Famous Serial Killers

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Serial killers are people who kill multiple people and often don’t have a real motive. They also tend to follow behavior patterns with their murders. Although Serial killers are very terrible people it is interesting to see into the life of one. These are some famous US serial killers and a small look into their lives.

Jeffery Dahmer-

Jeffery Dahmer was born in 1960 and started killing in 1978, when he was 18 years old. His childhood has been debated but most people believe he was neglected as an infant. Jeffery usually killed young, gay, black men. Jeffery Dahmer killed 17 people before a a man named Tracy Edwards escaped him, and his story led to jeffery’s arrest. Jeffery Dahmer was sentenced to 15 life sentences and he served 3 years and 4 months in prison before he was killed. Jeffery Dahmer was beaten to death by a man named Christopher Scaver who was also a prisoner.

Harold Shipman-

Harold shipman (Also known as Dr. Death) was born in January, 1946. It is estimated that he killed about 250 of his patients. He mostly killed elderly woman, and they were supposed to have died in there beds. Harold Shipman was caught after trying to forge the will of one of the patients he killed. Harold was arrested in the year 2000 and sentenced to Life in prison. He served 4 years in prison before he decided to hang himself.

H.H. Holmes-

H.H. Holmes was born in 1861 and moved to chicago in 1893 where he started outfitting a three story hotel (Later to be known as the Murder Castle). He put all kinds of things in the hotel including gas lines, secret passages and trapdoors, hallways to dead ends, chutes to the basement, soundproof padding, and torture devices put throughout a maze. Holmes used the gas to knock out his victims before bringing them to his surgical tables. He disposed of the bodys with a furnace in the basement. Despite Holmes admitting to killing 27 people he was only sentenced for the murder of his business partner Benjamin Pitezel. Holmes was executed by hanging him in 1896. It was said that he killed anywhere between 20 and 200 people.

Pedro Lopez-

Pedro Lopez (aka Monster of Andes) was born in 1948 and was said to have killed at least 110 people from 1969 to 1980. Pedro mostly killed young girls between the ages of 9 and 12 years old. Despite his terrible crimes he only served 16 years before being released for “good behavior”. Even today Pedro Lopez’s whereabouts are unknown.

Ted Bundy-

Ted Bundy was born in 1946 and loved attention for his kills. Bundy had a complicated childhood, for starters his sister was actually his mom. Although according to a article written by Ann Rule bundy had known. And it it suspected that Bundy’s grandfather had abused him psychologically and physically, although bundy later claims to have a good relationship with him. Bundy killed and raped mostly collage aged woman. Ted bundy admitted to killing 30 people even though it is believed that he killed more. One woman named Carol Deronch was able to escape from ted bundy and later identify him in a police lineup. Ted bundy was arrested during after speeding in a stolen car. Ted bundy was sentenced to death in 1979. He was in prison for 9 years before being executed via electric chair.

SOURCES:

https://www.britannica.com/list/7-of-historys-most-notorious-serial-killers

ttps://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes#murder-castle

https://www.biography.com/crime/ted-bundy-childhood

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-women-who-survived-ted-bundy

Serial Killers

chaneava000 Uncategorized October 29, 2020Bundy, History, Killers, Serial killers, Ted Bundy 0 Comment

Ted Bundy, a serial killer was one of the most notorious killers in all the world. He admitted he killed 36 women but the police believe he killed many more. The way his mind worked and all serial killers minds work is abnormal and terrible. He was killed on January, 4, 1946 but although he was killed the scars of his horrifying past will always be with us.

The Mind

The mind of a serial killer is very odd and peculiar. The way they think is different from anything else that you have ever heard of. The way their minds develop into a serial killer has a lot to do with their childhood.

One sign is when the child wants to harm or does harm small animals because they are not trying to harm the animal and are more curious what the animal will do.

Another sign is head trauma. A lot of serial killers suffer from head trauma at a young age and it makes it so the child does not have empathy later in life.

Last one is that they see a lot of extreme violence at a young age and can see violence as a good way and reasonable way to resolve problems. All of these things can contribute to a child growing up to be a serial killer.

Early Life

One of the things Bundy experienced as a young boy was his mother got pregnant with him unmarried and the biological father of Ted Bundy was never known. Bundy was the mother’s secret shame and was delivered to a home of unwed mothers and then later Bundy’s mother got him and took him to her parents house and they adopted Bundy and he was raised that his mother was his sister and that his grandmother and grandfather were his parents. Later his biological mother married and he took the name Bundy from her husband. From all sides he had a content working class family growing up. He showed a very odd fascination with knives at the age three and he did well in school but not with the people around him. He was a rather strange child with a normal childhood.

The Monster He Was

Bundy was a smart person with an IQ of 136 and attended the University of Washington and there he fell in love with a girl and she had all the things he wanted including money and class but devastated by their break up a lot of the young women he killed later on resembled his old college girlfriend. Bundy admitted to killing 36 women but the FBI believes that he killed many more.

Catching Bundy

They caught Bundy in 1975 and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping a girl named Carol DaRonch. Bundy escaped two times while he was in prison. The first time was when he was going to his murder trail and he acted as his own lawyer and when they were traveling to the courthouse library and he jumped out the window of the vehicle and was caught eight days later. The second time Bundy made a hole in the ceiling of his cell and lost over 30 pounds to fit through the small hole. He had a 15 hour head start because the police did not notice he was gone until then. In the time he was gone he killed a 12 year old girl and 2 sorority girls. They caught him eventually and he was sentenced to death and was killed in Florida’s electric chair nicknamed “Old Sparky.” When he died the prison crowds cheered and even set off fireworks after Bundy’s execution. Ted Bundy the serial killer.