David Berkowitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer convicted of a series of shooting attacks that began in New York City in the summer of 1976. Perpetrated with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, he killed six victims and wounded seven others by July 1977. As the toll mounted, Berkowitz eluded a massive police manhunt while leaving brazen letters which mocked the police and promised further crimes. Highly publicized in the press, he terrorized New York and achieved worldwide notoriety. After his arrest by New York City police in August 1977, Berkowitz was indicted for eight shooting incidents. He confessed to all of them, and claimed to have been obeying the orders of a demon, manifested in the form of a dog ("Harvey") who belonged to his neighbor ("Sam"). Berkowitz has been imprisoned since his arrest and is serving six life sentences consecutively. Early life[edit] Crimes begin[edit]
Edmund Kemper
Edmund Emil "Big Ed" Kemper III (born December 18, 1948),[1] also known as "The Co-ed Killer",[2] is an American serial killer and necrophile who was active in California in the early 1970s. He started his criminal life by murdering his grandparents when he was 15 years old.[2] Kemper later killed and dismembered six female hitchhikers in the Santa Cruz area. He then murdered his mother and one of her friends before turning himself in to the authorities days later. Kemper is noted for his imposing physicality and high intelligence, standing 6 ft 9 inches (2.06 m), weighing over 300 pounds (140 kg), and having an IQ in the 140 range. Early life[edit] Kemper had a close relationship with his father and was devastated when his parents divorced in 1957 and he had to be raised by his mother in Helena, Montana. In the summer of 1963, Kemper ran away from home in search of his father in Van Nuys, California. First murders[edit] Kemper's grandmother Kemper's grandfather Later murders[edit] [edit]
List of common misconceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries are concise summaries; the main subject articles can be consulted for more detail. A common misconception is a viewpoint or factoid that is often accepted as true but which is actually false. They generally arise from conventional wisdom (such as old wives' tales), stereotypes, superstitions, fallacies, a misunderstanding of science, or the popularization of pseudoscience. Arts and culture[edit] Business[edit] Federal legal tender laws in the United States do not require that private businesses, persons, or organizations accept cash for payment, though it must be treated as valid payment for debts when tendered to a creditor.[1] Food and cooking[edit] Food and drink history[edit] Microwave ovens[edit] Film and television[edit] Language[edit] English language[edit] Law, crime, and military[edit] Literature[edit]
tueursenserie.org
Sur une scène de crime, la signature d’un tueur est parfois évidente. Il a pris un soin méticuleux à positionner le corps dans une pose et à un endroit particulier. Il a attaché sa victime d’une manière précise et compliquée. Il a frénétiquement battu sa victime à mort, même après son décès. Il a poignardé sa victime à répétition sur un seul endroit du corps, etc. Mais, le plus souvent, elle ne l’est pas, ou elle l’est moins. "Nous craignons ce que nous pourrions faire -le monstre, la bête tapie en nous- bien plus que nous ne redoutons les conséquences judiciaires de nos actes. Robert Keppel, in "Signature Killers". Qu’est-ce que la signature ? Les journaux parlent de "L’étrangleur de Boston", "Le Tueur au sac poubelle" ou "l’Éventreur" pour personnaliser, étiqueter des tueurs insaisissables, jusqu’à ce que leur véritable identité soit connue. La signature d’un tueur est un peu la "carte de visite" qu’il laisse sur chaque scène de crime. Lawrence Bittaker Mode Opératoire ou signature ?
List of Deadly Women episodes
Deadly Women is an American television series first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel, focusing on female killers. It was originally a mini-series consisting of three episodes: "Obsession," "Greed" and "Revenge". After a two-year hiatus, the show resumed production in 2008 and began airing on the Investigation Discovery channel as a regularly scheduled series. The series is produced in Australia by Beyond International. Deadly Women TV series (2005)[edit] Each of the three original episodes covered the cases of four women or groups of women who were united by the central theme of the episode. Episodes[edit] Ep = Episode number within the seasonNo. = Overall episode number Season 1: 2005[edit] Deadly Women TV series (2008–present)[edit] Deadly Women resumed production of Season 2 in 2008, with slight changes. Episodes[edit] Season 2: 2008-2009[edit] Season 3: 2009[edit] Season 4: 2010[edit] Season 5: 2011–2012[edit] Season 6: 2012-2013[edit] Season 7: 2013[edit] References[edit]
List of collective nouns
A skein of geese This is a list of traditional or whimsical collective nouns. The large number of collective nouns in English is based on a tradition of venery (words for groups of animals) which arose in the Late Middle Ages. Standard terms for particular groups are listed first in each group and shown in bold. See also[edit] References[edit]
Douze ans de prison requis contre Leïla, quinze ans . - Libération
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
Prior to the murders[edit] Raymond Fernandez[edit] Fernandez was born on December 17, 1914 in Hawaii[1] to Spanish parents. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Connecticut. As an adult, he moved to Spain, married, and had four children, all of whom he abandoned later on in life. In 1947, he answered a personal ad placed by Martha Beck. Martha Beck[edit] Martha Beck was born Martha Jule Seabrook on May 6, 1920 in Milton, Florida.[6] Allegedly due to a glandular problem (then a common explanation for obesity), she was overweight and went through puberty prematurely. After she finished school, she studied nursing, but had trouble finding a job due to her weight. She told people that the father was a serviceman she had married, later claiming that he had been killed in the Pacific Campaign. Murders[edit] Fernandez visited Beck and stayed for a short time, and she told everyone that they were to be married. In 1949, the pair committed the three murders for which they would later be convicted.
Loren Mosher
Loren Richard Mosher (September 3, 1933, Monterey – July 10, 2004, Berlin)[2][3] was an American psychiatrist,[3][4]:21 clinical professor of psychiatry,[2][5][6] expert on schizophrenia[5][6] and the chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia in the National Institute of Mental Health (1968–1980).[2][3][5] Mosher spent his professional career advocating for humane and effective treatment for people diagnosed as having schizophrenia[3] and was instrumental in developing an innovative, residential, home-like, non-hospital, non-drug treatment model for newly identified acutely psychotic persons.[2] Biography[edit] Before conceiving Soteria, Mosher supervised a ward in a psychiatric hospital at Yale University as its assistant professor, prescribed neuroleptics and was not “against” them. During the Ritalin phenomenon of the 1990s, he was often featured as a dissenting view in scores of articles. He was married to, and later divorced, Irene Carleton Mosher.[6] Mosher archive[edit]
