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    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. Description Aileen’s Early Life Aileen

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    innocent young girl who was an honour role student but once she hit the seventh grade she started acting differently, she was hanging around with older boys and a Gothic crowd of people at the mall. On social media she listed her role model as a serial killer, and she wrote her biography as ““bisexual, Wiccan, nocturnal, awkward, loud, a deep thinker and insane” and descried her interests as “unnatural hair colors, dark poetry, criminal psychology, blood, human anatomy and kinky s—t”. Jasmine was always

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    happy child to become a serial killer? A serial killer is someone who has murdered at least three people on at least three different occasions with a break between the murders (Egger, 2002; Hickey, 2002). … It is likely that they kill during a time of stress and after it is done, they feel temporarily

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    “We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.” (Ted Bundy). Serial killers are not always those people that look like monsters or behave in strangeous ways. Sometimes they are the successful people, the ones that have a family and a job. The term “Serial Killer” was first coined by Robert Ressler, former director of the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. Serial killers are often defined as people that kill

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    With the complexity and brutality of her crimes, Elizabeth Bathory is known as the most sadistic and prolific serial killer in the world; even more so, she stands out because she is a female that is rare: especially in the Elizabethan Era. Bathory was believed to have been responsible for the murders of 600 virgin girls. She was certain that a drop of blood would make her look youthful again, but was convinced that bathing in the blood of girls who were virgins would take years off her. Because

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    H.H.Holmes was America's first serial killer. He grew up in Gilmanton , New Hampshire. His real name is Herman Webster Muddget. He lived with his mom and two sisters . He was a middle child of his siblings and he was a mama's boy. He was born May 16, 1861. H.H. Holmes killed dozens of people who lived in New Hampshire. The college he went to was the University of Michigan . Holmes was jealous of the rich kids and he complained about how tuition for college as not cheap. His plan to pay

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    From Cain and Abel to Serial Killers        Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Mark Allen Smith, Richard Chase, Ted Bundy-the list goes on and on. These five men alone have been responsible for at least ninety deaths, and many suspect that their victims may total twice that number. They are serial killers, the most feared and hated of criminals. What deep, hidden secret makes them lust for blood? What can possibly motivate a person to kill over and over again with no guilt, no remorse, no hint

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    until I left for work. Since then -- for some odd reason -- I’ve found murderers and serial killers very enthralling. Particularly, from the very start, I became more interested in the motives that caused those high-profile murders, rather than the murderers themselves. From watching so much Forensic files, I’ve seen all the successful acts of murder and the fails from some of the world’s most notorious killers. So, instead of keeping all this interesting knowledge secluded, I 've decided to splurge

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    notorious serial killer and sex offender. Mr. Dahmer was born on May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jeffery murdered a total of 17 men, while molesting some of these victims. His first murder victim was Steven Hicks back in 1978. His killing spree went from 1978 up until 1991. When he was seized, he was sentenced to fifteen consecutive life terms. But on November 28, 1994 Jeffery Dahmer was murdered by a fellow prison inmate by the name of Christopher Scarver. Keywords: serial killer, molesting

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    Ted Bundy, was one of the most well-known serial killers in the 20th century in the United States. Bundy had confessed to the murders, rapes and kidnappings of more than 30 young women across 7 states between 1974 and 1978. However, his true victim count remains unknown to this day, therefore it is possible that the number of victims is as high as 100 women. Once, Bundy was an aspiring law student, who was known by his acquaintances at university as a charismatic and attractive man, a seemingly normal

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