query: what two serial killers lived at the cecil hotel

pos: Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) been a regular presence on the skid row area of Los Angeles, but, according to a hotel clerk who claims to have spoken to him, is rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. Ramirez may have engaged in part of his killing spree while staying there. Another serial killer, Austrian Jack Unterweger, stayed at the Cecil in 1991, possibly as an homage to Ramirez. While there, he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes, for which he was convicted in Austria. He hanged himself shortly after his conviction. In 2013 the Cecil (by then re-branded as

pos: Death of Elisa Lam around it in the late 20th century. Several of Los Angeles's more notable murders have happened at or have connections to the hotel: Elizabeth Short, victim of the Black Dahlia murder, the city's best-known unsolved killing, supposedly made the Cecil her last stop before her death, and in 1964, Goldie Osgood, the "Pigeon Lady of Pershing Square," was raped and murdered in her room at the Cecil, another crime that has never been solved. Serial killers Jack Unterweger and Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", both resided at the Cecil while active. There have also been suicides, one of which also

pos: Followed (film) comments. The user leans into the webcam revealing their identity at which point the screencast and movie end abruptly. Producers, Antoine Le, Todd Klick, Matthew Brewbaker and Greg Berlant developed the story together basing "Followed"'s fictional Lennox Hotel on the Cecil Hotel, famous for its many instances of death and violence, including the death of Elisa Lam, as well as murders by serial killers Jack Unterweger and Richard Ramirez. The producers were also inspired by Creepypasta, and based the main character, DropTheMike, on famous vloggers such as Logan Paul and PewDiePie, who seemingly use controversy to attract subscribers to their

pos: Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) been a regular presence on the skid row area of Los Angeles, but, according to a hotel clerk who claims to have spoken to him, is rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. Ramirez may have engaged in part of his killing spree while staying there. Another serial killer, Austrian Jack Unterweger, stayed at the Cecil in 1991, possibly as an homage to Ramirez. While there, he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes, for which he was convicted in Austria. He hanged himself shortly after his conviction. In 2013 the Cecil (by then re-branded as

pos: Serial killer Jr., Peter Kürten, Clifford Olson, Ottis Toole, Rodney Alcala, Donald Henry Gaskins, Peter Tobin, Albert Fish, Fred West, Richard Ramirez, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuornos, Edmund Kemper, Charles Starkweather, Rosemary West, David Parker Ray, Paul Bernardo, Dennis Rader, and Gary Ridgway. Ed Gein is often included on such lists, but with two victims most authorities would not classify him as a serial killer. 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the United States. Some commonly found characteristics of serial killers include the following: There are exceptions to these criteria, however. For example, Harold Shipman was a

pos: Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) the Cecil's bar in the days before her notorious and, to date, unsolved murder. In 1964 a retired telephone operator named "Pigeon Goldie" Osgood, who had been a well known and well liked long-term resident at the hotel, was found dead in her room. She had been raped, stabbed and beaten, and her room ransacked. A man named Jacques B. Ehlinger was charged with Osgood's murder, but he was later cleared; her death remains unsolved. Perhaps most infamously, in the 1980s the hotel was rumored to be the residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez, nicknamed the "Night Stalker." Ramirez had

pos: The Last Victim The Last Victim The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer (1999) is a non-fiction work by author Jason Moss in which he details his fascination and subsequent correspondence with several notorious American serial killers. In 1994, Moss was an 18-year-old college student at UNLV. While studying for his honors thesis, he established relationships by correspondence with John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Henry Lee Lucas, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Charles Manson. He obtained samples of correspondence from and interviews with these men. Moss researched what would most interest each subject, and cast himself in the role

neg: Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder is a 2012 Canadian non-fiction book written by Lee Mellor and published by Dundurn Press. It documents the lives of sixty Canadian serial killers, with the earliest being Edward H. Rulloff and the most recent being Russell Williams. The book uses Katherine Ramsland's interpretation of what constitutes a serial killer—someone who has killed at least two people on two separate occasions, and who attempted to or likely would have killed again—as outlined in her 2007 book "The Human Predator". "Cold North Killer's" own definition of what constitutes a

neg: Hell on Earth 2006 prince of darkness, but even Satan can't foresee everything. Meanwhile, Butters summons Biggie Smalls. This episode parodies the television series "My Super Sweet 16" and the comedy group The Three Stooges. The episode also received generally positive responses from critics; however, it sparked controversy shortly after its initial airing due to the Steve Irwin joke it contained. Satan announces his plans to throw a huge Halloween costume party on Earth at the W hotel, supposedly the Cecil hotel. Among other things, Satan decides upon a cake the size and shape of a Ferrari Enzo, which three notorious serial killers—Ted Bundy,

neg: Serial killer that serial killers are always white might have become "truth" in some research fields due to the over-reporting of white serial killers in the media. According to some sources, the percentage of serial killers who are African American is estimated to be between 13% and 22%. Another study has shown that 16% of serial killers are African American, what author Maurice Godwin describes as a "sizeable portion". A 2014 Radford/FGCU Serial Killer Database annual statistics report indicated that for the decades 1900–2010, the percentage of white serial killers was 52.1% while the percentage of African American serial killers was 40.3%.

neg: Serial killer debut at an early age and it can be an opportunity for researchers to study what factors brought about the behavior. Though it is rare, the youngest felon on death row is in fact, a juvenile serial killer named Harvey Miguel Robinson. The racial demographics regarding serial killers are often subject to debate. In the United States, the majority of reported and investigated serial killers are white males, from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in their late 20s to early 30s. However, there are African American, Asian, and Hispanic (of any race) serial killers as well, and, according to the FBI,

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers book. My Life Among the Serial Killers My Life Among the Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers is a book written by Helen Morrison, M.D and Harold Goldberg. It presents the cases of ten serial killers, and touches on many more. Morrison spent hundreds of hours in face-to-face interviews, over many years, with several of the subjects. She uses the individual stories to explain and put forth her ideas on what makes a serial killer. Morrison begins her story in the early '70s, when psychiatry and law enforcement had a very different view of these

