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Extreme Offenders: Psychological Insights

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Overview

<p>Professor of Forensic Psychology Katherine Ramsland distills her years of experience studying extreme offenders into 12 fascinating episodes that plunge you inside the troubled minds and infamous crimes of serial killers, spree killers, and mass murderers, including Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer.</p>

Syllabus

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  • 01: Rage and the Serial Killer: Joseph Vacher
  • 02: Cruelty and Lust Murder: Peter Kürten
  • 03: Killing Husbands for Gain: Belle Gunness
  • 04: A Life for a Life: Leonarda Cianciulli
  • 05: Deceptions of a Fatal Chameleon: Ted Bundy
  • 06: Comorbid with Serial Murder: Rodney Alcala
  • 07: The Path to Psychopath: Edmund Kemper
  • 08: Need to Harm: Joseph DeAngelo
  • 09: The Mask of Insanity: John Wayne Gacy
  • 10: Isolation of a Zombie Maker: Jeffrey Dahmer
  • 11: Dracula Delusions: Richard Trenton Chase
  • 12: The Retribution-Day Killer: Elliot Rodger

Taught by

Katherine Ramsland

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