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Notorious Murderers and Serial Killers
This category contains questions and answers about those people who committed a notorious murder, or a series of murders, often in a gruesome fashion. Their psychology and manner of murder continues to fascinate and repel people.
1,026 Questions
Why was Albert DeSalvo dishonorably discharged from the army?
Simply, he wasn't. He had a Court-Marshall for molesting a child, but was still given an Honorable Discharge.
Could Joanne Lees be Mary Bell's daughter?
The court protected her daughter with anonymity until she was 18. After some incident she was granted anonymity permanently so her name remains a secret. If you read the maniscripts the name Mary Bell order is the name of her daughter but she uses some other name in real life.
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Yes what you have said is correct. The incident your referring to is when the press located Mary and her daughter and after that Marys daughter was told about her mums past. It was then that Mary sought anonymity for her daughter and was granted life long anonymity for herself and her daughter by the courts..However that has nothing to do with Joanne Lees. Joanne has a mother, knows who her father is and has a birth certificate to prove where she was born and who her mother is. Enough said.
Who is the BTK serial killer and why did he kill?
The BTK, stands for BIND,TORTURE,KILL. The police named him that. He killed because he was sick in the head.
Barbara Stager, who received a life sentence in 1989 for killing her second husband, is 69 years old (born October 30, 1948). She has been denied parole 3 times since 2009, and has never been tried for the death of her first husband, of which she was also suspected.
Where can you find books on serial killer Bill Bradford?
You will have to contact your library and ask for any books relating to WILLIAM Bradford. He commited his crimes 1590 until his death in 1657. There is no specific information on William Bradford and is more of a case study. You will find him under Behavioral Science and the Law' in the library. He is mentioned in books such as: Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertaining The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature Many psychiatrists study far back into history to the present studying what makes a serial killer's mind tick.
Why does a serial killer studder?
People don't studder because they are serial killers, one has nothing to do with the other. Some people studder for a variety of reasons.
Where can you send letters to Richard Ramirez?
Richard Ramirez
# E 37101/
San Quentin State Prison (SQ)
San Quentin, CA 94974
Who was the first killer in the world?
Liu Pengli of China (144 BC) could be the firt serial killer in history.
How many serial killers in Rhode Island?
According to the FBI there have been 4 serial killers in 'the ocean' state.
What are the three childhood signs of a serial killer?
You ask for 3 I give you 5 to be more specific just in case you really do need them.
1. Serial killers often start out their "careers" by maiming, harming, and torturing small animals. In extreme cases, they have been known to spend hours inflicting a slow death on animals when they are young. This act is a form of control, and allows them the power they crave and feel they can not get elsewhere. This is a very serious early warning sign. Do not think they will outgrow this phase.
2. Another signal that something may be wrong is wetting the bed far into their teens. This is by no means a guarantee of anything, but if it is present along with other signs, then you may want to look into it. Better safe than sorry.
3. In their teenage years, serial killers will often be caught peeping. This is a precursor to future violence in many cases. Ted Bundy spent years peeping before escalating into the violent predator that he became.
4. Many serial killers will be very antisocial at a young age. While some will be extremely social when they mature, they generally are loners as children. If a child seems to withdraw from society and school, look into why. This is very important.
5. One of the biggest signs of future violence is a fascination with fire. The act of having the power to destroy things is reflected in an early serial killer by burning things down in many cases. This is a very common trait among known serial killers. Arson is a serious sign. Do not ignore it.
Why are there so many serial killers in the United States?
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Most experts on criminal behavior agree with this one basic concept: After the second world war there was a shift in family dynamics. People that once lived in small communities were now relocating to larger urban areas. Gone was the tight circle of neighbors and neighborhoods. People were surrounded by strangers. The old saying 'it takes a village to raise a child' sums it up well.
For the first time in the history of mankind, humans had little support. With the added burden of working women, children were being raised by a care-giver that had no emotional investment in the child, and latchkey children that spent a good deal of their time alone. In other words, we were working without a net.
Without that sense of family and community to keep behavior in check, we should not be surprised with an increase in crime and especially murder.
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The first answer is only half of the story. A factor to keep in mind is, that today, many more criminals can be identified more readily through better investigative techniques, forensic sciences, and a greater body of knowledge accessible to investigators. Another factor is modern communication systems; systems that give investigators information from all over the country and all over the world. and systems that put the information about crimes and criminals into the hands of anyone looking for it. The public is much better informed.
In days gone by, many serial killers were not identified when they moved from one place to another. Even cases in a neighboring country, much less state, were not connected up but were investigated as stand alone incidents. In centuries gone by, it is my opinion that the legends of werewolves, zombies, and vampires were simpler explanations for people than to believe that "Uncle Joe" may have grotesquely murdered a series of their townsfolk.
This is not to say that many investigators of the past were not very good detectives, but today's detectives have so many more tools and are able to acquire information so quickly. I once heard a detective say about an arrogant serial killer, "He thought that he was smarter than me, but he wasn't smarter than all of us".
What serial killer was attracted to men of color?
Jeffrey Dahmer's victims were usually asian or black.
What is jasmine Richardson's middle name?
Jasmine Richardson doesn't have a middle name published by any source. She was apprehended when she was 12 years old and the law keeps them apart of the old of age people. That is maybe the reason why.
Was there a Swedish Jack the Ripper in the 1890s?
I could find no Ripper-like murderers from that time. There was however a French serial killer in the late 1890s. Joseph Vacher (1869-1898), also known as the 'French Ripper', murdered 7 women and 4 men and was executed by guillotine on December 31, 1898. As his execution drew nearer, he tried to convince the judge that he was insane due to being bitten by a rabid dog. The judge didn't buy it and the execution went on as planned.
Where can you find the full true story about Jacob Kell the serial killer of Arizona?
Below is a link to info on Kell.
First female seria killer in the world?
Aileen Wuornos, arguably the U.S.'s first female serial killer, was put to death on October 9, 2002 in a state prison outside of Starke, Florida. Convicted for the deaths of six men, the "Damsel of Death" was a known prostitute who claimed her middle-aged victims tried to rape her and that she had killed in self-defense. I have an update. AW was not the first serial killer nor the worse in the us. This was a label the media gave her. In 1906 Belle Gunness placed adds in newspapers to seek company of males. As the adds were corresponded males started dissapearing. She showed male temperament as Aileen did.
This is keeping the records from the 1900s to date since there are documented cases of serial killer woman before that.
Who was the serial killer that fed his victims to alligators?
In the 1930's, a nightclub owner and amateur herpetologist killed at least a dozen women and fed their remains to the alligators. I have heard of this several times. If you live in the southern U.S. the gators do a fine job of eating the evidence, manly murder victim's bodies.
The killer, Joe Ball, committed the almost perfect crime. But the key word here is almost, and Ball was finally caught.
