Who was the Zodiac Killer? “I plunged the knife into her and it broke. I then finished the job by cutting her throat. I am not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.” These are just a few of the famous words by the man who called himself The Zodiac Killer. These words rang fear throughout the city. Knowing that someone out there was killing at random would have been terrifying. The late 1960’s and early 1970’s should have been a time of happiness, but for the San Francisco
The Zodiac killer was a very dangerous person and killed people that you least expected it. He was a very smart and logical person though and it sounds bad but you know he was good when he got away with it and he basically gave them his name and the police didn’t even know it. Obviously he was a serial killer he, but went for the younger high schoolers. Most of his attacks were all based on shocking the victims. One of the victims that had survived during one of the Zodiacs stabbing said, “It was
The Mystery of Serial Killers Social Deviance Jessica Garcia December 8th, 2014 Abstract Serial killers often seem like ordinary people and have regular lives. They are typically white men that have an average job. The term serial killer has no set definition. Although, there is a federal law that does define serial killings. In 1998, a federal law was passed titled, Protection of Children from Sexual Predator Act of 1998 (FBI, 2005). During the late 1960s, there was a man of the age
In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s things began to change for areas in California. For what use to be quite small town, where little to no crime activity was, became areas of brutal murder crimes. The man was known as the “Zodiac Killer”, named after the way he communicated in letters with the police. There were seven definite victims and five possible victims. The first definite murder happened Friday December 20th 1968 in Vallejo, California. The victim’s names were David Faraday, age 17, and
This paper was more of a challenge to write than other paper at the beginning. This was the first time I had to think outside of the box to do a paper. My past english classes had usually been very simple and we’ve never been encouraged to be creative. This led to hours of wondering what topic I could choose that I was interested in but could make some sort of narrative about. This actually ended up being easier then I thought. I knew I wanted to the some sort of crime that was interesting and mysterious
serial killers is above the average value that equals approximately 150 that is very close to the level of genius. Actually, the issue of a psychological profile of serial killers is global, because this method used in many countries such as United States and Australia, Canada and England, Finland and the Netherlands, Singapore and South Africa (Criminal profiling). I have chosen this issue, because it is interesting for me, therefore I will be keen on writing qualitative and well-minded research not
Attention Getter Everyone is well aware of Adolf Hitler, The Zodiac Killer, and John Wayne Gacy. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party, and he kilt many innocent people cause of their religion. The Zodiac Killer was linked to at least five murders in Northern California. He would taunt police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers to scary people. John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer and rapist, who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 young boys and men. All three of