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers My Life Among the Serial Killers My Life Among the Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers is a book written by Helen Morrison, M.D and Harold Goldberg. It presents the cases of ten serial killers, and touches on many more. Morrison spent hundreds of hours in face-to-face interviews, over many years, with several of the subjects. She uses the individual stories to explain and put forth her ideas on what makes a serial killer. Morrison begins her story in the early '70s, when psychiatry and law enforcement had a very different view of these types

neg: Devil's Night (American Horror Story) to his room. While tied to a chair, he slowly realizes what Devil's Night at the Hotel Cortez involves, and they fight until he handcuffs her in the bathroom and finds her (true) Driver's License. He returns to the guestbook and finds plenty of serial killers have signed in. Liz describes March's annual tradition and discovers John himself is on the invitation list. He arrives at Room 78 for dinner. There March introduces himself and John reminds him that March would have died 85 years prior. March counter-reminds him that anything is possible in the hotel. John Wayne Gacy (John

neg: Serial killer backed by the families of murder victims and "Son of Sam laws" existing in some states that prevent murderers from profiting from the publicity generated by their crimes. Such memorabilia includes the paintings, writings, and poems of these killers. Recently, marketing has capitalized even more upon interest in serial killers with the rise of various merchandise such as trading cards, action figures, and books such as "The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers" by Harold Schechter, and "The A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers" by Schecter and David Everitt. Some serial

neg: Nadia Fezzani best seller in 2014. Through interviews with serial killers and professionals (profilers, criminologists, neurologists, etc.), we discover how someone becomes a Serial Killer, what triggers them and what could have been done to prevent such behavior. The title of the English edition is "Through the Eyes of Serial Killers: Interviews with Seven Murderers" and was published by Dundurn Press in March 2015. More recently, she published a book on real life superheroes, "Mission Superhéros", in which she went on patrol with individuals who dress up at night and fight crime. She brings us into their world and provides insights into

neg: Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters belief that female serial killers prefer to murder their male intimates or family members, recent data indicate that currently female serial killers marginally prefer strangers as victims and that historically in the United States, 53 percent of female serial killers had murdered at least one adult female and 32 percent at least one female child. Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters is a non-fiction true crime history by Peter Vronsky, a criminal justice historian. It surveys the history of female serial killers and female-perpetrated serial homicide, its culture,

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers serial killer as flying through life with large blind spots and missing pieces of what it means to be human, and claims that these people are untreatable because they are missing the parts that need treatment. Morrison disagrees with or downplays theories that attribute serial killing to complex psychological motives such as suffering child abuse, which is not a consistent factor. She contends that serial killers are so lacking in emotional development that they have no capacity for complex emotional motives. The book presents various facts, perceptions and descriptions of serial killers in a diffused way and ties the ideas

neg: The Sandman: The Doll's House share a drink in the same tavern every hundred years. In search of Jed, Rose and Gilbert stop at a hotel, where the Corinthian is attending a convention of serial killers. Gilbert recognizes the Corinthian, and tells Rose that if she is in danger she should call upon Dream, under his by-name of "Morpheus". When one of the serial killers attacks her, Rose summons him; whereupon Dream destroys the Corinthian and punishes the convention by revealing the pettiness of their crimes. Gilbert finds Jed and has him sent to a hospital; while Dream informs Rose she is a 'dream vortex',

neg: Serial killer based on percentages of the U.S. population, whites are not more likely than other races to be serial killers. Criminal profiler Pat Brown says serial killers are usually reported as white because serial killers usually target victims of their own race, and argues the media typically focuses on "All-American" white and pretty female victims who were the targets of white male offenders; that crimes among minority offenders in urban communities, where crime rates are higher, are under-investigated; and that minority serial killers likely exist at the same ratios as white serial killers for the population. She believes that the myth

neg: Serial killer concerning female criminality. In the article, Perri and Lichtenwald analyze the current research regarding female psychopathy, including case studies of female psychopathic killers featuring Münchausen syndrome by proxy, cesarean section homicide, fraud detection homicide, female kill teams, and a female serial killer. Juvenile serial killers are rare. There are three main categories that juvenile serial killers can fit into: primary, maturing, and secondary killers. There have been studies done to compare and contrast these three groups and to discover similarities and differences between them. Although these types of serial killers are less common, oftentimes adult serial killers may make their

neg: American Horror Story: Hotel noir like ambience. Named as Hotel Cortez, the titular structure was built by James March in 1930, who was created as a rich and charming but deeply psychotic character. The season features two tormentors, The Ten Commandments Killer, who is inspired by biblical teachings, and The Addiction Demon, who wields a drill bit dildo. They are in the vein of previous seasons' Bloody Face and Rubber Man, respectively. The Halloween episode, "Devil's Night", features a dinner with "the biggest serial killers of all time", including Wuornos and John Wayne Gacy. The Hotel's two-story lobby set, along with a working elevator,

neg: Dexter (episode) prepare for the part, Hall read various books on the psychology of serial killers, read transcripts of interviews with serial killers, and spent time with the head blood-spatter analyst at the Miami precinct. He also watched people in New York restaurants to get a feel for what it would be like to stalk them. Julie Benz was given a copy of the script in 2005, and was asked to audition for the part of Rita Bennett. She was surprised she was asked to audition, because the script was "one of the best pilot scripts [she] ever read." She also read

neg: Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil several being the Hotel Waldorf. Soon after opening it was renamed the Hotel Cecil (after the Hotel Cecil in London). In November 1909, the building's owners hired Umbrecht, now in the firm of Spalding & Umbrecht, to completely remodel the two building's interiors. After operating sporadically for several years as the McFarland Hotel, it came under new management in 1921 and was reopened as the New Arlington Hotel, named after the Arlington Hotel located two blocks north owned by the same people. At the same time, a hotel named The New Cecil Hotel opened on Third Avenue. As the New

neg: Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters enforcement’s “psychological profiling”, and Canadian police development of “geographic profiling.” Vronsky explores the pros and cons of the various systems with case study examples of how profiling has both succeeded and failed in homicide investigations. "Serial Killers" concludes with a chapter based on FBI studies and statements by serial killers and a few survivors of serial killer attacks as how to best survive an encounter with a serial killer. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (2004) is a non-fiction true crime history by Peter Vronsky, a criminal justice historian. It

neg: Harold Shipman a lecture on serial killers. The British sitcom "Gavin & Stacey" made use of the surnames of known English serial killers including Shipman for some of the main characters. A documentary also titled "Harold Shipman: Doctor Death", with new witness testimony about the serial killer, was shown by ITV as part of its "Crime & Punishment" strand on 26 April 2018. The programme was criticised as offering "little new insight". The British band The Fall refer to Shipman in their song "What About Us?" on the 2005 album "Fall Heads Roll". The lyrics of the song mention a "doctor giving

