A little known fact about the infamous Ted Bundy, one that he refused to talk about was the decor of his apartment in Seattle, WA. After killing some of his victims he decapitated them and displayed them on shelves in his small apartment. I can only guess he didn't have many people over for drinks.
The most famous serial killer to me is Mary Bell, because she started in her crimes at 10 years of age.
He had a boy and a girl when he committed his crimes but the names are not listed.
You can't "cure" a serial killer. They may stop killing but they are not "cured". There are very specific (and few) reasons a serial killer will not continue to kill. If the crimes stop the list of possiblities are very short. The killer may have relocated for several reasons, fear of capture, or he may have relocated due to employment changes, have serious health problems, may have died, been incarcerated for different crimes. Or they may have begun to age, tapering off as the urge to kill weakens. These are the only reasons for a serial killer to stop killing.
Nothing definitive is known about the Zodiac's background since he was never caught. But his crimes were murders since he was a serial killer. He killed with a pistol and with a knife.
The Hedonistic type of serial killer seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as expendable means to this goal. Charles most likely had the financial motive to his crimes.
The Nedlands Monster was a novel based on the crimes of Australian serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke. There were other books written about this killer but they were biographies (true crime).
Mostly serial killers have a rough childhood and the crimes mostly unfold after they reach college or after. Serial killing takes some steps to bring it to a complete blossom. A serial killer that commmits serious junvenille delinquency would be an exception to the rule.
It was the German serial killer Peter Kurten who was dubbed "The Vampire of Düsseldorf". Kurten was guillotined on July 2, 1931. Peter Kurten was named the "Vampire of Dusseldorf".
Whitman falls into the group called spree killers. They are a completely different breed of killer. They are usually motivated by anger and revenge on a world that does not understand them and has treated them poorly. These types of killers a lot of times plan on suicide or death by police gunfire. They don't want to be taken alive. They want to 'get back' and then 'check out'. And usually these crimes have nothing to do with sex or sexual fantasies, which is the driving force with most serial killers.
The origin of the term 'serial killer' is credited to former FBI agent Robert Ressler. While attending a crime seminar in Europe he heard another detective refer to such crimes as a 'series of murders'. From this Ressler shortened it to serial killer. Before the 1970s, there was no specific name for this particular type of killer. By the 1970s and 1980s there seemed to be an explosion of serial murders. Ted Bundy seems to be the first killer that earned the title serial killer. Unfortunately, he was not the last.
Carol J. Rothgeb has written: 'Hometown killer' -- subject(s): Case studies, Serial murder investigation, Serial murders, Sex crimes
has there been a unknown serial killer who has committed the same kind of haneous crimes to the same magnitude as Harold Shipman or john Wayne gacy