On June 13, 1901, two members of one of Montreal’s wealthiest families were both shot and killed. Ada Mills Redpath, widow of the late industrialist John James Redpath, and her son Jocelyn Clifford Redpath were found dying and unresponsive in the former’s bedroom. Two pistols were found at the scene alongside three spent bullets, two lodged in Ada’s backside and one embedded in Clifford’s forehead. Interestingly, the family has remained very secretive about the entire incident; the case was hushed up and only revealed to the authorities by accident. However, by sorting and weighing the value of the limited contradictory and biased evidence available, it becomes clear that the deaths were not a result of suicide intervention, epileptic insanity,
After the retired detective gave Twyla some information, weeks later his demeanor changed and he said he couldn 't help her anymore. What happened? A young newspaper reporter covered the story of the 40 year vigil held this past July. This reporter seemed very concerned then and had hopes of helping solve this case. Now she will not even return Twyla 's phone messages.
The Worst Crime: Matt’s or Richard’s “Killings”, written by Andre Dubus, illustrates how the death of a loved one may lead to dire consequences for all the parties included. Matt Fowler’s son, Frank, was murdered in cold blood by a jealous soon-to-be ex-husband, Richard Strout. When the death of Frank sunk into the lives of the Fowler’s, Matt believed he had to retaliate in some sort of fashion. The sort of fashion he chose was to seek revenge and kill Richard for his wrongdoings, which he did. Some people believe that the murder committed by Richard Strout can be considered more serious because of his act of passion and his lackadaisical style of living without worrying about his future.
The author begins with discussing about his mother’s work as a waitress and how much physical work and mental work she did. He said
Literature Review: Every murderer has a reason why they do it whether they know it or not. Sexual serial killers do it because they want to feel like they have control over the situation because maybe they were a victim of assault or rape, and they want to gain back the control they lost. Some murder’s kill loved ones because they are guilty of cheating, or they think they don’t love them anymore. Murders are all categorized based on their motive or the professionals put them in one after they review the crime and crime scene. A professional lair suggests someone who tells lies for a living, perhaps someone who lies well.
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski was viewed as a normal man by society for much of his adult life. This man was far from normal. Kuklinski was a psychopath and a sociopath who was driven to kill by his troubled childhood and his lifestyle as a paid hit man. This paper will focus on the criminological theory of why Kuklinkski committed these murders. Richard Leonard Kuklinski was born in 1935 to Stanley and Anna Kuklinski ("Meet Notorious Contract Killer Richard Kuklinski").
As humans we often find ourselves drawn to the horrible and macabre thing that happen in this world. In particular, serial killers have become a very popular subject matter for study. In Devil in the White City, Erik Larson capitalizes in this interest in order to produce a national bestseller about H.H. Holmes and his series of gruesome murders. What makes Larson’s novel even more shocking is the fact that everything is grounded in truth. With extensive studying and a seemingly never ending list of cited sources, it is easy for the reader to place their trust in the writer.
Wretchedly, Harold Shipman was Britain’s most prolific serial killer. Unfortunately, Harold Shipman was found dead by his own hands, hanging in his jail cell at Wakefield prison on January 13, 2004, taking many secrets to the grave with him. Tragically, the former family doctor killed approximately two hundred and fifty of his patients over the course of twenty-three years. The fifty-seven year old was serving fifteen life sentences when he took his own life (Batty, 2005). Harold Frederick Shipman was born the middle child of a working-class family on January 14, 1946; however, quickly he became his mother’s favorite child.
On 20th October 1888, the Illustrated Police news reported that the police had looked into the provenance of over 700 letters from Jack The Ripper or someone who is pretending to be Jack The Ripper. “Some of the missives were malicious in intent - the result, perhaps, of a neighborly or spousal feud. But many of them - maybe as many as 300 - were prank letters written by people who saw the murders of five East End prostitutes as a hugely entertaining public melodrama in which they just had to have a part - albeit, in the majority of cases, anonymously.” (Richard Jones) And this is what the police found in some of the letters about people lying about whose bodies are or were.
One was a prostitute who was killed by her partner, who was forced to wear an S&M device and rape her. The other murder was also a female who was asked whether to call for help, or to commit suicide, she chose the latter. With this, lust and pride were seen written in the area where the death happened. However, there was one case, where instead of finding a murder, a drug dealer and child molester, was found tied to his bed and as the police thought that he was dead, he turned out to be alive but barely living.
Frank Stevenson lay sprawled on the on the cold concrete floor of the stairwell, His neck in an unnatural position. It was a wet Thursday morning and the stench of garbage filled the air. Mrs. Nelson from the first floor was the first to arrive at the scene she did not rush to administer first aid for she recognized the face. Lights from surroundings windows glowed over the stairwell, in the early dawn. Mrs. Nelson, phone in hand began to describe the crime scene.
Serial killers are often your typical guy next door, the only thing that makes him different is the fantasies of murder (Davis, J. 1998). Many different practitioners of criminology, psychology, and sociology try to explain the phenomenon of serial murder. They come up with different typologies of serial killers and reasons in which the killer might commit murder. One typology is that of organized and disorganized serial killers. According to David Canter, an organized serial killer will have an orderly life as shown in his crimes while disorganized killers will kill due to a stressful event in life.
The IAT Harvard survey consisted of multiple topics regarding race, genders, thoughts on sexuality and so on. One topic was if one prefers European Americans over African Americans. Surprisingly, the results were that most people strongly prefer European Americans over the other. Why is that? Maybe it’s because many people place stereotypes and other ideals towards another individual, whether they have a different skin tone, whether they are male or female, as well as other characteristics one may notice.
It was an absolute horror for the officers leading to further investigations uncovering more shocking discoveries of human skulls and body parts all over the home. Gein was apprehended and after interrogation, he admitted to have exhumed as many as 40 corps from three local graveyards between 1947 and 1952 (Carson 2015). He confessed shooting Bernice Worden with a .22 caliber rifle and later mutilating her body. He also admitted shooting Mary Hogan, tavern owner, in 1954. This paper will discuss Ed Gein personality, issues surrounding the case after arrest and how he was able to escape