neg: Carol Anne Davis Carol Anne Davis has written several books on crime, each profiling a killer's childhood and formative experiences. For "Women Who Kill: Profiles of Female Serial Killers", she interviewed the clergyman who heard Myra Hindley's confession, and arrived at what has been called a fair assessment of a complex case. She also contributed to the anthology, "Masters of True Crime" (Prometheus Books 2012). "Children Who Kill: Profiles of Preteen and Teenage Killers" includes details of her friendship with the then-youngest boy in Scotland ever to be charged with attempted murder. She also interviewed the detective who caught Britain's youngest serial killer,

neg: Lust serial killers offender’s victim is used as a surrogate for the figure that caused the killer to feel emotionally invalidated. The anger-excitation sexual murderer, is equivalent to the lust murderer. This killer takes sadistic pleasure in torturing his victim. For this murderer, the act of torture-killing is what brings him sexual gratification. Lust serial killers The classification of murder has been described by various experts including law enforcement personnel, criminologists, and psychologists. Lust serial murder is the act of deviant behaviors by the means of brutally and sadistically killing multiple victims to achieve ultimate sexual satisfaction with cooling off periods. The most

neg: Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder Snow and Keith Hunter Jesperson, the section concludes with passages on "angels of death" Thomas Neill Cream and Robert MacGregor. The third section centers around techniques that are used by the authorities to help them investigate serial killers. Offender profiling was employed in the Brian Arp, Paul Bernardo, and the still-unsolved Edmonton serial killer cases, while advances in DNA analysis resulted in cold case murders being positively attributed to Ronald West, Gerald Thomas Archer, and Alan Craig MacDonald. Crime-solving methods pioneered by Canada are then showcased; metal detectors were used to uncover Michael Vescio's discarded shell casings in what was

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers why they murder, making frequent comparisons and forays into unrelated cases to illustrate similarities between serial killers' personalities and their lack of motives. The recurring characteristic serial killers share, Morrison contends, is the emotional age of an infant. Serial killers lack a coherent personality and are missing large parts of their humanity. They are generally charismatic and able to fit in by learning to behave as normal people do, while lacking the empathy most normal people possess. Most serial killers are fluent liars, often protest against the injustice of their incarceration and are unable to understand that they did anything

neg: Serial killer in the nursing homes where she worked. Female serial killers are rare compared to their male counterparts. Sources suggest that female serial killers represented fewer than one in every six known serial murderers in the United States between 1800 and 2004 (64 females from a total of 416 known offenders), or that around 15% of U.S. serial killers have been women, with a collective number of victims between 427 and 612. The authors of "Lethal Ladies", Amanda L. Farrell, Robert D. Keppel, and Victoria B. Titterington, state that "the Justice Department indicated 36 female serial killers have been active over

neg: Femicide terms hide the reality that victims of serial murder are predominantly female and perpetrators predominantly male. Although over 90% of serial killers are male, not all are male; about 7% are female. Male serial murderers tend to use more brutal methods of killing such as suffocation and beatings, while women use methods such as poison or less violent measures. In addition, while a large percentage of male serial killers do focus on women as their targets, female serial killers are less likely to focus exclusively on males as targets. Some male serial killers focus on males as targets, such as

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers together at the end while presenting the theory that the origin of a serial killer's behavior is genetic. An illustrative example notes that serial killers experience profound physiological events during their crimes that are related to the hypothalamus and that the serial killer's lack of emotion has a similar connection to the hypothalamus. Morrison also describes how serial killers' crimes are similar to drug addiction. Neuropsychiatrist Rachael Bell compiled a list of common complaints against Morrison and her theories: An investigative piece written by Cliff Doerkson for the Chicago Reader alleges that Morrison's book is inconsistent with accepted fact and

neg: Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters is a non-fiction true crime history by Peter Vronsky, a criminal justice historian. It surveys the history of female serial killers and female-perpetrated serial homicide, its culture, psychopathology, and its investigation from the Roman Empire to the mid-2000s. The book describes historical cases of female perpetrated serial murder from early recorded instances in ancient Rome to medieval and Renaissance Europe, Victorian Britain and its rise and escalation in the United States and the world in the postmodern era. Vronsky's central contention is

neg: Serial killer sometimes even attract and maintain a spouse and sustain a family including children. Among serial killers, those of this type are in the event of their capture most likely to be described by acquaintances as kind and unlikely to hurt anyone. Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are examples of organized serial killers. In general, the IQs of organized serial killers tend to be near normal range, with a mean of 94.7. Organized nonsocial offenders tend to be on the higher end of the average, with a mean IQ of 99.2. Disorganized serial killers are usually far more impulsive, often

neg: Serial Killers Ink Serial Killers Ink Serial Killers Ink is a website dedicated to selling "murderabilia" (collectibles related to murders, murderers or other violent crimes) and serial killer art, interviewing convicted serial killers and also serves as a meeting place for those interested or involved in the murderabilia industry. The website has been described by true crime author and Investigation Discovery personality David Lohr, who is currently a writer and journalist for AOL News, as "One of the top selling murderabilia outlets". Founder Eric Holler, who uses the nom de plume "Eric Gein" (an homage to Ed Gein according to a "New York

neg: Serial Killers Ink an opponent of the bill and has enlisted the help of the ACLU to help combat the bill as an anti-civil liberties bill. "The Texas Tribune" first reported the proposed bill in early June 2010 included a statement in defense of the industry from Holler. Serial Killers Ink Serial Killers Ink is a website dedicated to selling "murderabilia" (collectibles related to murders, murderers or other violent crimes) and serial killer art, interviewing convicted serial killers and also serves as a meeting place for those interested or involved in the murderabilia industry. The website has been described by true crime author

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers wrong. They have a fractured psyche which is incapable of connecting their crimes with the consequences, and often proclaim no memory of the murders. She also notes frequent instances of hypochondria among serial killers. Morrison's list of serial killer traits include: Morrison also notes a remarkable lack of substance abuse in serial killers. Morrison argues that most serial killers should not be counted guilty of their crimes by reason of insanity; she contends that they are incapable of understanding the evil of their actions despite being, in many cases, highly functioning individuals in society. She describes the mind of a

neg: Hyper (2018 film) interested in her and causes trouble for the couple. What follows is a breakup, a hospital stay and police being on the look out for serial killers in Madikeri. <br> Surya desperately tries to reconcile with Swapna and the couple rekindle their romance. Slighted by her rejection, Naveen hires a supari killer to kill Swapna. Unaware of the dangers that await them, Surya and Swapna travel to Madikeri to attend a friend's wedding. Will they escape from the clutches of serial killers and return safely from Madikeri to lead a happy life together? The Movie released on 7 September 2018.

