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The Gary SheenThe Gary Sheen Posts: 227
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Anyone crime you remember getting high media coverage over it?
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  • Jane Doh!Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307
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    Lots.
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    Jane Doh! wrote: »
    Lots.

    same.
  • MC_SatanMC_Satan Posts: 26,512
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    Lots, probably Sutcliffe and the Suffolk strangler.
  • BeenbagBeenbag Posts: 567
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    Earliest high profile crime I can remember is The Great Train Robbery .
    I was ten at the time and it felt like it was never of the news.
    My small claim to fame is having the same surname as Ronnie Biggs and I can honestly say that from the time he escaped there has not been a year when I haven't had my leg pulled about it.
    In fact , I sometimes use the nickname 'Ronnie' when people have trouble pronouncing my Christian name and as a user name for computer games.
    Before I sign off, no , this is not being posted from Rio:D
  • coldcomfortcoldcomfort Posts: 778
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    My mate at work knew Sutcliffe personally.
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    Ted Bundy's always fascinated me.
  • coldcomfortcoldcomfort Posts: 778
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Ted Bundy's always fascinated me.

    Debbie Harry claimed to have been lured into Bundy's car before she became famous.
  • gold2040gold2040 Posts: 3,049
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Ted Bundy's always fascinated me.
    You may find this interesting

    http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2825gf/im_the_psychologist_who_evaluated_ted_bundy_and/
  • Ollie_h19Ollie_h19 Posts: 8,548
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    I'm not sure I fully understand the question.
  • widgerwidger Posts: 722
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Ted Bundy's always fascinated me.

    According to Wikipedia, Bundy grew up thinking that his mother was his sister and then found out the truth by visiting the records at the local town hall. He also had an alcoholic and abusive Grandfather.

    I still can't see that these events would lead to some of the most horrific murders in history. I believe that Bundy was a true psychopath and any upbringing whether good or bad would not have stopped him from his killing spree.
  • i am godi am god Posts: 733
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    jack the most infamous of all never caught never identified
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    If you're interested in that kind of thing I purchased this book on Amazon. It's very brief, but if there's anyone that catches your interest you can read more about them elsewhere.

    There's loads of psychos I'd never heard of before!
  • Paulie WalnutsPaulie Walnuts Posts: 3,059
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    Ollie_h19 wrote: »
    I'm not sure I fully understand the question.

    Neither do I.
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,057
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Ted Bundy's always fascinated me.

    Bundy still has a disturbingly large cult following
  • Sorcha_27Sorcha_27 Posts: 138,812
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    Sifter22 wrote: »
    Bundy still has a disturbingly large cult following

    I'm more interested in what made him such an evil man. The stranger beside me by Ann rule is a fascinating read.
  • Sorcha_27Sorcha_27 Posts: 138,812
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    widger wrote: »
    According to Wikipedia, Bundy grew up thinking that his mother was his sister and then found out the truth by visiting the records at the local town hall. He also had an alcoholic and abusive Grandfather.

    I still can't see that these events would lead to some of the most horrific murders in history. I believe that Bundy was a true psychopath and any upbringing whether good or bad would not have stopped him from his killing spree.

    I agree. His mother was actually a very decent lady according to Ann rule. She believe ted Bundy was born with no conscience. I believe it too.
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,057
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    sorcha_healy27 wrote: »
    I'm more interested in what made him such an evil man. The stranger beside me by Ann rule is a fascinating read.

    The Only Living Witness is much better IMHO. They got much more inside his head and were able to piece it together better. The authors interviewed him for hours on end.
  • Sorcha_27Sorcha_27 Posts: 138,812
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    Sifter22 wrote: »
    The Only Living Witness is much better IMHO. They got much more inside his head and were able to piece it together better. The authors interviewed him for hours on end.

    Ann rule was friends with him :o.
    I'm going to check that book out that you've mentioned though.I saw a documentary on him and it's unnerving how charming he was. Those poor women and that little girl in florida. :(
  • jackoljackol Posts: 7,887
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    coldcomfort wrote: »
    Debbie Harry claimed to have been lured into Bundy's car before she became famous.

    Never happened
    http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/debharry.asp
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,057
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    sorcha_healy27 wrote: »
    Ann rule was friends with him :o.
    I'm going to check that book out that you've mentioned though.I saw a documentary on him and it's unnerving how charming he was. Those poor women and that little girl in florida. :(

    She knew him for that brief period at the crisis centre but didn't have a lot to do with him after that. These guys basically got him to confess in third person so he wouldn't convict himself.
  • Jim_McIntoshJim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866
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    From recent years Huntley probably had the most media attention. Possibly Shipman as well.

    I've no idea on either's background though.
  • culturemancultureman Posts: 11,701
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    A friend of mine knew Dennis Nilsen quite well.
  • Pisces CloudPisces Cloud Posts: 30,239
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    I seriously doubt that the likes of Bundy would have become serial killers if they had been brought up in a normal household. With a loving family and good role models of both genders. Children's minds are like sponges and they absorb everything around them.
  • Keyser_Soze1Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182
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    Bundy was simply a sexual psychopath - nothing more and nothing less.

    The Whitechapel murderer is the most interesting serial killer case in history - simply because he was never caught, he was the first to be covered by the mass media, the nature of the crimes (poor Mary Jane Kelly in particular) and the incredible amount of possible suspects and speculation that the subject attracts (most of it complete and utter bullshit).
  • Keyser_Soze1Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182
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    Dan Fortesque wrote: »
    I seriously doubt that the likes of Bundy would have become serial killers if they had been brought up in a normal household. With a loving family and good role models of both genders. Children's minds are like sponges and they absorb everything around them.

    Psychopaths are born - their brains differ from any 'normal' person without the capacity for empathy.

    They are the wolves in sheep's clothing in all human societies.

    If they have an abusive and/or violent childhood they are far more likely to become criminals or murderers - the vast majority content themselves with manipulating controlling and ruining people's lives in perfectly legal ways.

    Careers with the highest proportion of psychopaths.

    1. CEO
    2. Lawyer
    3. Media (Television/Radio)
    4. Salesperson
    5. Surgeon
    6. Journalist
    7. Police officer
    8. Clergy person
    9. Chef
    10. Civil servant
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