Saturday, 23 February 2013

Research into serial thrillers


Jeffrey Dahmer (born in America 1960-1994) was a serial killer and sex offender. he violently murdered 17males, involving rape canabalism and dismemberment. In 1992 he was caught, and sentenced to 15 life terms. In November 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by a fellow prisoner. 

Edward Gein (born in Amaerica 1906-1984) was a mass murderer and body snatcher, we was discovered in 1957 after he was found in possesion of old bones and skin from corpses, which he had dug up from loacal graveyards. Later in 1957 Gein confessed to killing two women. After being trialed, Gein was scentenced to life imprisonment, which he spent in a mental hospital. His case inflewenced the creation of several fictional characters such including Jame Gumb from silence of the lamb. 

Peter Sutcliffe (born in England 1946) is a british serial killer known as "the Yorkshere Ripper" In 2010 he was scentenced to life imprisonment after murdering 13 women attemting to murder 7 others. Sutcliffe, pleaded guilty to the killings as he claimed he was being guided by the voice of god.

We were inspired by these unfortunately unstable individuals when producing our character of George, as we wanted him to look like a believable killer capable of death.