Kristin. 16. New York. Vegetarian. Criminology. Reading. Cats. Sci-fi. Math.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The axolotl is a Mexican neotenic mole salamander. Neotenic means that, as an adult, it holds onto traits seen in juveniles.
Freida “Becky” Powell, Ottis Toole’s niece and Henry Lee Lucas’ lover.
“I have tried to get help for so long and no one will believe me. I have killed for the past ten years and no one will believe me. I cannot go on doing this. I also killed the only girl I ever loved.” - Henry Lee Lucas
When the tongue is flicked out into the air, receptors on the tongue pick up minuscule chemical particles, which are perceived as scent. When the tongue is retracted into its sheath, the tips of the tongue fit neatly into the Jacobson’s organ, sending the chemical information that has been gathered through the organ and to the brain, where the information is quickly processed and analyzed so that the snake can act promptly on it.
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Born Peter George Dinsdale in 1960, Britain’s most prolific serial killer of modern times was the son of a prostitute and afflicted from birth with epilepsy, partial paralysis, and a deformed right arm. Until the age of three, he lived with his maternal grandmother, afterward joining his mother and her common-law husband until their relationship disintegrated. Until the age of 16, Dinsdale attended a school for the physically handicapped and was there introduced to homosexual practices that, in the words of his prosecutors, “eventually led to his downfall and discovery.” At age 19, Dinsdale legally changed his name to Bruce Lee, in emulation of the kung fu movie star he idolized. A classic pyromaniac, Lee would explain in his confessions that a tingling in his fingers signaled him that it was time to light a fire. His first act of arson, at age nine, caused more than $30,000 damage to a shopping center. Lee’s normal technique involved dumping paraffin through a mail slot, followed by a match to light the fuel. Lee scored his first fatality in June of 1973. On January 5, 1977, 11 elderly men were killed and six rescuers injured when he torched a nursing home. Slapped by an old man in an altercation over Lee’s disturbing some pigeons, Bruce threatened to kill his assailant. Later, the birds were all found with their necks wrung, and the man was burned to death in his armchair at home. The death was ruled an accident until, years later, Lee confessed that he had found the man asleep and set his clothes afire with paraffin. In 1980, a house fire on Selby Street in Hull killed Edith Hastie and her three sons. Police found paper soaked in paraffin near the front door, but the Hasties were so unpopular with their neighbors that everyone in the vicinity was suspected. Some 18,000 persons were questioned before police discovered that Charles Hastie, one of the victims, was acquainted with various homosexuals who patronized public restrooms near his home. A group of suspects was rounded up, including Lee, who confessed to a series of fires spanning the past 11 years. In all, 26 persons had died by his hand, and multiple manslaughter charges were filed. Pleading guilty on all counts, Lee was sentenced to an indefinite term in a mental hospital. As his prosecutor remarked, “The sad fact is that this is his only real accomplishment in life, and something he had expressed himself as being proud of.” Lee described his motive more compellingly. “I am devoted to fire,” he said. “Fire is my master, and that is why I cause these fires.”
Albert H. Fish entering the white plains court to stand trial for his confessed murder of 10- year- old Grace Budd. He is virtually carried in by deputy Sheriffs as he tries to hide his face.
Happy Birthday
May 21, 1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer is born.
“I enjoy seeing the lights go out, I enjoy killing up close and personal, I always wanted the last image they had to see be my face!” - Richard Kuklinski
“This is the last sad chapter in a very sad life. Tragically, his parents will have to experience the same loss the families of his victims have experienced. I hope there will be no economic returns or celebration as a folk hero for the man that killed Jeffrey Dahmer.”
-Michael McCann, the Milwaukee County District Attorney.
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Markedly wrinkled hands (“washerwoman hands”) in a body recovered from water.
Not only does this California Kingsnake at the Moscow Zoo have two heads, it’s also an albino. Zoo officials say two-headed snakes are a one-in-a-million occurrence and usually don’t survive in the wild.
The Execution of Ted Bundy
Time finally ran out for Ted Bundy on January 24, 1989 when he was executed in the electric chair. One of Bundy’s final acts was to permit James Dobson, a Californian psychologist and host of a syndicated radio show, to videotape an interview to be broadcast after his death. Dobson described Bundy was “feeling great remorse.” He quoted Bundy saying his crimes “should serve as a warning to the dangers of pornography.” Bundy appeared frightened when he was escorted into the death chamber. But he moved easily to the chair, nodding to his attorney, James Coleman, and Gainesville minister Fred Lawrence, who had counselled him earlier. “Jim and Fred, I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends,” he said in a strong voice that trailed off at the end. “He was calm but visibly shaken,” said state Rep. Randy Mackey of Lake City, an official witness. Bundy stared straight ahead and his jaw tightened when workers adjusted a chin strap and fitted a hood over his shaven head.
When the switch was thrown by the executioner, who is paid $150 for the job, Bundy’s body surged back against the chair. His fists clenched. A doctor pronounced him dead at 7:16 a.m. EST. Gene Williams, owner of the Williams-Thomas Funeral Home, said he accepted custody of the body but would not give any details on arrangements, including whether there would be burial or cremation. But he said no funeral was planned. John Tanner, a prosecutor who arranged for Bundy’s confessions with investigators from the four Western states, said Bundy had no finished “telling the names and locations of the bodies. He just ran out of time.” The governor had insisted that Bundy would not be allowed to use a protracted litany of confessions to delay his execution a fourth time.
“I didn’t start to hate all women; as a matter of fact, I would venture to say I started to fall in love with every one of them. Every one of them became so precious to me ‘cause I wanted their friendship.”
Robert Hansen was born in Pocahontas, Iowa, and was a troubled child, given to wetting his pants, setting fires, and shoplifting. He moved to Anchorage, Alaska, following in the footsteps of his father, and there he opened a bakery. During times when his wife and kids were away, he started trolling areas where prostitutes plied their trade, and eventually he started to murder them. Sometimes he would pick them up in his truck and go to his house. He was a licensed pilot, so other times he would fly them into the Alaskan wild, release them, and then hunt them down with a rifle or bow and arrow. Hansen admitted to seventeen murders, but Alaska state investigator Glenn Forthe felt that Hansen had killed four or five women a year from the early 1970s to 1983, the year he was tracked down.
Hansen was finally caught when one of the women, Kitty Larson, he took to his house escaped, running from his house dressed only in the handcuffs he had put on her. Larson went to the police. In February of 1984, he admitted to some of the killings during questioning, though at times for investigators it was like pulling teeth. In his confession Hansen went into great pains to rationalize his behaviour. He explained that he had had problems with women since he was a teenager and that women wouldn’t go out with him because of his acne and his stutter, “I was I guess what you might call very frustrated, upset all the time. I would see my friends and so forth going out on dates and so forth and I had tremendous desire to do the same thing.” He said he always “loved” women, but he made a distinction - a sharp distinction - between good and bad girls. Bad girls could die, “I’m not saying that I hate all women. I don’t. Quite the contrary, if, I guess in my own mind what I’m classifying is a good woman, not a prostitute.”
