Serial killers

This is the Unabomber (top left), his cabin that he lived in (right) and the police sketch (bottom left). 

               A serial killer is by definition a person who kills more then three people, over a long period of time. In the book The Lovely Bones the antagonist, Mr. Harvey, kills many people through out his life. He is considered a serial killer. It is hard for me to believe that a person could want to kill another person, or a child. Normally a serial killer has a certain type of victim that they prefer, for physical or mental reasons. Also the perpetrator commonly has a troubled childhood with abuse, abandonment, and mental problems. Generally most serial killers are men, and women serial killers are very rare, but not unheard of. 


                 One of the most infamous serial killers was Ted Kaczynski, more commonly known as the Unabomber. He terrorized the nation from 1978-1995. That is a span of almost 20 years. He killed three people and injured 23, by sending bombs to various locations, and airlines. Before ending his killing streak, he contacted many news paper places and told them to publish his manifesto (which talked about abusing technology) , in return he would stop killing. A newspaper published it, and Ted Kaczynski's brother recognized that this had to be him. After a year of searching, they found him hiding in his cabin in Oregon. He was on the FBI's top wanted list for a few years. Even though the Unabomber was caught, not all serial killers are. 


                 The Zodiac killer is known to have killed at least five people in the span of 1968-1969. He had no type, and killed a taxi driver, and couples. It is unknown why he killed these people, or who he is but there are theories. One of the reasons that some serial killers kill, is for the attention. The Zodiac killer reached out to the media (like the Unabomber) and said if they did not do what he asked, he would kill an entire school bus of kids (gives me the chills, what a horrible man). He also called them after every attack, and sent coded messages. 


          I actually have watched the documentary on the Zodiac killer, and I really recommend it, if shows like CSI interest you, and you are not easily scared. However I do advise that you watch it during the daytime, as it is rated R, and it can be very scary at parts. Here is the preview for the Zodiac Killer movie:

reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer#cite_note-1
http://www.iill.net/unabomber
http://www.allserialkillers.com/zodiac_killer.htm