![]() ![]() I'm not going to draw any dramatic conclusions until I can look at real data and sift through the complicated links between predictive factors for criminal behavior, but some theories have come to mind. Family relationships, class, financial status, race, gender, and environment all factor in to the likelihood of someone becoming a criminal - could names indicate these factors early on? While there's no real evidence of this phenomenon - the United States doesn't collect or publish data on middle names, as far as I can tell - the idea that one's name might predict later criminal behavior was fascinating to me. Years ago, I read an article online that claimed Wayne was more popular as a middle name among criminals (here's a more recent article on the 'Wayne Theory') than in the general population. Of course, I've been keeping an ear out for name-related trivia as well.Įdmund Emil Kemper III, the 'Co-Ed Killer' I'm a huge fan of true crime media, and over the past few months of traveling I've binged crime documentaries, podcasts (My Favorite Murder and Last Podcast on the Left in particular), and dramatizations on the lives and deeds of some of the most deranged murderers in history. Today's post takes a bit of a turn from previous writing, as I'm incorporating one of my other major interests: serial killers. Some references to Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau include his middle.Hello, readers! (In fact, nine of the top 20 serial killers in. The suspected gunman in Arizona is Jared Lee Loughner, of course. ![]() Was arrested for a series of murders in the greater Baton Rouge area and his name was Derrick Todd Lee. As always I've started this blog with no prior evidence or opinion, and have based this on a random selection of 29 British serial killers. So what I want to uncover with this blog is whether the personality traits of serial killers and mass-murderers are determined by their birth-order, as a first born, middle kid, eldest sibling or only child. ![]()
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