Why do they do what they do?

This account is based on what makes or drives a serial killer, or any type of person that injures another with the intent of harming them (angels of death, serial killers, etc.)

[krxs100]

Calls for Justice for Aurora’s Violinist Elijah McClain Grow

Elijah McClain was a kind and gentle 23 year old who worked as a massage therapist in Aurora, CO. On his lunch breaks from work, Elijah would go to the animal shelters and play violin for the animals because he thought that they were lonely in their cages and thought that the music would calm them. 

In August 2019, Elijah went to the gas station to buy some iced tea for himself and his cousins. Because he suffered from anemia he would often wear a ski/ runner mask over his face to stay warm. On his way home, the Aurora Police department were called to reports of a “suspicious man.” 

(Warning: for violent description) Elijah was apprehended by a group of three cops, despite committing NO crime and being unarmed. A struggle occurred, and he was held in a very dangerous carotid hold around his neck while he cried for help, cried out that he couldn’t breathe, cried out that he was nonviolent and couldn’t even kill a fly, and was repeatedly throwing up. Elijah weighed a mere 140 pounds. You can hear on the audio footage, an officer instructing another to move their body camera out of view.

While 3 Aurora Police Dept officers violently restrained him they called Aurora Fire Dept, who injected him with ketamine (a powerful drug used to tranquilize horses or in surgeries by a trained anesthesiologist and illegal to be administered by anyone else) even though he was already cuffed and calm.

He went into cardiac arrest , slipped into a coma, and his family was advised to take him off life support 6 days later.

The cops were transferred to another department but never received charges. 

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[behind-serial-killers]

I'm fucking pissed that people are getting away with murder.

Cops can kiss my ass, and I hope all corrupt cops get what coming to them.

Not only ACAB, but Black Lives Matter is a hugely important movement that you should support and fight for

[behind-serial-killers]

I just finished watching Dark Waters, the movie with Mark Ruffalo that covers the story of DuPont fucking over normal people.

I cannot express how absolutely pissed I am that big corporations and the government can get away with this shit.

So just a reminder, fuck big companies and fuck the government, thank you. :)

[minikate--24-05]

Caitlin Todd, aside from being the purest character NCIS has ever created, was so ahead of her time that sometimes I think it’s a miracle that we got to see a character like that in 2003. 

You watch her episodes and there she is, standing up to Gibbs, standing up to Fornell, calling Tony out on his annoying behavior, calling out other agencies for their stupidity. Shoving that “respect women juice” down their throats every single day, believing men and women can be just friends and using the correct pronouns for trans people. 

She was truly a gift, and today she would’ve been 47. Happy birthday, Kate. We still think about you. ♡♡

[behind-serial-killers]

Hi! An update on my regular weekly posting:

It won't properly resume until after May 13th.

Unfortunately, due to procrastination, I have all of my end of the semester papers and projects to work on, so weekly posting will not go back to regular until after the 13th.

Thank you!

[behind-serial-killers]

I knew that Reid missed Morgan, but I don't think anyone really realized how much until S11 E21 "Devil's Backbone". The scene with Antonia Slade and Reid is where you finally notice it, in both the dialogue and Spencer's reactions to what is being said.

You can see his eyes start to glass over and they start to water.

I think this scene between Antonia and Spencer is important because it shows that Reid isn't just the braniac that they show him to be. He's a complex person who knows so much about human behaviour that he's able to mask it from his teammates.

Also, Matthew Grey Gubler does an absolute wonderful job portraying this scene.

[behind-serial-killers]

I just realized that in Criminal Minds, the handgun that most of the agents carry is one with a magazine, yet Spencer Reid carries a Smith and Wesson Model 65:

Reid carries a revolver, while other agents carry handguns like

A Glock 17 (Aaron Hotcher) :

A Glock 19 (Emily Prentiss) :

A Glock 26 (Jennifer Jareau) :

A Springfield Custom Professional 1911-A1 (David Rossi) :

A SIG-Sauer P226R (Derek Morgan) :

And a SIG-Sauer P229R (Alex Blake) :

My point is that while the other's have a gun that the magazine holds 10-17 rounds, while Reid's Smith and Wesson holds only 6 rounds.

