Essays Tagged: "Ed Gein"

WHAT MOTIVATES SERIAL KILLERS?

stions is that ?Are some children just born bad?? Most serial killers are a victim of or are witnessed to sadistic violence at a very early age. Many other events in childhood may also motivate a seri ... tic violence at a very early age. Many other events in childhood may also motivate a serial killer. Ed Kemper, a serial killer as a child took his sister?s dolls? heads off, played execution games and ...

(5 pages) 513 12 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Serial Killers

e never done anything. Help me, help me! God, why is this happening?Help me!' Robert Violante screamed as the Son of Sam's .44 caliber bullet tore throughhis temple (Eyes of a Killer, http.//www.seria ... . Psychopaths are everydaypeople with everyday lives, but they just have one problem, they have a need to kill.What does a serial killer do? Serial killers usually have reasons for killing, theyjust d ...

(16 pages) 296 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Ed Gein the Serial Killer Biography (written in a speech format).

A beautiful blond undresses and steps into the shower, only to be attacked a few moments later by a man in woman's clothing, who stabs her to death.....Lost teenagers stumb ... ...Sound familiar? Of course it does. These are portions of the plots from three chilling films called PSYCHO, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. They are three films after whic ... movie". Or can you? Because, you see, elements of each of these blood-curdling films actually occurred. In real life though, the killer's name was not Norman Bates, Leatherface or Jame Gumb..... but E ...

(4 pages) 77 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

An isu all about serial killers, how their brains work, their childhoods, types of serial killers, examples of certain killers, characteristics..stuff like that

e they born or are they made? Why do they kill? Where do they come from and how can they be identified so they can be stopped and controlled?Some, if not all of these questions I think I have answered ... I have answered successfully.Killers Cycle and Serial Killer Categories1. Visionary- psycho instructed by higher power- usually medically insane (e.g. Hillside Strangler)2. Mission-Oriented- to rid th ...

(8 pages) 201 0 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

What motivates a serial killer?

ou waiting to come out? Could this be a possible motivation to kill? For years and years, I have tried to find out why serial killers kill others, and it is the same thing every time. I know it goes m ... ial killers kill others, and it is the same thing every time. I know it goes much deeper than what media really shows, so I came up with the question," What motivates a serial killer" and received man ...

(4 pages) 65 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

ller? Is a serial killer the same as a mass murderer? This is one of the issues that will be discussed along with why serial killers kill people, what kind of people usually become serial killers and ... aying multiple victims. These victims are not usually known by the serial killer but rather are killed all for the same reason. Serial killers often kill because of something that happens to them in t ...

(7 pages) 75 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Dancing in the Moonlight. What did Eddie Gein do in his lifetime? What is he notorious for? How was his childhood a major influence and inspiration for his psychological instability?

Dancing in the Moon LightWhen talking about Ed Gein, one of most notorious serial killers in America born on August 27 1906, one could say he ha ... ehrke, and was the younger brother of Henry G. Gein. With a dead beat, alcoholic father, it is assumed that he did not have a strong father figure in his life, which may have resulted in his strong, a ... ed in his strong, almost obsessive connection with his mother. Augusta was quiet bizarre when compared to other mothers of her time. Although she did "bring home the Bacon" by running a small time gro ...

(5 pages) 4855 0 1.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Serial killers 3

h seemingly motiveless murders. These people are not creatures or animals who can easily be identified. Serial killers are hard to find and virtually undetectable until they start murdering the innoce ... are hard to find and virtually undetectable until they start murdering the innocent. Like all evolved predators, they know how to stalk their victims by gaining their trust. "Serial killers don't wea ...

(9 pages) 70 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The A To Z Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers

The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers The book The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is non-fiction a b ... rs did a great job explaining how psychologist's believe normal people can become savage people called serial killers. A serial killer is a person that purposely murders a multiple of people and as th ... erson that purposely murders a multiple of people and as the authors describe, there have been hundreds of these men and woman throughout the years and throughout the world. Within the book, th ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty