Know the killer
Serial Killers - Theory
Terror - Theory
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100

He was a charming law student who confessed to killing more than 30 women in the 1970s and was executed in Florida in 1989.

Ted Bundy

100

According to FBI profiling, a killer can be categorized into:

1. The type of killer who tends to leave weapons behind, shows signs of chaos, and may know the victim personally.

2. The type of killer who often follows news coverage of their crimes, takes trophies, and plans each murder carefully to avoid capture.

1. The Disorganized Killer

2. The Organized Killer

100

The seated President of the United States during the 9/11 attacks

George Bush

100

A person who takes control of a vehicle, usually an airplane, by force or threat of force

Hijacker

100

The number of Deadly Sins (human weaknesses)

7

200

This Milwaukee murderer was known for cannibalizing some of his victims and keeping their remains in his apartment.

Jeffrey Dahmer

200

In the movie Se7en, the serial killer justifies his crimes as moral lessons against the Seven Deadly Sins. What type of killer does this make him?

A Mission-Oriented Killer

200

When people use violence, fear, or threats to try to control others or get attention for their beliefs or goals — often against innocent people.

Terrorism

200

A killer who kills because they believe it is their duty to eliminate a group they view as a societal problem.

Mission-oriented killer

200

The FBI often studies killers who have murdered at least this many victims to be classified as “serial.”

2

300

Known as the "Unabomber," this former mathematics professor waged a mail-bomb campaign against universities and airlines.

Ted Kaczinsky

300

The four ways/types a serial killers can be categorized in


The Artist
The Thrill-seeker
The Power/Control-Oriented
The Mission-oriented

300

The group responsible for the 9/11 attacks was led by this man.

Osama bin Laden

300

When someone’s neck is squeezed or pressed, stopping air or blood from getting to the brain.

Strangulation

300

In total, about this many people were killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Nearly 3,000 (or 2,977)

400

This infamous unidentified killer terrorized London in 1888, targeting women in the Whitechapel district.

Jack the Ripper

400

The “cooling-off” period distinguishes a serial killer from this type of killer, who murders multiple victims in one continuous event.

Mass murderer 

400

This militant Islamist organization was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

Al-Queda

400

Terrorism differs from conventional war because it targets these individuals instead of soldiers.

Civilians

400

The highest recorded IQ for a known killer (Ted Kascinsky)

(+-5)

165
500

This fictional killer left cryptic clues and body parts around the city, claiming his murders exposed society’s hidden sins.

John Doe 

500

The formal definition of what a serial killer is.


Individuals who commit two or more separate killings with each of the murders taking place with a cooling off period in between


500

The four intended or actual targets of 9/11

WTC - North Tower

WTC - South Tower

The US Pentagon

U.S Capitol /or White House (although crashed into a field nearby after passengers fought back) 

500

Following the September 11 attacks, this term describes the fear, prejudice, and discrimination many Muslims faced in the U.S. and elsewhere (hint: a type of phobia).

Islamophobia

500

This year U.S located and killed Osama bin Laden (the mastermind behind the 9/11 attack) in a compound in Pakistan (+-1 year).

2011