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I watch a lot of scary movies. Vampires, werewolves, zombies theyve got nothing on one other group when it comes to scaring me serial killers. Even when theyre just fictional characters, I find serial killers to be terrifying not because I expect to come across one any more than a movie monster, but because they represent something real. These awful excuses for human beings do exist, and they pose a real threat to society. They come in all shapes and sizes, colors, and races. Today well take a quick look at 25 serial killers from around the world. There will be some of the more well-known U.S. and other serial killers, but well also have some from places like Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, China, and more. They arent all the most famous serial killers. Youve probably never heard of some of them. And some of your favorites wont be included here. This list is a little different. Rather than focusing solely on well-known serial killers (although some will be included), were looking at a more diverse group both men and women, different races and nationalities, etc. Even more importantly, I wanted to take a look at some of the worlds recent and distant serial killers with some of the most disturbing motives or stories. Keep in mind. Im not claiming these are THE most disturbing serial killers. There have been too many for me to ever know about them all, and that would be subjective. These are just some examples of particularly disturbing individuals that caught my attention or made me cringe. If other serial killers top your own personal list, feel free to leave a comment below to tell us about them. Daddu.net is a picture weblog dedicated to everyone who enjoys funny pictures. We constantly publish funny pictures and videos to keep your day going. Subscribe to RSS feed or bookmark us so you don't miss any articles we publish.
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1. Ahmad Suradji
[image] The idea of ritualistic serial killers on one hand baffles me and on the other hand fascinates me. Theyre a reminder that the world is full of different cultures where different practices are considered acceptable than here in the West. But Ahmad Suradji doesnt seem to be following any kind of cultural norm. Instead he just sounds deranged. At the same time, I have to admit its one of the more interesting excuses or motives Ive ever seen. Heres more on Indonesian serial killer, Ahmad Suradji. Victims: Suradji murdered 42 females between the ages of 11 and 30. The killings took place over 11 years.
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Kill Zone: Medan, Indonesia Methods: Suradji buried his victims up to their waists and strangled them with a cable. Motives: Suradji conducted ritual killings. He claimed to be told by his fathers ghost in a dream that by killing these women and drinking their saliva, he would become a mystic healer. Outcome: Ahmad Suradji was found guilty on April 27, 1998 of his crimes and was executed by firing squad on July 10, 2008. Additional Information: One of Suradjis three wives (Tumini) was tried as an accomplice. Often Suradjis victims were women who came to him seeking his services as a healer.
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2. Aileen Wuornos
On one hand, I can understand that traumatic experiences can lead to disturbing behavior. Still. Call me crazy, but I just cant see trauma caused by someone else as justification for murdering others. Then again, thats probably because Im not crazy. Aileen Wuornos is the first female serial killer on our list here, and shes an example of someone who was (or who claimed to be) traumatized, leading to the murders of several men. Victims: Wuornos killed 7 men between the ages of 40 and 65.
Kill Zone: Florida, United States Methods: The murders were committed with multiple gun shots. Motives: Wuornos claimed that the men she killed had raped her (or tried to) while she was working as a prostitute. Outcome: Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002. Additional Information: Aileen Wuornos story was the basis for the movie Monster. She had a child when she was a young teen, claiming she was raped by an unknown man. However, its suspected by some that her brother actually fathered the child.
3. Alexander Pichushkin
[image] Alexander Pichushkin is a Russian serial killer known as The Chessboard Killer. Unlike some killers who have almost understandable motives (such as being abused or tortured themselves in some way not that it excuses anything), Pichushkin is a whole different level of crazy. He killed for the competition of it. Victims: Pichushkin has 48 verified victims. While not all, most of them were elderly homeless men.
Kill Zone: Moscow, Russia Methods: Most of Alexander Pichushkins victims were killed with hammer blows to the head. He preferred to strike them from behind supposedly to avoid spilling blood on himself. He then threw some of his victims into the sewers. Motives: It is believed Pichushkin considered himself to be in competition with another serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. At one point he mentioned that his goal was to kill 64 victims enough to fill the squares on a chessboard, hence his nickname. Outcome: Pichushkin was convicted on October 24, 2007 to life in prison, including 15 years of solitary confinement. Additional Information: Pichushkin has been quoted as saying For me, life without killing is like life without food for you. I felt like the father of all these people, since it was I who opened the door for them to another world. He was kept in a glass cage during his trial.
