Serial Killer Essay

Repetitious murderers alongside mass murderers have always existed as human monsters that instill fear in the lives of people, however it was not until the mid to late 20th century that we came to know these monsters as ‘serial killers,’ and begin to understand these crimes did not have such easy to understand motives. In James Alan Fox and Jack Levin’s Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass murder their research shows an exponential growth of a few criminals who would now be classified as a serial killer pre 1960 vs the American peak in the 1980s with hundreds of these serial murderers. The term serial killer itself is universally known to have been coined by FBI agent, Robert K Ressler in 1974 and it supported by Peter Vronsky’s

They story of Bathory is one that has been passed down for centuries to the folklore is nearly indistinguishable from the truth in the story of the hungarian noblewoman who allegedly bathed in the blood of nearly 600 virigns in attempt to preserve her youth. Histrory.com does account for her crimes as “Bathory’s torture included jamming pins and needles under the fingernails of her servant girls, and tying them down, smearing them with honey, and leaving them to be attacked by bees and ants.” She is known as The Blood Countess, and is often compared to Vlad the Impaler, Bram Stoker’s inspiration for Dracula. She was for many years untouchable due to her noble status but according to AncientOrigins an investiagtion was held after rumours of her heinous kidnapping, tortuing and murdering spread accross the kingdom and the story tells of 300 witnesses testifying against her, despite only 13v being recorded. She was charged with the crimes and to escape political disgrace instead of capital punishment she was to serve in solitary confinement, where she died three years