Serial Killers
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy is possibly one of the most well known serial killers of the twentieth-century. Ted was a handsome, young, successful man who described himself as " an average-looking person with a family, a job and a home just like yourself" (Wright 148). But despite his normal appearance, Ted murdered at least thirty young women across America from 1974-1979. This stark contrast between his external normality and monstrous actions makes him an even more horrifying figure.
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley was a serial killer that committed rapes and murders of five children between 1963 and 1964 with the help of her boyfriend at the time Ian Brady. David Smith, Myra's brother in law, tipped off law enforcement in 1965 after witnessing one of Brady's murders. Despite being found guilty for three murders and being sentenced for life, Myra tried to regain her freedom by confessing to the five murders and applying for parole. Her efforts failed and she eventually died in jail in 2002 from respiratory failure. For Myra Hindley's full biography click here.
Her mug shot picture, shown above, has become a public symbol of evil over the years through continuous British media reproduction even years after Myra's conviction. A painting was created in 1995 by Marcus Harvey of the iconic police photograph of Myra. It is a black and white painting composed of white, grey, and black infant handprints to make up Myra's mug shot picture.
The painting turned out to be controversial despite it being displayed at the Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in London from September to December in 1997. Two citizens tried to deface the painting by throwing ink and an egg on the painting in protest of the glamorization and profitability of a murderer. Thus, even though Myra herself has died, her monstrosity survives.
Pop culture
Law and Order, CSI, NCIS
https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a27271779/true-crime-genre/
You
https://awolau.org/3663/print/culture/killer-looks-the-fascination-of-serial-killers-in-pop-culture/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/the-grisly-all-american-appeal-of-serial-killers/381690/
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