News tagged with serial killer
Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter
(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.
Jun 22, 2009 |
2.6 / 5 (5) |
0
Search results for serial killer
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
(AP) -- The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun ...
Jan 29, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
2
Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking
(AP) -- Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people - including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer - who were ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Serial killing follows predictable pattern based on brain activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over a period of 12 years, Andrei Chikatilo murdered at least 53 people before being arrested in Rostov, Russia, in 1990. While Chikatilo’s killings, mainly of women and children, may ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
4.5 / 5 (22) |
12
|
No painkillers please, we're British
In Britain, the popular U.S. painkiller OxyContin is considered similar to morphine and used sparingly. Vicodin isn't even licensed. And at most shops, remedies like ibuprofen are sold only in 16-pill packs.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 10, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
2
Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'
The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (26) |
21
|
Why we create monsters
Experts in various aspects of the macabre include several University at Buffalo faculty members who specialize in what many cultures find horrible and terrifying.
Oct 24, 2011 |
not rated yet |
1
Long before Halloween became popular, ancient Greeks and Romans enjoyed good scary stories
Centuries before movie and television audiences thrilled to tales of werewolves, vampires and wizards and Halloween became the second biggest celebration of the year, the ancient Greeks and Romans were spinning ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
1
Modified killer T-cells wipe out leukemia: study
Three US cancer patients were brought back from the brink by a new therapy that turned their own immune cells into tumor killers, wiping out an advanced form of leukemia, researchers said Wednesday.
Aug 10, 2011 |
5 / 5 (18) |
3
Ted Bundy's DNA added to database in hope of solving cold cases
The DNA profile of Ted Bundy, one of the United States' most notorious serial killers, was uploaded Friday into a national database in the hope that the new material will help solve murder cases that have gone cold over the ...
Aug 07, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
CSI Infection: Method used in hunt for serial killers turns to killer diseases
Every 30 seconds, infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis kill as many people as Jack the Ripper did in his entire career. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal International Jo ...
May 18, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
List of search results for serial killer