neg: Serial killer Although psychological gratification is the usual motive for serial killing, and most serial killings involve sexual contact with the victim, the FBI states that the motives of serial killers can include anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, and attention seeking. The murders may be attempted or completed in a similar fashion. The victims may have something in common, for example, demographic profile, appearance, gender or race. A serial killer is neither a mass murderer, nor a spree killer, although there may be conceptual overlaps between serial killers and spree killers. The English term and concept of "serial killer" are commonly attributed to

neg: Nighttime Killers body out of the car and tried to drive away, but the shots broke a window and punctured the roof, and the killers abandoned the vehicle less than a block away, apparently concerned that the damage would draw unwanted attention. Investigators were now convinced that they were dealing with a pair of serial killers who targeted men in mid-to-late 30s. Local militsia (police) was instructed to arrest anyone matching the description on sight. Canvassing apartments near the Hromov murder scene, they located a woman who claimed to recognize one of the suspects as a man named Volodymyr who lived nearby.

neg: Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters theoretical approaches to serial killers interspersed with dozens of detailed case studies of both notorious and lesser known serial murderers, illustrating the theory in practice. Considered by some a definitive history of serial homicide, this was the book serial killer Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, was reading when he was arrested in 2005. "Serial Killers" is divided into three parts: Part one covers the history of serial murder from its ancient roots to approximately the mid-1960s, when Vronsky argues it became viral in its postmodernity. Vronsky proposes that modern culture, media, and society degrade certain classes of people in the

neg: Gerald and Charlene Gallego died, and there were victims who lived. It's taken me a hell of a long time to realize that I'm one of the ones who lived." She also claimed that she "tried to save some of their lives." In 2002, Gallego died of cancer in a Nevada prison medical center while awaiting execution. Gerald and Charlene Gallego Gerald Armond Gallego (July 17, 1946 – July 18, 2002) and Charlene Adell (Williams) Gallego (born October 10, 1956) are two American serial killers who terrorized Sacramento, California between 1978 and 1980. They murdered ten victims, mostly teenagers, most of whom they kept

neg: The Cecil as a staff in the boiler room, tasked with weighing coal sacks for the hotel's water heaters. He rose from the ranks until finally, he was able to acquire The Cecil as a part of the acquisition of the Associated Hotels of India in 1944. Oberoi's experiences, since he took every job possible at the hotel, helped him learn the hospitality trade and understand what motivates various classes of hotel guests. Under his ownership, The Cecil became the address that everyone wanted to be seen at and it was able to establish its own legacy of luxury. For instance, the

neg: Serial killer common motive for female serial killers was for financial gain and almost 40% of them had experienced some sort of mental illness. Peter Vronsky in "Female Serial Killers" (2007) maintains that female serial killers today often kill for the same reason males do: as a means of expressing rage and control. He suggests that sometimes the theft of the victims' property by the female "black widow" type serial killer appears to be for material gain, but really is akin to a male serial killer's collecting of totems (souvenirs) from the victim as a way of exerting continued control over the

neg: Serial killer serial killers from the United States found that the victims tended to be spouses, children or the elderly". Other studies indicate that since 1975, increasingly strangers are marginally the most preferred victim of female serial killers, or that only 26% of female serial killers kill for material gain only. Sources state that each killer will have her own proclivities, needs and triggers." A review of the published literature on female serial murder stated that "sexual or sadistic motives are believed to be extremely rare in female serial murderers, and psychopathic traits and histories of childhood abuse have been consistently reported

neg: Death of Elisa Lam and posted photos taken there on social media. On January 26, she arrived in Los Angeles. After two days, she checked into the Cecil Hotel, near downtown's Skid Row. She was initially assigned a shared room on the hotel's fifth floor; however, her roommates complained about what the hotel's lawyer would later describe as "certain odd behavior," and she was moved to a room of her own after two days. Built as a business hotel in the 1920s, the Cecil fell on hard times during the Great Depression of the 1930s and never recaptured its original market as downtown decayed

neg: Serial killer most notably arsenic, to kill their victims. Female serial killers are often comfort killers, although not all comfort killers are female. Dorothea Puente killed her tenants for their Social Security checks and buried them in the backyard of her home. H. H. Holmes killed for insurance and business profits. Professional killers ("hitmen") may also be considered comfort serial killers. Richard Kuklinski charged tens of thousands of dollars for a "hit", earning enough money to support his family in a middle-class lifestyle (Bruno, 1993). Some, like Puente and Holmes, may be involved in or have previous convictions for theft, fraud, non

neg: Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters that female serial killers, while exhibiting different forensic 'signatures' from male counterparts, inevitably kill for the same reasons that male offenders do: for power and control. The major difference, according to Vronsky, between female and male serial killers is that females (unless partnered with a male offender) tend not to sexually assault or physically mutilate their victims. Vronsky cites statistics that indicate one in nearly every six (16 percent) serial killers apprehended in the United States since 1820 was a female, either acting alone or as a partner of a male or female offender. Vronsky argues that contrary to popular

neg: Serial killer basis. "The serial killer is no different from any other individual who is instigated to seek approval from parents, sexual partners, or others." This need for approval is what influences children to attempt to develop social relationships with their family and peers, but if they are rejected or neglected, they are unable to do so. "The quality of their attachments to parents and other members of the family is critical to how these children relate to and value other members of society." Wilson and Seaman (1990) conducted a study on incarcerated serial killers, and what they felt was the most

neg: Serial killer in these women." A study by Eric W. Hickey (2010) of 64 female serial killers in the United States indicated that sexual activity was one of several motives in 10% of the cases, enjoyment in 11% and control in 14%, and that 51% of all U.S. female serial killers murdered at least one woman and 31% murdered at least one child. In other cases, women have been involved as an accomplice with a male serial killer as a part of a serial killing team. A 2015 study published in "The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology" found that the most

neg: Serial killer his second wife in 1984. The prosecutors were allowed to present evidence of the two disappearances under the Doctrine of chances. The main objective for this type of serial killer is to gain and exert power over their victim. Such killers are sometimes abused as children, leaving them with feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy as adults. Many power- or control-motivated killers sexually abuse their victims, but they differ from hedonistic killers in that rape is not motivated by lust (as it would be with a lust murder) but as simply another form of dominating the victim. Ted Bundy is an