4. Andrei Chikatilo
[images] Youve already seen the name Andrei Chikatilo mentioned, because he was at least partially the inspiration for another Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin. Chikatilo was known by two nicknames The Red Ripper and The Rostov Ripper. Victims: Chikatilo killed 53 women and children (of both genders).
Kill Zone: Rostov Oblast, Russia Methods: Chikatilo didnt kill all of his victims in the same way. Most were stabbed, but a few were strangled or battered to death. All were mutilated. Motives: Chikatilo killed for sexual satisfaction he could only become aroused by committing violent acts against women. Outcome: Andrei Chikatilo was shot and executed on February 14, 1994. Additional Information: Chikatilo was impotent due to a childhood illness, yet had two children of his own. His son Yuri was charged with the attempted murder of a man.
Kill Zone: Texas and Michigan, United States Methods: Watts wasnt faithful to any particular method of killing his victims. He use strangulation, stabbing, drowning, and beatings. Motives: While his motives arent believed to be sexual in nature (as with many serial killers), they arent known. Outcome: Watts died of cancer on September 21, 2007 shortly after being sentenced to life in prison. Prior to this, he had been serving time in Texas. Additional Information: Watts is believed to have had an IQ of just 68, and he may have killed his first victim at the young age of 15.
6. Carlton Gary
[image] I wont say that I do or dont believe Carlton Gary is guilty of being The Stocking Strangler. But for all that we know, thats who he is. Others disagree, and believe its a case of poor evidence. What do you think? Victims: Carlton Gary is believed to have killed 7 elderly women.
Kill Zone: Georgia, United States Methods: Victims were beaten, raped, and then strangled to death. Outcome: Gary was convicted of murder on August 26, 1986 and then sentenced to death. He is still on death row. He was supposed to be executed on December 16, 2009 but the Georgia Supreme Court stopped his execution the day it was supposed to happen to allow for a hearing on the DNA evidence.
Have you ever seen an outfit to die for? Apparently serial killer / shopaholic Dana Sue Gray has. This has got to be one of the most screwed up motives for murder Ive seen. But really, greed is one of the oldest I guess. Victims: Gray killed 3 elderly women age 57 87, and a fourth victim survived.
Kill Zone: California, United States Methods: Two of the victims were strangled with telephone cords (the survivor was one of them), one was beaten, and one was stabbed. Motives: Grays motives were financial. She said she killed her victims to support her overwhelming need to shop. She stole cash and credit cards from her victims to help support her lifestyle. Outcome: Gray was convicted and sentenced to life without parole on October 16, 1998.
Kill Zone: Texas, United States Methods: Victims were raped / sexually assaulted, tortured, and then strangled or shot. Outcome: He was killed by one of his accomplices. Additional Information: He had two accomplices who found his victims for him for $200 each. Apparently thats the price of a little boys life.
9. Elizabeth Bthory
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Now lets take a look at one of the worst female serial killers known, even if a few centuries too late the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bthory. Victims: Although she was never personally tried, hundreds of female accomplices were convicted for 80 murders.
Kill Zone: Kingdom of Hungary Methods: Victims were treated to torture, mutilation, and beatings. Outcome: The accomplices of Elizabeth Bthory were executed. She, on the other hand, was bricked into rooms of her castle for house arrest. She was found dead on August 21, 1614. Additional Information: Legend has it that she killed and then bathed in the blood of virgins to try to maintain her youth.
Outcome: Ridgway pled guilty to 48 counts of murder on November 5, 2003. He was then sentenced to life in prison without parole. Additional Information: Ridgway is said to have an IQ of 82.
Methods: After having sex with his victims, he strangled them and buried their bodies in his garden. Outcome: He was arrested and given a life sentence in 1942, but escaped from prison in 1947. After being re-arrested he stayed in prison until 1976 when he was pardoned, cited as a great example of rehabilitation. He died in 1999, of natural causes. Additional Information: He studied law and psychiatry while in prison, and practiced law after his release. He also wrote three books.
