Serial Killers



KILLING TIME IN LONDON

Thursday, February 4, 2010

tony_004

Do you know what it’s like when all your attempts to connect with people fail, and you’d do anything for just a bit of affection, and you feel so desperately lonely that you resort to murder just so you can have some company in your bed? Read the rest of this entry »


PSYCHOKILLER… QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST?

Friday, November 13, 2009

61870013As a young police student in the early 90s Stephan Harbort became aware of the void in the German serial killer research. Since then he hasn’t let us down when there’s something we’ve wanted to know about people who like to murder lots of other people.

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THE LADYKILLER

Monday, November 2, 2009

unterweger

This might not be global news, but Austria’s most notorious serial killer Jack Unterweger died. He committed suicide in his cell right after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court. Over here this is as bad as it can get – it’s not like you will get raped by your fellow inmates or fried to death on an electric chair. Even though Jack indeed would have faced an existence with a relatively harsh retrenchment of freedom he could have had the balls to get it over with after he brutally strangled at least 12 women. But he chose to hang himself using the same knot he strangled his victims with. This famous little detail is the first thing you will hear when some bug-eyed Austrian academic tells you the whole story and finishes with a paean of praise on how manipulative, charming and clever Unterweger was. Oh, that Jack! Read the rest of this entry »