neg: Serial killer successful and respected career Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel who was convicted of murdering two women, along with fetish burglaries and rapes. Many serial killers have faced similar problems in their childhood development. Hickey's Trauma Control Model explains how early childhood trauma can set the child up for deviant behavior in adulthood; the child's environment (either their parents or society) is the dominant factor determining whether or not the child's behavior escalates into homicidal activity. Family, or lack thereof, is the most prominent part of a child's development because it is what the child can identify with on a regular

neg: Micki Pistorius profilers, by people such as FBI profiler Robert Ressler. Pistorius has empathy for serial killers, whom she says are "not monsters; they are human beings with tortured souls. I will never condone what they do, but I can understand them." She participated in the training of nearly two hundred detectives in the investigation of serial homicides. Micki Pistorius Micki Pistorius (born 19 March 1961 in Pretoria) is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author. She was the first woman in her profession and the first profiler in South Africa. She says she has "cryptesthesia", an extra-sensory perception for

neg: Serial killer killers are commonly categorized as murdering men for material gain, usually being emotionally close to their victims, and generally needing to have a relationship with the victim, hence the traditional cultural image of the "black widow." In describing murderer Stacey Castor, forensic psychiatrist James Knoll offered a psychological perspective on what defines a "black widow" type. In simple terms, he described it as a woman who kills two or more husbands or lovers for material gain. Though Castor was not officially defined as a serial killer, it is likely that she would have killed again. One "analysis of 86 female

neg: Serial killer the course of the last century." According to "The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology", there is evidence that 16% of all serial killers are women. Kelleher and Kelleher (1998) created several categories to describe female serial killers. They used the classifications of "", "angel of death", "sexual predator", "revenge", "profit or crime", "team killer", "question of sanity", "unexplained", and "unsolved". In using these categories, they observed that most women fell into the categories of black widow or team killer. Although motivations for female serial killers can include attention seeking, addiction, or the result of psychopathological behavioral factors, female serial

neg: Serial killer which was released in 2002, focuses on serial killer Ted Bundy's personal life in college, leading up to his execution. Another movie, "Dahmer", was released in the same year, and tells the story of Jeffrey Dahmer. Serial killers are also portrayed in fictional media, oftentimes as having substantial intelligence and looking for difficult targets, despite the contradiction with the psychological profile of serial killers. Killers who have a strong desire for fame or to be renowned for their actions desire media attention as a way of validating and spreading their crimes; fear is also a component here, as some serial

neg: Serial killer victim and reliving it. By contrast, Hickey states that although popular perception sees "black widow" female serial killers as something of the Victorian past, in his statistical study of female serial killer cases reported in the United States since 1826, approximately 75% occurred since 1950. The methods that female serial killers use for murder are frequently covert or low-profile, such as murder by poison (the preferred choice for killing). Other methods used by female serial killers include shootings (used by 20%), suffocation (16%), stabbing (11%), and drowning (5%). They commit killings in specific places, such as their home or a

neg: Hamdi Kayapınar robbery of a hunting equipment shop. They served four months in prison. However, the police could not link them to Sezer's murder. In 2001, the Kayseri Police homicide department sought advice in Ankara from Robert W. Taylor, lecturer of criminal law at the University of North Texas, and his colleague Edward Huesken, on the matter of methods of investigation of serial killers. Further investigations revealed that the five attacks committed over the past two years were centered in a -long area along the canal. Police speculated that the perpetrator must have lived close to the canal and so know the

neg: Andy Albury killers in history and also the most prolific serial killer in Australian history, ahead of Snowtown serial killers John Bunting and Robert Wagner. Andy Albury Andrew Christopher Albury, born 20 November 1961, is an Australian murderer. Convicted of murdering Gloria Pindan on 25 November 1983, he is currently serving two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without parole. Albury also confessed to the killing of Patricia Carlton, but later recanted the confession at the trial of Kelvin Condren. Condren was convicted and served seven years before his conviction was quashed. In 1990, Albury confessed to committing eleven other murders but an

neg: Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (2004) is a non-fiction true crime history by Peter Vronsky, a criminal justice historian. It surveys the history of serial homicide, its culture, psychopathology, and investigation from the Roman Empire to the early 2000s. The book describes the rise of serial murder from its first early recorded instances in ancient Rome to medieval and Renaissance Europe, and Victorian Britain, and its rise and escalation in the United States and elsewhere in the world, in the postmodern era. The book also surveys a range of

neg: Patrick Kearney Patrick Kearney Patrick Wayne Kearney (born September 24, 1939) is an American serial killer who preyed on young men in California from 1965 to 1977. He is sometimes referred to as "The Freeway Killer", a nickname he shares with two other separate serial killers, William Bonin and Randy Kraft. Kearney may be among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, claiming possibly as many as 43 victims according to law enforcement. Kearney was the oldest of three sons and was raised in a reasonably stable family. His early life was not without some trauma, however; as a thin and

neg: The Cleaners (serial killers) Narcissov, whom the board unanimously found guilty of attempted murder, but was divided on the issue of leniency—6 were in favor and 6 were against. According to the accusation, Pavel Voitov committed 14 murders: five on his own, six with Lobacheva, five with Lobacheva only observing, two together with Karataev and Lobacheva, and two with Pavlov. Voitov and Narcissov committed an attempted murder. Pavlov, Karataev and Voitov also robbed two people, with one of the attacks resulting in Voitov killing the victim. Two members of the gang, Lobacheva and Narcissov, lived in Moscow. Elena Lobacheva had grown up on the

neg: Double Dexter him in Dexter's hotel suite, then takes Astor and Cody to Garden Key. However, Dexter reaches the island first and manages to subdue Bernard with Astor's help. Bernard is tossed overboard and is killed by a shark. Double Dexter Double Dexter is the sixth novel written by Jeff Lindsay, and the sixth book in the 'Dexter Morgan' book series about a serial killer who targets serial killers. The book was released on October 18, 2011. "The Telegraph" said of the book, "Hilariously gruesome finale...All this ought to be gross nonsense but Jeff Lindsay’s cynical wit makes it fly". The "Orlando

neg: Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) filmed and commercially released as a music video for the release of the band's song "Where the Streets Have No Name". The hotel is also reputable for the loose inspiration for . Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) Stay on Main (formerly Cecil Hotel, Hotel Cecil and informally The Cecil) is a budget hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, located at 640 S. Main Street, opened in 1927. It has 600 guest rooms. The hotel has a checkered history, but is currently being renovated and redeveloped into a mix of hotel rooms and residential units. The Cecil was constructed in 1924 by hotelier

