Serial Killer Essay

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Serial killers are known for how bad their killings are. Most serial killers have had a traumatic childhood event that led them to become who they are. There are many types of serial killers with reasons of killing, but they all have one thing in common which is murder. Some seral killers have the trait of being psychotic which is one of the traits that Macbeth has.

Serial killer research began in 1974 by Dr. von Krafft-Ebing who was one of the first to begin the study of serial killers. He began his study because people started questioning their similarities in the killer’s behavior (1). Lawrence W. Sherman and David Weisburd are the researchers who study serial killers in today's society. Lawrence has worked as a co-director for a program …show more content…

Elizabeth had a dysfunctional family because her parents were 1st cousins. She was exposed to a lot of violence in her childhood so that is what got her drawn to killing people (7). She was active during the 16th and 17th centuries (5). She did all her killings in Hungary. Bathory killed over 600 women. She got away with killing so many women because she killed poor peasant girls. She was discovered from killing royal people and then left to die in her palace (6).

Mary Ann Cotton was a British serial killer who was born on October 31, 1831. She was assumed to be active from 1852 until her death on March 24th, 1873. Her father died when she was 8 and was not a stable woman. She had 21 victims (9). She believed to have murdered her family by arsenic poisoning (8). After the deaths she worked in a hospital and married a patient who died a year later. She then worked as a housekeeper and then killed a child in the home …show more content…

His cousins Malcom and Gillecomgain killed his dad and later Macbeth kill Malcom's dad Duncan. After Macbeth killed Duncan, he ended up becoming king (14). Macbeth throughout the play wanted respect and had the desire for power. He was always paranoid, so he felt that he had to keep killing. Macbeth’s mental state went from being good to horrible because he was hungry for power (13). His wife, Lady Macbeth was his number one supporter behind all of it which pushed him to try harder, so he tried his best to stay king. The witches are the reason he started all of this in the first

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