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Crime in America Final
Psycho Killers
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History
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2008

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Alfred Packer
Definition
One of the first cannibals (1860s)
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Lizzie Borden
Definition
Killed her family with a morchette, was seen as a victim. Melodrama
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Social Darwinism
Definition
- "Survival of the Fittest" into society.
- Biologically Superior
- If insane, not necessarily i Jail
- NOT THERE FAULT
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Psychopath
Definition
Don't kill for a motive or they kill because something is wrong with them
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Henrey H Holmes
Definition
Con Man/Serial Killer. Takes Insurance Policy Out on them and Kills them
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Albret Fisch
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Killed children especially immigrants. Not a huge media sensation
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Leopold and Loeb
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Kidnap his distant cousin for money but strangle him to death. Sentenced to life
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Clerance Dara
Definition
Speech against the death penalty and sways the jury. Also in the Skopes Monkey Trial
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Skopes Monkey Trial
Definition
Teacher wants to teach evolution versus the other guy says morality.
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Charlie Starkweather
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(Movie: Badlands) Killing with no motive, becomes a teen celebrity
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The Clutter Murders
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Kansas. Family slaughtered by Perry King and Richard Hitchcock
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Truman Capote
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Wrote "In Cold Blood" (1965) after the Clutter Murders. First non fiction novel
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Albret De Salvo
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"The Boston Strangler" Celebrity killer. Kills and rapes 13 women "measuring" them for corsets
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Richard Speck
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9 nursing students. Fan letters and Marriage Proposals
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Charles Manson
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Six Bodies with Helter Skelter and Piggies smeared on Wall. Huge Sensation. Cult. Wannabe Musician
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David Berkowits "The Son of Sam"
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Got famous writing manifestos after killing people in Lover's Lane. Now a killer cannot make profit off of their crime
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Ted Bundy
Definition
Supernatural Super Killer
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John Wayne Gacy
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Pogo the Clown rapes, tortures and kills 31 bodies of boys and men. Paints clowns and sells his art
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Jeffrey Dahmer
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Wisconsin torture chamber, Goes after Immigrant boys (convinces a police officer)
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