neg: My Friend Dahmer (film) said that it was very strange to be in the home where the serial killer lived. They also mentioned that the house is where Dahmer’s mental disturbances and childhood struggles began, leading to his path of becoming one of Americans most infamous serial killers. "My Friend Dahmer" premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2017. On May 15, 2017, FilmRise acquired distribution rights to the film, planning to release it in the fall. The film was released in limited theaters on November 3, 2017, with a wider release the following month. On the review aggregator website Rotten

neg: Peter Vronsky national television network, RAI, 1997–1999. Vronsky was the Queens Park/Toronto Bureau Chief at "E-Press", Canada's first online news streaming service, 2000 and the Broadband Content Specialist, "Canada-Invest.com", financial news streaming service, 2000–2001. He was the Director of Photography on the feature-length music documentaries, "Life Could Be A Dream" (Bravo Television, 2002) and "I'll Fly Away Home" (Bravo Television, 2004). He authored two crime history books, "Serial Killers The Method and Madness of Monsters" (Berkley-Penguin Books, 2004) and "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters" (Berkley-Penguin Books, 2007). Vronsky returned to the University of Toronto as a full-time student

neg: Serial killer or her, then he or she is unlikely to recover from the traumatic event in a positive way. As stated by E. E. Maccoby, "the family has continued to be seen as a major—perhaps "the" major—arena for socialization". There have been recent studies looking into the possibility that an abnormality with one's chromosomes could be the trigger for serial killers. Two serial killers, Bobby Joe Long and Richard Speck, came to attention for reported chromosomal abnormalities. Long had an extra X chromosome. Speck was erroneously reported to have an extra Y chromosome; in fact, his karyotype was performed twice and

neg: Salisbury North, South Australia the original houses have been extended, and in some cases rebuilt, made practicable by the low real estate market. Salisbury North's reputation was adversely affected when it was revealed in 1999 that the leader of a group of four serial killers, John Bunting, had lived for several years in a rented house in Waterloo Corner Road. He had murdered and buried two of the victims there before eventually storing the bodies with others in a former bank at Snowtown. Expansion of the Adelaide conurbation has resulted in Salisbury North now being part of the capital's continuous northern suburbs, no longer

neg: Serial killer influential factor that contributed to their homicidal activity. Almost all of the serial killers in the study had experienced some sort of environmental problems during their childhood, such as a broken home caused by divorce, or a lack of discipline in the home. It was common for the serial killers to come from a family that had experienced divorce, separation, or the lack of a parent. Furthermore, nearly half of the serial killers had experienced some type of physical or sexual abuse, and even more had experienced emotional neglect. When a parent has a drug or alcohol problem, the attention

neg: Femicide Jeffrey Dahmer and Wayne Williams The ways serial murderers are portrayed in the media reflect the views on femicide and gender in society. Often, murders of prostitutes, low-income women and women of color by serial killers receive less attention in the media than the killings of younger, prettier, more affluent women, usually married, engaged, or in relationships with much handsome, affluent, younger men their age. Serial killers are almost always portrayed as monsters and sociopaths in the news. Some examples of femicide by mass murder and serial killings would include killers like George Hennard, Lorenzo Gilyard, George Sodini, Anthony Sowell,

neg: Internet homicide Age and How to Protect Your Family", "The idea that a serial killer may have operated via the Internet is, understandably, one that has resulted in a great deal of public anxiety." In Harold Schecter's "A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers", the entry for "Internet" reads in part: "If the Internet has become a very useful tool for people interested in serial killers, there's some indication that it may also prove to be a resource for serial killers themselves." Maurice Godwin, a forensic consultant, argued that "There are some sadistic predators that rely on the Mardi Gras Effect ["the

neg: Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles) Stay on Main (formerly Cecil Hotel, Hotel Cecil and informally The Cecil) is a budget hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, located at 640 S. Main Street, opened in 1927. It has 600 guest rooms. The hotel has a checkered history, but is currently being renovated and redeveloped into a mix of hotel rooms and residential units. The Cecil was constructed in 1924 by hotelier William Banks Hanner, as a destination for business travelers and tourists. Designed by Loy Lester Smith in the Beaux Arts style, the hotel cost $1 million to complete and boasted an opulent

neg: Cannington, Western Australia The origin of the alternative use of Waverley is designated to the Cecil Gibbs who first used it in naming the Waverley Hotel that was a distinctive landmark over many generations. Between 1860 and 1883, William Lacey Gibbs, gradually accumulated most of what is Cannington. His slaughter yards were located near the present-day Myer Department Store, Westfield. His brother built the 'Cecil/Waverley' Hotel on the corner of Cecil Road and Albany Highway. The hotel was altered many times over the years and was recently demolished for widening of the Albany Highway. Cannington is bounded by Nicholson Road to the southeast,

neg: My Life Among the Serial Killers of crimes. At that time, the term "serial killer" hadn't been coined. She was initially asked by the FBI to help with interrogating Richard Macek who was suspected of several murders, of which Macek claimed no memory. One of the murders had been attributed to Richard Milone, who spent many years wrongfully incarcerated. Morrison also recounts the difficulties professional women faced working with male-dominated law enforcement at that time. This began her thirty-year research on serial killers. The cases she reviews in detail are: Morrison uses the story of each serial killer to lay a basis for her theory of

neg: Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder of the book's four sections cover different aspects of serial murder, and are divided into chapters that are each about a different Canadian serial killer. In-between each section are passages relating to Russell Williams, who was active and arrested in the same area where Mellor was residing while he was in the process of writing "Cold North Killers". The first section showcases four of Canada's earliest serial killers—Edward H. Rulloff, Joseph LaPage, Theodore Durrant, and Gordon Stewart Northcott—and then delves into the nature versus nurture debate by scrutinizing the lives of Russell Johnson, Doug Moore, Peter Woodcock, and Clifford Olson.

