It’s one of the oldest debates in psychology: nature vs nurture. Does a person’s environment or their genes have more influence on their behavior? When it comes to serial killers, this debate takes on a whole new level of importance. On the one hand, you have those who believe that serial killers are born, not … Read more
Sociology is the study of human social behavior. Sociologists examine the ways in which people interact with each other and how they use and maintain power within society. One area of sociology that has received a great deal of attention in recent years is the study of serial killers. Serial killers are individuals who kill … Read more
One summer night, Angel Resendez-Ramirez, a lean Mexican immigrant with black hair and striking green eyes, scaled the fence around rusty cross ties and prowled through California’s San Gabriel commuter rail yard. He scooted along an elevated platform as trains rumbled noisily past. But instead of jumping onto a departing train as he had done … Read more
Serial killers are talked about quite often, especially if their name keeps coming up in the news. Serial Killers are people who kill multiple people (usually several), usually one by one. They make a “cooling off” period between their crimes; this may be anywhere from days to decades. Serial killers may work alone or with … Read more
A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons. The United States FBI asserts that serial killers commit crimes (the unlawful killing of one or more human beings by another) to satisfy some abnormal psychological need for … Read more
There was a very unlucky man who would do anything to change his fortune around. He sold his soul to the devil and he knew there was no coming back from that. Even having good fortune and life could not shake the fact that he would have to answer to the devil soon. Good thing … Read more
The Boston Strangler was probably the most notorious criminal that Boston, Massachusetts has ever known. But who was the Boston Strangler? Was he Albert DeSalvo, the person who confessed and went to jail for these crimes? Is he someone that took his secret to the grave and let an innocent man take the blame for … Read more