Kill Zone: Henan province, China Methods: He drugged, rapes, and then suffocated his victims. Motives: Huang Yong was quoted as saying Ive always wanted to be an assassin since I was a kid, but I never had the chance. Outcome: He was both sentenced to death and then executed by firing squad December 2003 apparently the Chinese dont wait around. And in this case and the admission, really, I cant say I blame them. Additional Information: Yong was a migrant laborer, and he kept his victims belts as souvenirs. He claimed that killing females wouldnt make him as much of a hero as killing males.
killer in many of our minds an image that might even be dangerous, given the socially charming nature of others. Victims: Jack the Ripper was believed to have killed at least 5 prostitutes from 18881891.
Kill Zone: London, England (Whitechapel District) Methods: Victims throats were slit and their abdomens were mutilated. Additional Information: A letter supposedly sent to the media from the killer ignited a media frenzy around the image of Jack the Ripper.
Kill Zone: Wisconsin, United States Methods: Dahmer was guilty of rape, torture, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Outcome: Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 terms of life in prison in 1992, and he was killed by a fellow inmate on November 28, 1994. Additional Information: Apparently on May 27, 1991, a 14 year old victim got away. But when he went to police and Dahmer claimed he was his 19 year old boyfriend, police returned the boy to the killer. The boy was murdered that night.
Kill Zone: He committed his murders across 59 counties in Colombia. Methods: Victims were raped, had their throats slit, and were then dismembered. Outcome: Garavito was convicted on April 22, 1999, and is serving the maximum sentence available in Colombia. Although that sentence is only 30 years, he could still possibly be tried for other crimes he wasnt yet convicted for, keeping him in longer. That said, theres also the possibility he could be released early.
lovers, and competitors (other women who were involved with her male victims).
Motives: She killed her victims for two reasons: financial security (collecting on life insurance policies) and jealousy. Outcome: Cotton was hanged in March 1873. Additional Information: At the time it was assumed many of her victims died of gastric fever rather than poison.
Kill Zone: Johannesburg, South Africa Methods: Victims were raped and strangled. Outcome: He was convicted on December 5, 1997 and sentenced to 2410 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole after 930 years 2927. Thats an oddly comforting, if not almost amusing, thought. Additional Information: Sithole is believed to have posed as a businessman offering jobs in order to gain the trust of the women he murdered.
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When you think of vampires, what era do you think of? I certainly dont think of the 1900s unless were talking about movies. But around 1930 the world met serial killer Peter Krten, labeled the Vampire of Dsseldorf. Victims: While he was only charged with 9 murders and 7 attempted murders, Krten actually confessed to 79 killings.
Kill Zone: Dsseldorf, Germany Methods: He intentionally chose to use a variety of killing methods to keep police in the dark about the connection between the murders. Motives: His motive was of the good old cant get it up variety. He killed for sexual stimulation, needing to see blood to become aroused. Outcome: Im sure he would have been pleased by the blood on display July 2, 1931 when he was executed by guillotine. Additional Information: Krten claimed that he committed his first murders when he was just 5 years old, drowning two friends.
Kill Zone: Alaska, United States Methods: Hansens victims were kidnapped, raped, then released. Hansen would then hunt his victims around his cabins like hunting game, and they were ultimately killed with a hunting knife or a rifle.
Outcome: Hansen pled guilty to 4 of the murders, and has served in various federal prisons since June 13, 1983. Additional Information: Hansen took jewelry from his victims.
Kill Zone: Berkshire, England Methods: One victim was killed by strangulation, another by torture, and two others by stabbings. Outcome: Maudsley initially went to prison in 1974. But after killing 3 fellow prisoners he was placed in solitary confinement in 1983. Additional Information: Three of Maudsleys 4 victims were actually child molesters or sex offenders. Honestly that makes me dislike him just a wee bit less.
Kill Zone: Vancouver, Canada Methods: Pickton killed his victims by strangling and mutilation. Details are largely unknown about victims he wasnt convicted on, but there were also possibly gunshot victims. Outcome: His conviction on 6 counts of second degree murder happened on December 9, 2007. Hes serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Additional Information: Robert Picktons story was loosely used in an episode of TVs CSI and also served as the basis for an episode of Criminal Minds.