neg: Raya and Sakina and Sakina became the first Egyptian women to be executed by the modern state of Egypt. Four homes where the crimes had been committed were all located near Mansheya Square. Most of the victims came from this area. The addresses of the homes: Inspired by the story of the Raya and Sakina, many books and works of art have been published. Raya and Sakina Raya and Sakina (), were two Egyptian serial killers, known as Egypt's most infamous serial killers. Raya and Sakina were siblings. They, their husbands, and two other men began killing women in the Labban neighborhood of

neg: Raya and Sakina Raya and Sakina Raya and Sakina (), were two Egyptian serial killers, known as Egypt's most infamous serial killers. Raya and Sakina were siblings. They, their husbands, and two other men began killing women in the Labban neighborhood of Alexandria in the early 1900s. The police were plagued by increasing reports of missing women. Common details in the reports included the missing person's sex (all were females), the missing women were known to be wearing gold jewelry, and were known to be carrying a large amount of money. Another common detail was the report that many of the missing women

neg: Cecil Hotel (Alexandria) the hotel was returned to the Metzger family, who subsequently sold it to the Egyptian government. This hotel appears in The Alexandria Quartet, written by Lawrence Durrell and the novel Miramar by Naguib Mahfuz. The hotel operated for many years as the Sofitel Cecil Alexandria Hotel, until it joined the Steigenberger Hotels chain in October, 2014. Cecil Hotel (Alexandria) The four-star Steigenberger Cecil Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt, was built as the Cecil Hotel in 1929 by the French-Egyptian Jewish Metzger family as a romantic hotel, at Saad Zaghloul square where Cleopatra's needles had been, in front of the Corniche. Author

neg: Copycat (film) that he is after them, and they enlist the aid of Cullum, who tells them what he knows about the killer. Helen soon realizes that the Copycat Killer has been following the list of serial killers in the same order as she had presented them in her lecture at the university on the night of her attack, and the two work to figure out where and when he will strike next. Reuben is later killed in an unrelated shooting incident at the police station, leaving M.J., now heartbroken that she never got to tell Reuben she loved him, to continue

neg: The Killing of America features footage from the Zapruder film and news footage from the night that Robert Kennedy was killed). According to the film the 1960s saw the rise of "sniper" mass murderers who were often white, well adjusted people that killed people seemingly at random (exemplified in the film by the murders of Charles Whitman). The 1970s saw the rise of what the film calls "sex killers", serial killers who also raped and sexually abused their victims such as John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy. The last part of the film goes over the murder of John Lennon and ends with footage

neg: Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters perception of homicidal psychopaths, who serially target and murder them in an attempt to satisfy increasingly addictive sexual, hedonistic fantasies. Vronsky points to the high proportion of street prostitutes, runaway youths, cruising homosexuals, or people who are homeless, impoverished, disabled, or elderly among serial killer victims; i.e., victims who are often characterized as society's "throwaways". Vronsky argues that only the presence of children and young college girls among preferred victims of serial killers raise concerns about these predators in society at large. He reviews several sources of statistical data on serial homicide, its patterns, and trends, particularly in the United

neg: Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder of their deaths seemingly go unreported and under-investigated, possibly due to both their profession and the fact that many of them are Aborogine. The cases examined here are all unsolved ones, and include the Hemlock Valley murders of 1995, the Calgary prostitute murders of 1991-93, the Prostitutes-in-the-Lake killings of 1994-97, and the Niagara prostitute murders of 1995-2006. The second half of the section presents six cases (Karla Homolka, Allan Sweeney, Melvin Stanton, Paul Cecil Gillis, Michael Hector, and Gilbert Paul Jordan) that Mellor regards as having been notably "botched" in some way, such as through investigative, judicial, or bureaucratic incompetence,

neg: Serial killer committing their murders with a random weapon available at the time, and usually do not attempt to hide the body. They are likely to be unemployed, a loner, or both, with very few friends. They often turn out to have a history of mental illness, and their modus operandi (M.O.) or lack thereof is often marked by excessive violence and sometimes necrophilia or sexual violence. Disorganized serial killers have been found to have a slightly lower mean IQ than organized serial killers, at 92.8. Some people with a pathological interest in the power of life and death tend to be

neg: Faletti's Hotel after their famous occupants. Jinnah stayed at Faletti's when he came to Lahore to argue the appeal of Ghazi Ilm-ud-Din Shaheed before the Lahore High Court in July 1929. Justice A.R. Cornelius took up residence at Faletti's for 40 years and lived there until his death in 1991. Prior to Faletti's privatization, the government-owned Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) held 86.8% shares in Faletti's holding company, Associated Hotels of Pakistan (AHP), whereas private investors held the balance 13.2%. Since 1992, AHP Limited hotels, namely Faletti's Hotel Lahore, Flashman's Hotel Rawalpindi, Dean's Hotel Peshawar and Cecil Hotel Murree, were on a

neg: London, Ontario has determined that on a per-capita basis, London, Ontario had more active serial killers than any locale in the world from 1959 to 1984. Arntfield determined there were at least six serial killers active in London during this era, some unidentified but known killers in London included Russell Maurice Johnson, Gerald Thomas Archer, Christian Magee. The City of London initiatives in Old East London are helping to create a renewed sense of vigour in the East London Business District. Specific initiatives include the creation of the Old East Heritage Conservation District under Part V of the "Ontario Heritage Act", special

neg: Glenn Chandler 2013, he took two productions to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, "Sandel" and "Killers". "Sandel", which he directed, was his controversial adaptation of Angus Stewart's novel of the same name, about a love affair between a student and a choirboy. "Killers" was a study of the correspondence of serial killers Dennis Nilsen, Peter Sutcliffe and Ian Brady, and was directed by Liam Rudden. In 2014, he transferred "Sandel" to the Above The Stag Theatre at its new premises in Vauxhall with a largely new cast. In 2017, Chandler adapted the 1967 novel "Lord Dismiss Us" into a play for the Edinburgh

neg: Hotel Cecil (Southport) site and is an integral part of an early twentieth century streetscape that includes the heritage listed Southport Town Hall, an earlier Ambulance Station and a number of buildings designed by the architect Thomas Ramsay Hall. After over 100 years of operation, the Hotel Cecil, also referred to as the Cecil Hotel and B.DeMille's, is the oldest public house on the Gold Coast to maintain its original name throughout all its years of operation. Tenders for the construction of the original two storey wooden building on the site were called for in July 1907 with plans available for viewing at

neg: The Cleaners (serial killers) leader of the gang Pavel Voitov was registered with his grandmother—a war veteran—in the Ruza District of the Moscow Oblast. During the investigation, Voitov claimed that he lived through robbing people, stealing mobile phones from passers-by. But the numerous cases listed by him, with the exception of one, were not confirmed, or at least there were not reports to the police from the victims. From five to thirteen years old, he lived with his parents on Izmailovsky Boulevard, then, after his parents divorced, he spent some time in Riga with his father, where in 2012 he was sentenced to a

