Ted Kotcheff

Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer, once said, “Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it’s not practical. There are no stereotypes.” This idea is evidenced in the book The Only Living Witness. “When police arrested Ted Bundy and charged him with several rapes, kidnappings and murders, those closest to him were stunned, for they said, “Ted was one of us” (13). No one who was close to him believed he was capable of doing such repulsive acts; many…

Gary Ridgway is one of America’s most prominent serial killers. He killed for 18 years, until physical evidence was able to link him to murder. Over those years here was picked up for other crimes and released. It is because of him and other killers that America must become better at finding physical evidence. Gary was born in 1949, he is the middle child of three boys. His home life wasn’t completely upsetting, just the occasional heated argument between his parents. His IQ was tested at 82,…

In her poem “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath illustrates the struggle between a victimized daughter and a towering, menacing father. Written at the end of her life, this work of art shines out among Plath’s other poems while still relating to her previous works. Throughout her life, Plath experienced many life changing events, taking what she learned from them and amplifying the knowledge by writing it down into a beautiful piece of art. The resulting poems and novels reflects the deep wounds embedded…

Introduction In 1974, Ted Bundy embarked on a series of grisly murders that began in Seattle, Washington and in a period of over five years spread through Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Florida. His rampage took the lives of at least thirty five women, but there is a lot of controversy over this number. The exact number of women Bundy killed will never be known as experts predict that he killed at least 100 or more. He was known to be a serial killer who went on a killing spree after a…

Name: Theodore Robert Cowell “Ted Bundy” • Ethnicity: White • Age at Arrest: 42 • Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont • Height: 5’10 • Weight: 145-175lbs • Build: Slender Frame • Hair: Wavy dark brown • Record of Arrest: 3 arrest and 2 escapes • Ted Bundy was a very smart and charming man. He knew that young women were not going to just walk away with any random man. To get the women to come within his reach he posed as an injured man that needed help, because Ted Bundy looked like an…

Fish was originally born as Hamilton Fish to a 75 year old father and a 32 year old mother. After being nicknamed “Ham and Eggs” at an orphanage, in which he spent much of his early life, he desired to be called Albert, which was a name of a deceased sibling. It is said that many of his ancestors had mental illnesses. His mother placed him in an orphanage, around the age of 5, after his father died of a heart attack. Fish was often beaten and whipped in this orphanage, which actually pleased and…

pass out over and over, then kill them. Eleanor Louise Cowell was Ted Bundy’s mother.…

Introduction Many believe that people capable of committing serial murder or spree killing are born “evil,” and in some cases this can be perceived as at least somewhat truthful. This however cannot be the case for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the two people responsible for the D.C. Sniper Attacks. The D.C. sniper case, also known as the Beltway sniper attacks, were a stretch of organized shootings that occurred over a three week period in the states of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Colombia…

they have closed off all possibility of the victim’s escape” to avoid having the ritual ruined (Dolan 54). Clearly, when serial killers find a victim, they not only will gain a victim’s confidence, but will ensure that they are always safe, just like Ted Bundy as he “kept charming his victims until [...]he and the victim were completely isolated” (Dolan 54). Although making the serial killer satisfied, they never really got anywhere or the victim would just end up escaping. On the other hand,…

explain her happiness began to develop through her children. Many of her writings include emotional aspects such as sadness, loneliness, and disappointment. Plath was pushed to her breaking point eventually and gave up on all of these negative feelings. Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath’s husband wrote many works about his influence in his wife’s life. In…