Kill Zone: Mashad, Iran Methods: Hanaei strangled his victims. Motives: He killed his victims because he believed he was eliminating their moral
corruption. Outcome: Saeed Hanaei was hanged on April 8, 2002. Additional Information: Hanaei was called the spider killer because he lured women to his home before having sex with and murdering them, similar to the way a spider lures prey into its web. Hanaei was a high profile and controversial figure in Iran. Some fundamentalists even praised his actions (although I cant quite see how sleeping with prostitutes before killing them is any kind of moral high ground but hey, thats just me). Hanaeis murders were the inspiration behind Alice Coopers 2008 Along Came a Spider.
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Okay. So Ted Bundy is another pretty well-known serial killer. But cutting off and keeping the heads of victims definitely puts him in my list of seriously disturbing serial killers. Victims: Bundy confessed to over 30 murders of white middle-class females between the ages of 15 and 25.
Kill Zone: Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Florida, United States Methods: Bundys victims were beaten then strangled. He was also guilty of rape and necrophilia. Outcome: Bundy faced execution by the electric chair in Florida on January 24, 1989. Additional Information: Bundy tended to kill women that resembled his fianc and had similar hair styles. But because they were physically different in other ways, Bundy denied a resentment towards here was part of his motive.
Kill Zone: Tokyo, Japan Methods: Bodies were mutilated and corpses were molested. Outcome: Miyazaki was sentenced to death April 14, 1997 and hanged June 17, 2008. Additional Information: Miyazaki was born with deformed hands fused directly to his wrists, and contacted family members of victims with cryptic, taunting messages (and even the cremated remains of one victim). At one point, anime and horror films were cited as the reason for his crimes.
Kill Zone: California, United States Methods: Victims were killed via stabbings and shootings. Various cases were linked because of the Zodiac letters sent to newspapers. The letters included strange symbols and ciphers, some of which are still unsolved. They also included lines such as Me=37, SFPD=0, announcing 37 victims for the killer and no points for the police. The letters date from August 1969 to 1974 (last confirmed). Motives: One deciphered code claimed the thrill of killing was a motive, as well as talking about the victims serving as his slaves in the afterlife. Additional Information: Dirty Harry is loosely based on these crimes, among other films like 2007s Zodiac. Given that this is a blog post and not a book, it would be absolutely impossible to share details about all of the worlds serial killers. These are some of the ones who jumped out at me and disgusted, intrigued, or disturbed me in some way at least a bit moreso than the others. What about you? Is there a local or historical serial killer youre aware of that has a disturbing story, methods, or motives? Feel free to share that information with the rest of us by leaving a comment. Permaculture Design Class
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Tabor on 01/03/08, would have rescued Meredith Hope Emerson, and insured the capture of Gary Michael Hilton. Why wasnt the call made made? Below is the truth: http://www.11alive.com/news/article_storyid=109373 More Info About Hilton Emerging More information is emerging about Gary Hilton and the time he spent after allegedly kidnapping Meredith Emerson. Thursday, while at a Pickens County Huddle House, Hilton called his former boss, John Tabor. He said he needed some money to get started, Tabor said. So I told him I would leave a check for him at the office on Clairmont Road for him to retrieve the following day, Friday. What Gary Hilton didnt know when he called Tabor was that Tabor had already called the GBI about Hilton. Tabor said he called the GBI as soon as he heard that Meredith Emerson was missing from the hiking trail on Blood Mountain in Union County. Tabor knew Hilton camped in the wilderness there, and based on what he knew of Hilton, suspected Hilton might be the one who kidnapped Emerson. So Tabor had already given the GBI Hiltons name, van description and license tag numbers. Right after Hilton called Tabor, Tabor called the GBI again, and the GBI raced to the Huddle House, trying to catch up to Hilton and Emerson. Hilton worked for Tabors siding business, Insulated Wall Systems, on and off for ten years. In fact the office on Clairmont Road in DeKalb County was listed as Hiltons suspected address on his initial kidnapping warrant. at a Huddle House restaurant on Highway 53 in Pickens County. What neither Tabor nor workers at the Huddle House restaurant on Highway 53 in Pickens County could have known when Hilton picked up the phone was that Meredith Hope Emerson, was alive and restrained inside Hiltons van in the restaurant parking lot. The GBI said Hilton killed Emerson the next day in Dawson County, one day after calling his former boss to plan his future. That was the last contact I had from Gary Hilton, Tabor said. And apparently when they picked him up, he was en-route to get that check. Tabor said he wants Meredith Emersons family to know that he did everything he could to help police catch Hilton and save Meredith. Tabor is out of state and expects to return home to Metro Atlanta in a few days. He said he never really intended to re-hire Hilton, after a falling out they had last year. He is grieving along with the people at the Huddle House, wondering and agonizing over what more they could have done. Wolfscratch
