Hh Holmes Research Paper

Serial Killers Hadeel Mendili 11AA Sharjah American International School Abstract Killing is a very infamous, and unfortunately, a frequent thing. There are many types of serial killers with reasons and causes of killing, but they all have one thing in common. Murder. Most do it for pleasure, or even believe it’s for “the good”. This essay will explain the studied psychological effects and origins of the mind of a serial killer.

This quote shows that Wilson believes the driver of the car that killed Myrtle was performing an act of murder. This revelation and earlier discovery of his wife’s affair pushes him to the brink of reality, and he believes there is no solution other than to avenge his wife’s death. Consequently, he later finds and murders Gatsby whom he believes to be the killer. The difference in the context of Tom and Wilson’s acts of violence demonstrate the differences in their

‘’Just the truth,’’ I replied: ‘’Why did you murder all those people?’’ ‘’It’s not a short story,’’ he started while pausing long enough for me to intervene: ‘’Then we better get to it.’’ I don’t know how my presentation was so calm in the presence of such a criminal, murderer, but for some reason my curiosity burned stronger than hatred or fear. ‘’Those people, they were all connected. I only killed the ones I had to, in the order that was necessary.’’ I didn’t interrupt his sudden exposition despite a lack of context: ‘’One after another, I had to take lives. Most of them were bad people.’’ His voice got really dark, yet almost emotionless. ‘’How were they connected?

J.S. Dalal. Serial killers tend to fall into four different categories that help to explain the nature of their crimes, which branch into their origins. There are four types of serial killer: visionary, mission-oriented, hedonistic, and control-oriented. A visionary tends to commit crimes based on psychotic delusion, like murder because of voices in their head telling them to do so (Dalal 110-111).

introduction In conducting this experiment is a way to view the aspects of the criminal justice field, along with the aspects as to how the body can decompose and disintegrate with different substances. The reason for this experiment as well as why we choose this particular experiment was for many different reasons. One main reason that was found to be interesting was a murder case having to do with our topic of testing acids and liquids to see which one will disintegrate pig bone and tissue the most efficient. The murder case was about a man named, John George Haigh. It was said that he killed his boss and dumped him into a 40-gallon barrel of acid (Casale,2017).

Serial killers have different characteristics describing their way of murder. A power junkie, manipulator, egotistical bragger, superficial charmer, and an average joe are characteristics of a serial killer. A power junkie wants to take control over their victims (Woollaston 1). The victims are easily hypnotized by their killer and can not understand what they might be doing. Another serial killer is the manipulator who makes their victims do what they want them to do (Wollaston 2).

In this paper I will be applying the psychological theories to serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein was a prolific serial killer in the 1950’s. He murdered and robbed graves for body parts to make furniture and clothing. He was apprehended in 1957, where he stood trial and was institutionalized. Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein was born August 27th, 1906 to George and Augusta Gein.

The specific criminal behavior I chose is murder, specifically murder committed by serial killers. A serial killer is defined as someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with a cooling off period between murders. In regards to the criminology behind serial killers, the motive is usually based on psychological gratification, but can also include anger thrill, money and attention seeking. However, it’s usually their pasts that make serial killers who they are. Most serial killers suffered child abuse and many experienced sexually stressful events in childhood.

The narrator murdered, dismembered, and concealed the body of an old man. The evidence suggests that the narrator was perturbed and mentally unstable during the time of the murder. The narrator has also admitted the crime and is expected to take responsibility for his actions. This was inferred based on the fact that he confessed to his crimes and willingly turned himself in. Additionally, the narrator has given the exact location to the body of the perished man.

It is believed that the killing of the striker is what caused Francis to become more violent. He has killed many people throughout the novel and Harold Allen was just the start of what causes Francis to kill people and not just run away in a fight. Francis had a lot of guilt for the people he killed, but his actions deserved consequences instead of backing out of the fights he was engaged

In 1861 America’s first serial killer was born, and through him Chicago became the location of his most devious and demented creation, the “Murder Castle”. Through him and his “castle’, this killer was possibly responsible for up to 200 murders and the concept of the modern-day “haunted house” was born. His name was H.H. Holmes, and he was known as the “Beast of Chicago”, rumored to have possibly been or connected to Jack the Ripper, and remembered through the book “The Devil in the White City” (Benzkofer, 2014). Unlike traditional serial killers that have appeared since the 1980s, H.H.