Tag: Serial Killers
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Women Who Kill: The Soap-Maker of Correggio
Born in 1894 in Montella, Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli was by all accounts a superstitious woman. Not much is known about Cianciulli prior to the killings but it’s believed that the events that occurred when she was an adolescent attributed to the type of monster, she’d grow up to become. Cianciulli was suicidal for most of…
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LADY KILLERS: The Psychology Behind the Female Serial Killer
When asked to name a famous serial killer, the majority of the names that come to mind are male. Most immediately think of those with terrifying nicknames, like ‘Jack the Ripper’ or ‘The Zodiac Killer’, or the ones that are most talked about, such as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. However, about one in six…
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Mental Illnesses Among Some of America’s Most Infamous Serial Killers
Psychologists have spent decades studying the brains of known serial killers in an attempt to understand what makes them become such vicious killers. While mental illnesses were found in some of America’s most loathsome killers, it’s important to note that most people suffering from these illnesses do not commit any violent offenses. SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophrenia…
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