date. TABER stated that at approximately 4:35 p.m. on this date (01-03-08) HILTON had called from what TABER believed to be a pay phone (number 770893-9922). TABER could not hear HILTON very well. At approximately 4:40 pm., HILTON again contacted TABER on TABERs cellular telephone. This number was 770-894-4684. TABER did not know where this telephone was located. TABER just stated that the reception was much better. TABER stated that HILTON wanted to borrow money from TABER. HILTON stated that he had gotten his life in order and had turned things around and wanted to come back to work for TABER. HILTON stated he would need approximately seven hundred dollars or eight hundred dollars to get his drivers license and tags renewed. HILTON had wanted TABER to leave a check at TABERs business in Decatur. HILTON advised he would come pick it up either that evening or the next date. TABER further advised that HILTON had used a cellular telephone that had been purchased for TABERs business. TABERs business was in construction and HILTON was a laborer. HILTON had used the telephone up until late September or early October of 2007. The telephone number had been transferred to another telephone. That . number was inactive on the phone that he had given HILTON. No further information was obtained at this time. Page 1 of 2 172798 PROPERTY OF GBI Further dissemination is prohibited without written approval of a GBI Supervisor EXHIBIT 21 08-0093-25-08 10 DATA: TABER, JOHN JOSEPH DOB: SEX/RACE: MALEIWHITE ADDRESS: 450 ARBORSHADE TRAIL DULUTH,GA COUNTRY: UNITED STATES RESIDENCE:I CELLULAR SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, ASST JESSE C MADDOX: 1/1 ~ hb 1/22/2008 . Page 2 of 2 172798 PROPERTY OF GBI Further dissemination is prohibited without written approval of a GBI Supervisor Then on Jan. 18, 2008, what finally came to be admitted? S/A HOWARD asked TABOR if he attempted to contact the GBI when HILTON had called him on January 3,2008. TABOR became visually upset and began to cry. He stated that he did not attempt to call anyone. HILTON contacted TABOR at approximately 4:41 p.m. and asked him for money. After taking the call, TABOR attended to some business requirements prior to receiving a call from ASAC JESSE MADDOX at approximately 6:30 p.m Though during the phone conversation TABOR told ASAC MADDOX that he had been trying to call, TABOR clarified to S/A HOWARD he had not actually tried to contact law enforcement. TABOR stated that I thought we had him, the ruse was set up for tomorrow. TABOR never contacted anyone about a ruse or about HILTON calling him. TABOR only provided the information about HILTONs 4:41 p.m. call when he was directly asked by ASAC MADDOX (OVER THE PHONE in the late evening of Jan. 3, 2008). EXHIBIT 174 (cross ref. Exhibit 21) ************************************************** ************************************************** *** The phone call to John Tabor was made at 4:41 PM. The response time to the Huddle House; Marble Hill, GA , 30148 by the GBI on 01/03/08 was four hours due to Tabors failure to dial 911. The GBIs time of arrival was 9:00PM. Why has this been silenced by the media (Local and National)? Precious Innocent Victims Lives depend on Truth in the Media. They should be ashamed Wolfscratch
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investigators assigned to the Task Force received by mail a letter from a local therapist. The author of this glimpse into a killers mind prepared it as part of his psychological treatment at the request of his therapist, who chose to protect the identity of his source. The document that we received was a photocopy of what had apparently originally been handwritten on a lined legal pad in a consistent fine point that appeared to have been ink. The letter was perfectly legible and the printing was so nearly perfect that at first glance it appeared almost to have been typewritten. Close inspection revealed, however, the slight variations of human penmanship. The writing was meticulous, a nearly perfect hand that neatly compacted two rows of text between every two lines. Approximately five pages long, the document showed no mistakes and appeared completely free of erasures, strike-outs, even hesitation. If the writer employed such precision and planning in implementing the hideous deeds he described, it seemed nothing short of miraculous that he was ever caught. With hundreds of years of collective investigative experience behind the assembled investigative team, or Serial Killer Task Force as we were called, we harbored no doubt that whoever had written this document was a perverse, sadistic, frighteningly sick individual who was highly likely to have committed the unspeakable acts that he reduced to writing. Revealed in this article are presumably candid thought processes provided by this protected source, as well as information provided by serial killers whom I have investigated. Although serial killers vary in the details of their mental constructs, certain procedural similarities are common among them, and enable us to construct a very general profile. In this article I attempt to track similarities among people who kill strangers. 