Psychological gratification is the usual motive for serial killing, and most serial killings involve sexual contact with the victim, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that the motives of serial killers can include anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, and attention seeking.

Although psychological gratification is the usual motive for serial killing, and most serial killings involve sexual contact with the victim, the FBI states that the motives of serial killers can include anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, and attention seeking.

Documentary series offering a glimpse into the minds of serial killers and examining what may have driven them to commit their crimes. Documentary series offering a glimpse into the minds of serial killers and examining what may have driven them to commit their crimes.

Arthur Leigh Allen

The killer sent taunting letters and cryptograms to police and newspapers. He was dubbed the Zodiac killer because some of his cryptograms included astrological symbols and references.

“Jack the Ripper” is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and “Leather Apron.”

Herman Mudgett

A theory that has become increasingly popular due to modern criminal profiling suggests that Jack the Ripper may have stopped killing because he came close to capture. It’s unknown if the police ever had their sights on one man and tried their best to nail him for the crimes but lacked the evidence to do so.

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Aaron Kosminski

Researchers say they have finally unmasked Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who terrorized London in the late 1800s. A forensic investigation published in Journal of Forensic Sciences has identified the killer as Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and prime suspect at the time.

Jack the Ripper is the most notorious of all serial killers. However, Jack the Ripper may have finally been identified, according to a UK businessman who privately funded an investigation into the 19th century case, and it turns out the killer wasn’t a doctor, but a 23-year-old Polish immigrant named Aaron Kosminski.

The murderer was never caught and became known by his nickname ‘Jack the Ripper’. However, the murderer took organs from his victims, and in the case of Catherine Eddowes, the kidney. Serial killers often mutilate their victims and abscond with the removed body parts as trophies.

Sir Ignatius Arthur Conan Doyle was the author of the wonderful Sherlock Holmes stories but he was also the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Unlike most people he liked to dramatize his homicidal tendencies and in a letter to his mother upon graduation from medical school he claimed he had a license to kill.

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