At any one time, it’s believed that there are around 25-50 active serial killers lurking in the dark corners of the USA, stalking the streets and highways for their next potential victim. While the term serial killer usually conjures up images of people likeTed Bundy,John Wayne GacyandRic...
The new study—Serial Murder: Pathways for Investigations—focuses on a key aspect of serial murder cases: how and where the victims’ bodies are discovered and what that says about the killers. “What we tried to do was give investigators working these cases a common place to start, which ...
During this time most of the victims of state-sanctioned military violence have been yellow people (Korean War, Vietnam War) and the essay connects this with the overrepresentation of Asian Americans who have fallen victim to mass murders and serial killers, the majority of whom are white. As...
In the world of serial killers, there are plenty out there who have done more than their fair share of horrifying things to those around them. We all know the big names like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, but two serial killers you probably don’t know about are Leonard Lake and Charles...
Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker and Roy Lewis Norris are two American serial killers who together kidnapped, tortured, raped, and murdered five young women over a period of five months in California in 1979.Before they metLawrence BittakerShortly after his birth, Bittaker was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. ...
While in most cases of serial killers, there is evidence supporting either nature or nurture, and it is clear that a combination of the two is what makes these killers so deadly. According to criminologist Dr. Adrian Raine, both biological and social factors contribute to the making of a ...
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Buenoano, known as the Black Widow, was executed in Florida's electric chair following her 1985 conviction for poisoning her husband, Air Force sergeant James Goodyear in 1971. Goodyear had died barely three months after returning from Vietnam suffering
Whatever the reasons, be they real or merely the fantasies of a twisted mind, the pursuit of sexual gratification came to play a major role in the life of Arthur Shawcross, and eventually led to him becoming one of the most depraved and brutal serial killers in history....
A common trait of serial killers is the desire to show they are still in control and can reach through the prison walls and still do damage to those outside. When it came to Arthur Shawcross, this certainly appeared to be the case, because, throughout the years when interviewed, his an...