Annotated Bibliographies.

The serial killer whisperer.

Earley, Pete. “The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man’s Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World’s Most Terrifying Killers”.  Http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=t rue&true &db +ulh&AN =66926314&site=src-live. Jan 2012. 27 Mar.

            In the article ““The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man’s Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World’s Most Terrifying Killers”, Earley, Pete informs me that a traumatic brain injury can change anyone’s life into something unexpected.  A 15-year old boy had a TBI and soon after he oddly became easily obsessed went he came across from a news article online. His new obsession was something that was unusual but had a good outcome. This 15-year old boy kept this obsession throughout his thirties and, was soon able to help police officers bring closure to their cases.  He would go to the prison and talk to the prisoners, his impulsive obsession made the prisoners comfortable and able to trust him. This proved to me that there is a good outcome out of researching and connecting to any type of killer.

Serial Killers, Evil, and Us.

              Simon, Robert. “Serial Killers,Evil,and Us”. https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/yturria2/SKfiles/skf/articles/sk3.pdf.  Fall 2009. 13 Mar 2013.

            In this article Simon, Robert states the many ways that people connect their serial killings to characters such as Dr. Jekyll or Dexter.  Many people also begin to kill because, of actual people like Ted Bundy or Jeffery Dahmer.  Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy was just a normal guy, you could not tell from a picture that he had killed over 58 people. Another person would be John Wayne Gacy, who was a building constructer was married twice , and was involved in his community projects.   He had joined Jolly Joker Club  and , would dress up as pogo the clown and, went to the hospital to cheer up sick children.  Gacy would go to festivals and say “A clown can get away with murder” and, he sure did at least thirty- three within the next

History of Teen Murders and Trends.

Chalmers, Phil. “Why teens kill”. http://philchalmers.com/media/downloads/Why-Teens-Kill-Seminar-Workbook.pdf.  2011. 20 Mar 2013.

             In this article Chalmers, Phil answers my question on how teens become murders, or evolve themselves in crime. I learned that today, about 1800 teens kill every year. Roughly 5 homicides per day. The period from 1960 to 1991 US population increased by 40% while violent crimes have increased by 500%. The first teen killer occurred in 1785 when 12-year-old girls killed a 6-year-old by strangling and beating her with a rock over strawberries.  Phil also states some of the signs of violence. One of the most common are statements or threats about killing or harming someone, or even threatening, schoolwork m artwork, drawing, and class projects.  The four ways people say that someone may become a serial killer if they are cruel to animals, have a fascination with setting fires, or are peeping toms. The top 5 causes of teen murder are unstable family& Bullying at school, obsession with violent media, Anger & depression-suicide, drugs& alcohol, cults, gangs & hate groups. This helps me because, it taught me the causes and the different types of teen killings.