The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

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There is a lot of pressure on the police to solve these crimes,” he added, and most local police departments haven’t had a serial homicide in their jurisdiction. That’s where the FBI can provide behavioral-based investigative support to our state and local partners. The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and members of our Behavioral Analysis Unit have extensive experience with serial murder investigations and offer their expertise on request. Janet lived with her two children above the pub. Within the week, Colin moved in with them. Within three months, they were married. One night he threw her out of their bedroom. She took refuge in another. He entered. He smashed the light bulb. In the darkness, he moved from corner to corner. As he circled her, he taunted her saying;

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The couple married and Colin’s surname was changed from his mother’s maiden name of Ireland to that of his stepfather, Saker. An electrician, Saker had a good sense of humour and treated Colin well. But his work was irregular and the family was financially unstable. Colin found it hard to settle. He attended six schools between the ages of five and ten. He was always the ‘new boy’. And his thin, lanky frame and bow-legged stance made him an obvious target for bullies. Understandably, Colin tried to avoid school. When forced to go, he’d arrive late. He later remembered his punishment; 'The punishment for...repeated lateness, was the cane...I’m surprised that I grew up to be a sadist, and not a masochist.' The new study—Serial Murder: Pathways for Investigations—focuses on a key aspect of serial murder cases: how and where the victims’ bodies are discovered and what that says about the killers.And the police did look at one particular case they believed might have been Ireland’s work but which was never claimed by him. They were again alone and broke. In 1966, 12-year-old Colin had to take on another stepfather as his mother remarried. This time, he refused to take the surname. Instead, he reverted to Ireland. Ironically, this man turned out to be the closest thing to stability Colin would ever know. Peter was laying on the bed covered by a duvet which had some teddy bears on top arranged in a 69 position...There was the ligature marks on his wrists and his ankles and there’s no ligatures at the scene...whoever had killed him had taken away the ligatures.' When you have somebody who wasn’t insane, that’s much more worrying because we could all do that.' Mike Berry, Forensic Psychologist and Police Profiler of Colin Ireland. But in 1977, Ireland was found guilty of ‘demanding with menace’ and sentenced to a further 18 months in prison. In 1980, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for robbery in 1980. In 1981, he was done for ‘attempted deception’. The same year he met Virginia Zammit at a lecture on ‘Survivalism’. She was 36, nine years his senior, had a daughter of five and was confined to a wheelchair after a motor vehicle accident paralysed her at just 24.

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HOW THEY KILL: They shoot, stab, and strangle. Butcher, bludgeon, and burn. Drown, dismember, and devour . . . and other methods of massacre too many and monstrous to mention here. Serial Killers: Our Serial Killers Casebook holds spine-chilling narratives of those who’ve unleashed chaos multiple times.HOW THEY They shoot, stab, and strangle. Butcher, bludgeon, and burn. Drown, dismember, and devour . . . and other methods of massacre too many and monstrous to mention here. He was gonna go all night and catch a rabbit and all this sort of thing. But actually he wasn’t very good at it and he always came home for his tea.' Janet Young True Crime isn’t just about the perpetrators; it’s about understanding society, recognizing the factors that contribute to such acts, and ensuring the tales of the victims live on. As you dive deeper into our archives, remember that every story provides insights, some obvious, others more subtle. Understand Human Behavior: Crimes, especially the most heinous ones, offer a window into human psychology, unraveling what drives individuals to such extents.

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Released from prison after murdering TWO children. Can you believe it? Arthur John Shawcross, also known as the Genesee River Killer, was an American serial killer active in Rochester, New York from 1972 through 1989. Shawcross's first known murders took place in his hometown of Watertown, New York, where he killed a young boy and a girl.

The Investigation

Prison -- not a place many people plan on hanging around. So once they're there, it's only natural that they may attempt to get out... Maybe it’s the Clown Museum, home to creepy wax replicas of movie stars and a massive collection of antique porcelain dolls. Or maybe it’s the terrifyingly real House of Horrors. Or…maybe it’s the dead, decaying body left in the midway for all the Wonder Workers to see. A rash of grisly serial murders plagued Seattle until the infamous “Beacon Hill Butcher” was finally hunted down and killed by police chief Edward Shank in 1985. Now, some thirty years later, Shank, retired and widowed, is giving up his large rambling Victorian house to his grandson Matt, whom he helped raise.