I understand that this is just a show, but I like wondering about this stuff. In order for Reid to reload, he would have to do it manually, one bullet at a time, while the other's on the team can have a backup magazine.

I think where I'm going with this is why would the BAU allow one of their agents to have a revolver where it has to be reloaded manually instead of a Glock or a SIG-Sauer like one of the others?

Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

[andiebeaword]

This makes me want to go back and see what gun Hotch carried in his ankle holster. He let Reid keep it. And now I’m wondering canon-wise how he came to have a revolver.....

[behind-serial-killers]

Hotch carries a Glock 26 as his backup, and the revolver thing is thought to be for a few different reasons.

As like a reminder of Tobias Hankel and the whole kidnapping thing or

Because it fits his character

:)

[behind-serial-killers]

I'd like to point out some similarities. So a popular quote from the movie Con-Air is "Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash."

I think another definition of the word irony is Paul Walker's life: acting in seven movies about racing fast cars and then dying in a car crash.

[eat-ass-suckadick-and-selldrugs]

A Reminder

I know I'm a day late, but as I am normally late to things, this is only natural.

Yesterday was Kim Jonghyun's birthday. I understand that this is a painful time for everyone, but I think what this should remind us of is that not everyone who looks okay is okay.

If you are struggling, please reach out.

If you are struggling, tell your parent, tell your boss, tell a coworker.

Tell someone who can help you or can help you get professional help.

You are not alone.

My messages are always open

Please do not think that you are anything but your best.

You are not alone in this. There are people who can help you.

Please do not think that hurting yourself or anyone else is worth the pain, you are worth every bit of love in this world.

[behind-serial-killers]

I know with basically everyone being in quarantine, everyone's on edge. But if you need help, don't be afraid to speak out and ask for it.

It may be easier to be quiet but if you do need help, even if it's to just talk to a stranger online about your problems, do it.

[behind-serial-killers]

I just realized that in Criminal Minds, the handgun that most of the agents carry is one with a magazine, yet Spencer Reid carries a Smith and Wesson Model 65:

Reid carries a revolver, while other agents carry handguns like

A Glock 17 (Aaron Hotcher) :

A Glock 19 (Emily Prentiss) :

A Glock 26 (Jennifer Jareau) :

A Springfield Custom Professional 1911-A1 (David Rossi) :

A SIG-Sauer P226R (Derek Morgan) :

And a SIG-Sauer P229R (Alex Blake) :

My point is that while the other's have a gun that the magazine holds 10-17 rounds, while Reid's Smith and Wesson holds only 6 rounds.

I understand that this is just a show, but I like wondering about this stuff. In order for Reid to reload, he would have to do it manually, one bullet at a time, while the other's on the team can have a backup magazine.

I think where I'm going with this is why would the BAU allow one of their agents to have a revolver where it has to be reloaded manually instead of a Glock or a SIG-Sauer like one of the others?

Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

[behind-serial-killers]

It has come to my attention that maybe his gun is just for the aesthetic. Like, Reid is a nerd-type character, so the Smith and Wesson fits the character design?

Maybe he'd look out of place with a Glock or a SIG-Sauer?

He does.

[behind-serial-killers]

I just realized that in Criminal Minds, the handgun that most of the agents carry is one with a magazine, yet Spencer Reid carries a Smith and Wesson Model 65:

Reid carries a revolver, while other agents carry handguns like

A Glock 17 (Aaron Hotcher) :

A Glock 19 (Emily Prentiss) :

A Glock 26 (Jennifer Jareau) :

A Springfield Custom Professional 1911-A1 (David Rossi) :

A SIG-Sauer P226R (Derek Morgan) :

And a SIG-Sauer P229R (Alex Blake) :

My point is that while the other's have a gun that the magazine holds 10-17 rounds, while Reid's Smith and Wesson holds only 6 rounds.

I understand that this is just a show, but I like wondering about this stuff. In order for Reid to reload, he would have to do it manually, one bullet at a time, while the other's on the team can have a backup magazine.

I think where I'm going with this is why would the BAU allow one of their agents to have a revolver where it has to be reloaded manually instead of a Glock or a SIG-Sauer like one of the others?

Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

[behind-serial-killers]

Hello!

If anyone has been wiating for my next analyzation of a serial killer, unfortunately it is going to be next week. I have been catching up with papers due, so this week's post is just going to be a question.

Who is your favorite cop/crime show character and why?

Mine is Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds because we both have an affinity for sometimes unwanted interesting facts.

Also, I've been thinking of doing a question of the week, so that even on the weeks that I don't post an analyzation, I still do something.

[behind-serial-killers]

Hi!

The topic of week's post I'm going to leave up to my followers, or anyone who comes across my account. Either comment, dm, anonymously submit, or whatever your suggestion for this week's post and I'll see what I can do!

PSA: The next few posts may be a bit late because my college classes are still in the midst of transferring online and it's weird right now.

Thank you!

[behind-serial-killers]

Up for discussion first is Harold Shipman. 

To start this off, I would like to say that I am in no way any type of psychiatric professional, so please take everything I say with a grain of salt. It’s not my intent to make fun of these events, as it is something to be taken seriously. I will not make fun of nor mock the victims or their families, as they deserve respect and peace. Now let’s get into Harold Shipman, AKA Dr. Death. 

Harold Shipman is categorized under Angels of Death. Angels of Death are people like doctors, nurses, practically any type of caregiver that abuses his or her role to take advantage of and kill people. As summarized in a book by Charlotte Greig, “What characterizes the angel of death is the mismatch between the pose of a caring, kind person, concerned with looking after others - and the reality - a psychotic, ruthless murderer who takes pleasure in causing suffering and death.”

Harold Shipman was convicted of only 15 murders, but is suspected of killing over 200 people. The rough estimate of how many people he killed is in between 215-260 people. As of today, Shipman is considered the world’s number one murderer, even though all of the people he claimed to have killed have not been verified.

Over a span of 24 years, while he worked at Donneybrook Medical Centre in Hyde (United Kingdom), he was considered a pillar of the community. There were people who were wary of Shipman, but he gave off an air of confidence that seemed to brush off all of the accusations, so they were pushed aside and ignored.

Harold Shipman soon made a fatal mistake which led to his capture and arrest by killing 81-year-old Kathleen Grundy. She showed no previous signs of any ailment, and after she passed, he produced a crudely written and forged will which was claimed to have been from Grundy. The will left him a considerably large sum of money, and was soon proved to be forged. This led law enforcement to exhume Kathleen Grundy’s body and perform a post-mortem examination on her, which showed that she had been administered a lethal dose of morphine. 

The morphine coupled with the forged will led investigators to look at Harold Shipman, and after some deliberation, they exhumed the bodies of more people, who were soon proved to be victims of Shipman as well. He was convicted on only 15 counts of murder and one count of forgery.

Harold Frederick Shipman died on January 13, 2004 by suicide. He was found hanging by bed sheets in his cell and was pronounced dead. 

The “why” behind Harold Shipman is a mystery, as before his death he never said why. Some people speculate that he loved the feeling of having control over other’s lives, other’s saying that he became addicted to the power that being a doctor gave him. The truth behind it is that no one will ever really know why he did what he did, but we can guess. 

“Evil Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the Most Monstrous Murderers” by Charlotte Greig 

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/harold-shipman

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/harold-shipman-victims-list-who-14579587 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/19/shipman.health2

[behind-serial-killers]

First up is a nice and proper introduction!

I'm Grace, a current college student who is in school to become a librarian. I first got caught up in the notion of a human harmfully injuring another when I was tasked to do a project on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Little did my teacher know that her giving me that task led me down a road that I would follow for many a year to come.

I wouldn't call it an obsession, but a fascination of what would bring a person to harm another. Now I watch a lot of shows that analyze the behaviour and patterns of another, whether the person being analyzed is real or fictitious. Shows like Criminal Minds, Dexter, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and for a while I watched Hunting Hitler, up until it was so unsurreptitiously removed off the air.

Now, I know this does not mean that I have the right nor ability to comment on things like this, but it has become a hobby of mine. So don't take my word for anything to come, as I am not a professional.

The wonder of all of it has more than once made me rethink my career choice, but unfortunately I don't have what it takes to hunt people like this down, so for now I will settle with trying to be a librarian.

