Profile of the Black Dahlia Killer

Elizabeth Short’s name became well-known back in 1947, but not for her aspirations of becoming an actress and model; she was brutally murdered and her body cut in half at the waist and left in an empty lot in Los Angeles, California. The identity of her killer...

Building a Criminal Profile

What actually goes into building a criminal profile? What information needs to be gathered from a crime, or crimes, in order to build the most accurate and helpful profile possible? Are the most accurate profiles built from serial crimes because there are more...

The Psychology of Joran van der Sloot

While channel-surfing last night, I came across a show on the Bio Channel about Joran van der Sloot, the young man who is currently serving twenty-eight years in a Peruvian prison for murdering Stephany Flores Ramirez in May of 2010. He also remains the chief suspect...

What is a Psychological Autopsy?

The term “psychological autopsy” is exactly what it sounds like: a psychological profile to determine the mental state of someone who is already deceased. There are many reasons why a psychological profile may be conducted, with the most common one being to determine...

Myths and Facts About Serial Killers

With nearly unlimited media coverage on every possible subject everywhere we turn these days, we literally find out about major news events as they are happening. The same holds true for our fascination and knowledge of crime and serial killers. Thanks to the media,...

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