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School Shootings

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Top 10 Deadliest School Shootings in the US since 1918 1) Bath School Disaster, May 18, 1927 - 44 killed, 58 injured Andrew Kehoe killed 38 elementary school students and 6 adults, injuring 58 others, killed his wife, firebombed his farm, detonated an explosion in the school, then committed suicide by incendiary device in his truck. 2) Virginia Tech Massacre, April 16, 2007 - 32 killed, 17 injured Seung-Hui Cho shot 49 people on campus with two semi-automatic pistols and committed suicide when police stormed the building he was in. 3) Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, December 14, 2012 - 27 killed, 2 injured Adam Lanza shot 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook Elementary School after fatally shooting his mother, then committed suicide when the first responders arrived at the school. 4) University of Texas Tower Shooting, August 1, 1966 - 17 killed, 31 injured  Charles Whitman, a former Marine, stabbed his wife and mother to death, used rifles and others...

Topic of the Week: Necrophilia

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Disclaimer: Some topics discussed in the following post may be graphic or difficult for some to read. Discretion is advised. Information provided in this post is based on personal research and some of it is my personal opinion about events that have transpired in relation to the topic at hand. Average number of cups of coffee required to stay awake per day this week: 3 Necrophilia is a gross subject matter, plain and simple. If you have never heard this term before - congratulations, you haven’t had to think about it and therefore your mind is probably a much nicer place to be than mine. Fear not, dear reader, I shall explain what it is so you can join me in the horror show constantly going on in my head. By definition, necrophilia is the sexual intercourse with or sexual attraction to a corpse. The word, broken down is necro , originally nekros , meaning “corpse” or “dead” in Ancient Greek, and philia , also Ancient Greek, meaning “affection.” The definition basically sums ...

Jess's Case Studies: Ted Bundy

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Disclaimer: Some topics discussed in the following post may be graphic or difficult for some to read. Discretion is advised. Information provided in this post is based on personal research and some of it is my personal opinion about events that have transpired in relation to the topic at hand. Most people in the modern world have, in some way or another, heard of Ted Bundy. Either they've watched a crime TV show where he was mentioned, heard someone compared to him, or were alive during his reign of terror in at least five states, you've heard the name. Bundy was a serial killer, one of the most famous serial killers in American history, who was surprisingly only convicted of three murders in Florida in the 1970's and 80's. However, he claimed to have killed many other young women, most of whom fit a very specific profile, and most people who knew him suspected that he could have killed upwards of 100 people. He was born Theodore Robert Cowell on November 24, ...