2. Common Knowledge During the six serial killer cases I investigated, I dealt extensively with Criminal Profilers from both the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Their training and work experience are extensive and years in the making, and I have found these specialists to be truly invaluable resources. First, a few statistics. Keep in mind, of course, that these are generalities; always there will be those who fall outside the bell curve. The following is a consensus of the majority of criminal profilers, based on actual cases they have investigated. Serial killers tend to be mostly white males; between 20 and 40 years of age . Most, although not all, serial killers begin their lives as petty criminals; initially they may have been peeping-Toms, animal torturers, arsonists, or any other of a wide range of pre-killing crimes. I have yet to hear of a provably upstanding citizen who begins his life of crime by killing people for personal and/or sexual gratification. In addition, as you may have observed from the examples given above, the petty crimes engaged in by nascent serial killers tend away from harmless pranks such as vandalism and opportunistic burglary and in the direction of more highly anti-social behaviors. 3. Genesis of a Serial Killer Serial killers frequently suffer from low self-esteem, often complicated by some sort of sexual dysfunction. Many were themselves the victims of sexual abuse and/or were raised in violent households. Never having received much training in social graces and lacking in confidence, they tend to be introverted and friendless. Some, like emotional adolescents that never reach adulthood, maintain unhealthy ties to a family member, often the mother. And although certain serial killers have counted their mothers among their victims, in my belief such instances are not sexual in nature, but more a revenge or to halt years of real or perceived domination. In nearly all cases, deviant and recurring sexual desires and fantasies are what drive these people to murder multiple victims. Spending much time alone, those who will depart the social norms tend to inhabit an imaginary world. Their fantasies, which in my experience always involve sex, begin small. At first they are able to achieve gratification merely by imagining these scenarios, and in that way they may not differ from other people who for reasons of their own concoct socially unacceptable fantasies that never see the light of day. For those who develop into serial killers, at some point imaginary scenarios start
to become insufficient. When thoughts and self-stimulation no longer suffice, some of these people may act their visions out in the limited but sometimes quite realistic realm of sado-masochistic sex. In time, even that is not enough. For reasons of their own, some people require more and greater stimuli to satisfy their turbulent desires, until finally they enact the killing of their first victim. This is a big step, even for a highly aberrant mind. The perpetrator himself may be shocked and frightened, even disgusted, and it may take a while for the firsttime murderer to reestablish his personal mandate. While doing so, he may relive his actions over and over in his mind, thus receiving again that gratification obtained during the actual murder and, perhaps, by doing so actually setting the stage for his progression. Some killers take something, a trophy if you will, from their victim. It may be an article of clothing or a photograph, a swatch of hair or piece of jewelry, something of use to embellish their mental re-living of their actions. This suffices for a while but, in time, their ability mentally to revisit their victims demise will fade. By the time this happens, if he has reconstructed his entitlement and begins to hunt another victim, such a person has come to fit the classical mold of a serial killer. 4. Victim Selection How does a serial killer select victims? The traditional school of thought holds that generally they select victims based on certain physical and/or personal characteristics. This assertion presupposes that, within the mind of each serial killer, there evolves synthesis of preferred characteristics and, ultimately, a clear, specific picture of his ideal victim, be it male or female, black or white, young or old, short or tall, large busted or small, shy or forward, and so on. Then, when that typical serial killer begins an active search for human prey, he will go to certain lengths to capture and victimize only those individuals who closely fit the mold. Unexpectedly, I have observed that most serial killers never actually find and kill their dream victim. People fitting such detailed and perfected images may not only be hard to come by, but may also not be easily available in the venues haunted by hunting serial killers. So when that ideal victim cannot be found, and when their internal impetus becomes powerful enough, they will settle for a substitute. Ignoring for a moment the disparity between deviant human and normal feline behavior, a serial killer can be compared to a hungry lion that lies in wait for his favorite meal. It may be the lion knows an impala has the most tender or tasty meat. He waits for an opportunity to kill and eat the impala and in doing so may allow easy but not-so-attractive prey to pass unmolested. In time, hunger pains growing and no impala in sight, the famished lion will settle for an unwary bird that happens by. After devouring the bird, which gives his hunger a brief respite, the lion again has time to savor the taste of an impala, and the cycle begins again. Like the lion, a serial killer just will not defer acting out his urge to kill simply because his ideal victim refuses to materialize at his beck and call. But his reason for settling for something less divulges from that of the lion. There are two basic, interrelated reasons for this disparity. The first centers on the extra caution exercised by a serial killer in his search for a victim; the second, upon the nature of the compulsion that drives him to violence. CP Wolfscratch.