Now enough about me, and onto what I plan to make of this account. I am hopefully going to be posting once or twice a week, and content of those posts will be varied. What you can expect from my account is in depth discussions about what makes a 'bad person', and I will try to keep the topic of the posts to only one person.

What I would like to do is take suggestions on who I should analyze, and no one is too big or small to talk about. All of the sources that I find that help me out will be put at the end of my posts, so you can go and look at them yourselves.

Thank you for taking your time in reading this, and I hope you will decide to follow me for more in depth discussions!

[stray-kids-is-a-mess]

Me, knowing that I'm lactose intolerant: hrngh cheese sandwich

My stomach, 30 minutes later: *dying*

Me: What have I done to cause you pain?

[enthxos]

Simple, chill ways to worship!

Maybe you need to worship on the DL/aren’t out about your religious beliefs to those you live around, maybe you can’t spare the money for altar supplies like candles, or maybe you don’t have the physical or mental capacity for rituals/offerings/big prayers. 

All of that is fine! While physical altars and offerings are nice, they aren’t necessary to worship a deity! Even your everyday activities can be acts of devotion. I mainly worship the god Apollo, so I’ll use him as an example here! Apollo is the god of music, art, poetry, medicine, plague, and the sun, so here are some of the things that I do to honor him outside of offerings:

Listen/dance/sing along to music

Wearing sun symbols, yellow, silver, etc.

wearing your deity’s colors or symbols gives them power and they give you protection, power, and guidance in return!

Make playlists

bonus if you make one dedicated specifically to Apollo

Try new music

Draw/doodle, make any form of art

bonus if you branch into art forms/mediums you haven’t tried before

even more bonus if you make art of Apollo

Reading/writing poetry

again bonus if you write about Apollo

Support other artists 

liking, reblogging, retweeting their work

buying from their shops

following their accounts

giving them encouraging comments and messages

Tagging posts with a god’s name

when I reblog art or aesthetics sometimes I will tag Apollo as an act of devotion and to send some art his way

Open your blinds or windows to let the sunshine in, or spend some time outside

Taking care of your mental health!! (Apollo and Dionysus preside over this together)

taking your medicine (safely taking medicine in general! when i take my weekly testosterone shots i send prayers and thanks to Apollo!)

music and art therapy (using any form of art for venting/self-expression/mental health is a devotional double whammie for Apollo! I express and vent a lot through writing poetry and it makes him very happy.)

Getting your annual check ups, vaccines, medicine, etc. 

these can be a bit of a drag, and inaccessible to some, but he really values taking care of your health. it’s flu season so it’s super important to protect yourself and others. remember flu shots are free and can be obtained at doctors offices as well as stores (in the US) such as CVS, Walgreens, and Target!

Silent prayer

Praying mentally is just as powerful as speaking out loud! It can also help develop mental connections with deities.

Worship can be super intimidating, especially when there isn’t a concrete doctrine or set of guidelines like most popular religions have. Just remember that as long as you’re honoring the ideals and aspects of your deity, you can’t go wrong!

[heatherwitch]

Selene/Luna

Small devotional acts.

Go for a walk at night

Listen to peaceful, serene music

Keep track of the moon phases

Wear crescent moon jewelry

Spend some time around horses

Create constellation sigils

Decorate your home with flowing white fabrics and moon decorations

Sleep outside

Drink sweet herbal teas, like jasmine or chamomile

Look at a map of the moon

Wear a tiara or silver headband

Put fairy lights in a jar to mimic fireflies 

Keep crystals that remind you of her or the moon. SELENITE, Quartz, Opal, Moonstone, etc.

Wear light blues, white, silver and black

Use glow in the dark fabric paint to add the night sky to your clothes

Make moon water

Grow flowers: White rose, jasmine, orchid, lilies, etc.

Go stargazing, use a telescope or binoculars to observe the moon

Stay up late to see the moon, or wake up at dawn

Wear long, flowing clothes

Go for night drives

Think of her when observing celestial events

Burn candles or incense with scents that remind you of her

Get a moon app so you’ll always know what phase it’s in

Greet strangers with kindness

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

With contributions from @littlepaintchip