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5 Of The Most Intriguing Serial Killers

What even is a serial killer?

Justyce Alexander

Apr 09, 2018

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I have a love for the Criminal Justice world! My favorite part of it is the study of serial killers. Now, what exactly is a serial killer? The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) created the following definition: “The unlawful killing of the two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events.”

The show, Criminal Minds, has helped me to better understand what that definition means. The question I often ask is, “What drives someone to kill repeatedly?” I find it interesting to study the mind of certain serial killers. So, here is a list of my top 5 most intriguing serial killers.

1. John Wayne Gacy

“The Killer Clown” is one of the most notorious serial killers in history. He is known for killing 33 young men. He got the young men by asking them to help with his construction project.

2. Jeffrey Dahmer

He is known to be one of the scariest serial killers in history. He killed 17 men and boys over a 13-year span. These murders included rape, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism.

3. Ted Bundy

In the span of four years, he kidnapped and killed at least 30 young women. He was very charismatic and could convince to believe that he was a good person. He would pretend to be an authority figure or disabled person to entice his victims, then after killing them, he would keep their heads as souvenirs.

4. Gary Ridgway

A.K.A “The Green River Killer”, he strangled almost 70 women in a span of 8-10 years.

And last but certainly not least…

5. Aileen Wuornos

Most people do not think women when they hear serial killers, but they can commit horrible crimes also. Wuornos is known for killing seven men. Her life was full of neglect and abuse. She said that the men were trying to hurt her during their sexual incounters.

These people all had something that made them tick and they chose to kill as a comfort for it.

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5 Of The Most Intriguing Serial Killers

What even is a serial killer?

1. John Wayne Gacy

2. Jeffrey Dahmer

3. Ted Bundy

4. Gary Ridgway

5. Aileen Wuornos

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

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12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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