In the novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, an account to a perplexing crime is taken to a whole new level. The Clutter family was a charming family of four that lived in the little town of Holcomb, Kansas. They were brutally murdered with no apparent motive by Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, two men that had

In the year 2010, 26-year-old Kenzie Houk was found murdered in her bed. Kenzie was shot in her head. Kenzie was also eight months pregnant when she was murdered (nydailynews.com). The person who found the body was her 4-year-old daughter. When the police officers arrived at the scene, they searched to see if anybody broke into the house. The police officers were unable to find any force entry. The police officers even thought it was a possibility that Kenzie ex-boyfriend could of committed the murder, but they were unable to connect him to the murder. Eventually, the police officers found out that the murderer was none other then the 11-year-old Jordan Anthony Brown.

Set in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, In Cold Blood recounts the real-life murder of the Clutter family, following the last moments of the four victims, investigation, court and trial, and the execution of the two convicted, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock.

On January 31, 2013, while walking to the courthouse in Kaufman County, Texas, Mark Hasse was shot and killed. Two months later, on the Saturday before Easter 2013, Mike and Cynthia McLelland were murdered in their home. Medical examiners testified that Mike and Cynthia were each shot numerous times (“Eric Williams Murder Trial Begins in Rockwall”). Prosecutors said the couple died in a “torrent of lead” (“Eric Williams Found Guilty in Kaufman Co. Murder Trial”).

Throughout this case, many pieces of evidence came up “missing” and many other people who should have been suspects went without being questioned at all. For example, a problem arose at a local Bojangles, the same night of the murders. The manager working at the time called the police, reporting that a black man had stumbled into the restaurant. He was bleeding and mumbling the manger said, and instead of a report being filed, the working officer found it would be much more convenient for her if she just

The Real Cool Killers is about finding out the killer of a white guy who was in a bar in Harlem, New York; an all-black neighborhood. Two detectives were assigned to this case because of how much respect they had in Harlem. The detective’s names were Grave Digger and Coffin Ed and they were known for being violent with suspects. The two of the detectives were aggressive people but Grave Digger was more level headed than Coffin Ed ever since he had gotten acid thrown on his face a while back. Coffin Ed might even be trigger happy when things are thrown his way literally. Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were put onto this case to find out information and find it fast. Just a few minutes after the incident happened Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were on the scene, they thought they had some potential suspects. There were 6 young black males on the scene that were potential suspects, Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were going to find information on how this white man died in the middle of Harlem. They arrest only one of the young males because he had a handgun on him but said he shot blanks. Although that was stated Digger and Ed still had to arrest him because he was there only lead and weren't sure if that young male was telling the truth or not. As far as the other 5 young males there were told to sit on the ground and hands where they could be seen by the two

Even though the KBI didn’t catch the murderers using this method, the witness who eventually provided the tip that led to the murderers’ arrest was a former employee of the Cutters and was on the list of people to interview about the murder.

In the book The Jefferson County Egan Murders a n actual murder took place on December 31st (January 1st ) 1964-1965. Suspect Joe Leone was in fact jailed in connection with the murders. Peter Egan (27), Barbara Egan (24) and Gerald Egan (19) planned on celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends at a local bowling alley, but before they did they went to do something illegal. But in the waning hours of 1964, the three were found dead, all with two bullets fired into their heads.

Conflict: Police cannot determine who the convicts were that murdered four members of the Clutter family.

The murder of a little girl has haunted Boulder, Colorado. Many people have heard of the famous case of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. However nobody knows what truly happened the night of her murder. There have been an abundance of conspiracies to what really happened the night of december 25th. 1996. Finding out there was a significant amount of evidence was great news to the DA of Boulder county, and also the many cops of Boulder; but the question still lingers nearly twenty years later who killed JonBenet Ramsey?

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Human beings are unique and individual in one way or another with different personality theories. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Alder psychoanalytic theories about the human mind were very similar and different at the same time. To this day, attempts to prove the theories of these men are still taking place. All three of these men agreed that human behavior, as an adult, was a direct result of the individual's childhood experiences that would paint a lasting impression on the world around them. Freud, Jung, and Adler believed parenting and childhood development was the significant impact for shaping the personality. Dreaming and daydreaming played a major role in shaping character as well.