aproximately 3:00 PM: THE DEMAND OCCURRED UH, GMH: GIVE ME YOUR CREDIT CARDS AND PIN NUMBER! . CB: WHAT, WHAT DID YOU PRODUCE? GMH: A KNIFE, A BAYONET.. GMH: UH, AND SHE FOUGHT, AND SHE GRABBED THE KNIFE. CB: OKAY. GMH: I LOST CONTROL OF THE KNIFE. GMH: AND THEN I PRODUCED THE BATON. AND SHE FOUGHT THAT AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE BATON. AND IM GOOD, TOO. THIS GIRL, WHO WAS, I THINK IT WAS YOU PROBABLY, OR ONE OF THE GBIS SAID THAT LITTLE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUND GIRL (UI) WHIP YOUR ASS, SO SHE ABOUT DID. I LOST CONTROL OF THE BAT. GMH: AND AT THAT TIME I DROPPED BOTH UH, THE BAT AND THE KNIFE. GMH: I HAD TO HAND FIGHT HER. . GMH: I STILL COULDNT GET CONTROL OF HER. SHE WOULD UH, FEIGN OR PRETEND THAT I WAS IN CONTROL AND THEN START FIGHTING AGAIN. SO I HAD TO, I HAD TO HIT HER A NUMBER OF TIMES. UH . . . GMH: YEAH. CB: OKAY. GMH: STRAIGHT IN, STRAIGHT IN PUNCHES. CB: THE FACE, CB: OKAY. GMH: AS TO WHAT EXTENT SHE WAS INJURED, UH, THERE HER TWO EYES WERE SOMEWHAT BLACKENED. UH, SHE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A FRACTURED NOSE. I, SHE WOULDNT STOP, SHE WOULDNT, UH, WOULDNT STOP FIGHTING, THEN SHE WOULD STOP, AND SHED START FIGHTING AGAIN. AND YELLING. UH, AT THE SAME TIME. UH, SO I, I NEEDED TO BOTH CONTROL HER AND SILENCE HER. GMH: OKAY. WELL, I GOT HER TO STOP FIGHTING AND STOP YELLING. I SAID ALL I WANT IS YOUR CREDIT CARD AND PIN NUMBER MOVE OFF THE TRAIL. AND I SAID MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. AND SHE STARTED MOVING AND THEN SHE STARTED FIGHTING AGAIN. CB: UH HUH. GMH: AND WE TUMBLED OFF THAT TRAIL, DOWNHILL. GMH: UH, SHE STARTED FIGHTING AGAIN. WE BOTH TUMBLED OFF THE TRAIL AND I HAD TO STRIKE HER SEVERAL MORE TIMES . . . AT THAT POINT I PRODUCED A UH, A UH, ITS LIKE A UH, DUCK TIE. OH, ITS LIKE UH, HANDCUFFS THAT POLICE USE . . . CB: ZIP TIE? CB: DID YOU HAVE A RUBBER BAND AROUND EM? GMH: YEAH. CB: WE DID FIND ONE. GMH: YEAH, I HAD A . . . OH, YOU DID? SO I ZIP TIED HER TO A TREE GMH: AND WENT BACK TO CLEAN THE CRIME SCENE BUT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN FOUND. CB: AND BY THAT TIME IT HAD ALREADY BEEN FOUND? . .WHAT DID YOU DO AT THAT POINT? GMH: WENT BACK TO HER AND UH, CUT HER LOOSE. AND UH, SHE WAS NOT TIED AT ALL EXCEPT I, I PUT A LOOP AROUND HER NECK. CB: UH, WHAT KIND OF LOOP? GMH: UH, JUST A NYLON CORD, UH, THREE HUNDRED POUND TEST, JUST, IT WASNT EVEN TIED. IT WAS LIKE A, A LOOP SLIP KNOT IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU TIE A LITTLE (UI) CB: NOT TIED. A SLIP KNOT. GMH: YEAH. AND UH, I TOLD HER THAT WE WERE MOVING DOWN HILL TO THE PARKING LOT. AND I WENT TO THE PARK, WE WENT TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE PARKING LOT BY CROSS
COUNTRY. GMH: NO. CB: JUST HAD THE LOOP, NOOSE, NOOSE AROUND HER NECK? GMH: YES, AND I TOLD HER I HAD A PISTOL, WHICH I DIDNT HAVE A FIREARM. _________________________________________________________________ GMH: I am a Soldier on a Perpetual Mission-a Hunter & Professional: Reconnaiassance, Strategy, Tactics- Implementation of the evil Mission Wolfscratch.