neg: The Cleaners (serial killers) outskirts of Moscow near the Vykhno metro station, and after school she worked first as a courier, then as an assistant accountant. Before the murders she had had a suspended sentence for a series of thefts. Artur Narcissov worked in a warehouse, also as a courier. Vladislav Karataev was born and lived in Pavlovo, 70 kilometres away from Nizhny Novgorod, with his father raising him. He previously had resided in a psychiatric hospital and had taken medication. The youngest of the "Cleaners", Maxim Pavlov, who at the time of the crimes was only 16, lived in Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast. The

neg: Royal Bull's Head Inn travellers. In 1847, an inn of superior quality was built by William Horton at what was by then called "Drayton". Horton (sometimes referred to as Orton), was an ex-convict who had come to the Darling Downs to work for Henry Stuart Russell of Cecil Plains, by whom he was highly regarded. Horton had run a hotel for George Thorn at Ipswich in the early 1840s and, with this experience, set out to make his new hotel a by-word for comfort and service on the Downs. He called it the 'Bull's Head' after "Champion" a prize Durham bull on Cecil Plains

neg: Relapse (Eminem album) the return of his fictional alter-ego Slim Shady. According to the interviewer Datwon Thomas, Eminem's influences for the album came from his own past drug issues and from television shows and documentaries involving crime and serial killers, as the rapper was fascinated by "serial killers and their psyche and their mind states". In a May 2009 interview for "The New York Times", Eminem discussed his view of serial killers, stating: Music critic Robert Christgau interpreted the opening line to the album featuring the phrase "horror corridor" as Eminem telling listeners that it is a horrorcore album. Ben Kaplan of the

neg: Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder 2013 after receiving complaints about its content from a concerned citizen, who wrote, "There is no educational benefit in introducing a 10-year-old child who might pick this book up... to the ideas contained in it." The authorities concluded that there was nothing illegal about the book's content, and the Vancouver Public Library subsequently issued the formal statement, "This work is disturbing to read, but this does not affect the library's obligation to protect the right of a citizen to read this book." Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder is a 2012 Canadian non-fiction book

neg: The Cleaners (serial killers) The Cleaners (serial killers) Pavel Voitov, Elena Lobacheva, Artur "Narcis" Narcissov, Maxim "Zakirka" Pavlov and Vladislav "Persik" Karataev are a gang of Russian serial killers and neo-Nazis. Between 2014 and 2015, they killed more than 15 people in Moscow, the Moscow Oblast and the Yaroslavl Oblast. Their victims of choice were mainly tramps and beggars who abused alcohol and were heavily intoxicated. On October 23, 2017, the Moscow City Court sentenced Pavel Voitov to life imprisonment, Elena Lobacheva to 13 years' imprisonment and Maxim Pavlov to 9 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony. Vladislav Karataev was sentenced

neg: Chapter 1 (House of Cards) encourages his vices while noting her disapproval of his weakness saying "My husband doesn't apologize...even to me." Nancy deWolf Smith of "The Wall Street Journal" describes what she sees of their relationship in the first two episodes as pivotal to the show's success: "Benign though they may seem — and their harmless air is what makes the Underwoods so effective as political plotters — this is a power couple with the same malignant chemistry as pairs of serial killers, where each needs the other in order to become lethal". Gilbert also notes that Mara's surprising naivete is a welcome respite

neg: Serial killer Serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. Different authorities apply different criteria when designating serial killers. While most set a threshold of three murders, others extend it to four or lessen it to two. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for example, defines serial killing as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone".

neg: Femicide Solomon, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr., Aaron Schaffhausen, Bobby Jack Fowler, H. H. Holmes, John Bodkin Adams, George Hill Hodel, Gary Ridgway, Maury Travis, Andrei Chikatilo, Carl Eugene Watts, Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, Chester Turner, Wayne Adam Ford, Craig Price, Cary Anthony Stayner, Robert Hansen, Peter Sutcliffe, Joe Ball and tens of thousands of other male mass murderers and serial killers who target women and girls. Many, like the Long Island serial killer, the Killing Fields in Texas, the Highway of Tears killers and the New Bedford Highway Killer in the FBI database are still at large. Serial

neg: Stephen Stanko Green River killer Gary Ridgway and other serial killers were found in Stanko's home. According to a police spokesperson: "He either was just interested in serial killers or he was becoming a serial killer." After a nationwide manhunt, based on tips received after the posting of a $10,000 reward for information leading to his capture, Stanko was arrested without incident by the U.S. Marshals Service in Augusta, Georgia on April 12, 2005. Stephen Stanko is currently on death row at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. If the execution does take place, he will have a choice of the

neg: Hybristophilia Others offered reasons along the lines of: From a perspective focusing on male serial killers attracting female partners, Leon F. Seltzer (psychologist), has offered explanations based on evolutionary psychology. Serial killers, in his view, are cases of alpha males that tend to attract women. This is because such males were good at protecting women and their offspring in our evolutionary history. Women nowadays may consciously realize that it is unwise to date a serial killer, but they are nevertheless attracted to them, as he notes "as a therapist I've encountered many women who bemoaned their vulnerability toward dominant men who,

neg: Hotel Cecil (London) the hotel remains (now occupied by shops and offices, including those of Interbrand), with, at its centre, a grandiose arch leading to Shell Mex House proper. After Shell Mex relocated, the block became known as 80 Strand and is occupied by a number of companies including AIMIA or Pearson PLC subsidiaries Financial Times, Penguin Books, Dorling Kindersley and Rough Guides. Hotel Cecil (London) The Hotel Cecil was a grand hotel built 1890–96 between the Thames Embankment and the Strand in London, England. It was named after Cecil House (also known as Salisbury House), a mansion belonging to the Cecil family,

neg: Hotel Cecil, North Ipswich trading as a licensed club, the Jets Leagues Club. In 1999 the hotel was expanded along the Lowry Street frontage which houses a new dining and poker machine area. The middle section of the building previously accommodated a drive through bottle shop and is now a dining courtyard. The exterior of the extension has been designed to replicate the exterior of the original hotel on a single storey level. The Hotel Cecil is a two storeyed rendered masonry hotel located on the corner of Down and Lowry Streets at North Ipswich. Built in 1887, the Hotel is constructed of brick