Lia Bantavani, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorneys Office, said Friday that nothing had been filed in the case for Hilton and the U.S. Department of Justice could not comment. The Bryants, an older but fit and active couple, had gone on a hike in 2007 and never returned. John, 81, and Irene, 84, of Horse Shoe, were avid hikers and often took strolls in the trails near the Pink Beds in Pisgah National Forest. The missing persons case quickly turned into a homicide investigation in November 2007, when deputies found Irenes body along Yellow Gap Road. An autopsy showed she had been beaten to death. In February 2008, a hunter found her husbands skeletal remains near Franklin. An autopsy showed he died from a gunshot to the head. It did not take long for Transylvania County officials to name a prime suspect drifter Hilton, identified by police in January 2008. Seeking the death penalty is now important to Holly Bryant because of her parents stance on capital punishment. My parents strongly believed in the death penalty for horrendous crimes, she said. For that reason I am for it as a way to speak for my parents. Weve been told there is DNA evidence that links Hilton to our parents murders, she added. Another reason they have not sought charges, they have told us, is he is in a place where he cant get away and they assured us they will seek the death penalty. Holly Bryant, who lives in Palm Bay, Fla. , aid while she considered going to Tallahassee to witness Hiltons trial first hand, she has not done so. I dont want to take attention away from Ms. Dunlaps family, she said. I dont think I could do any good and it would upset me, so I havent gone. While Holly Bryant said she is thankful Hilton was caught and appreciates what the authorities have done in their investigation, she said it was a citizens information that led to his arrest. I want to thank the citizen who reported what they saw that led to Hiltons arrest, she said. It is my understanding that this citizen saw him cleaning blood out of his van and called the authorities. Holly Bryant also has some words of wisdom for older residents who may have restricted their lives after hearing about the Bryants tragedy. Something was said at my parents memorial service that stuck out to me, she said. They went out and enjoyed life. They werent scared. I hope that people will continue to live their lives and dont let monsters, like Hilton, make them restrict their lives. Holly Bryant, who also enjoys hiking, said that now when she hikes it makes her feel close to her parents. I think of my parents every day, she said. I use their values to help guide me. Hollys brother, Bob, said while the past three years have been hard, he has healed some. I am a member of a support group for survivors of crimes, and that has helped, he said. It has still been difficult. Bob Bryant said he is disappointed with the length of time it has taken the U.S. Department of Justice to do something in his parents case. I understand there are multiple cases, but these families deserve justice, he said. Bob Bryant said that it is his understanding the Hilton couldnt be indicted in his parents death until the Florida trial is complete. He is guaranteed a speedy trial after he has been charged and the Florida case would have tied that up, he said.
To keep his parents memory alive, Bob Bryant keeps pictures of them around him. It helps me to remember their pleasant attitude and what great people they were, he said. http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/news?p=3&tc=pg cp by Wolfscratch
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