HONS 2000 Lecture 2: A Brief History
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A brief history: serial killers & serial killer profiling: serial killers have been around for a long time. Examples: 331 b. c. (rome) women poisoners, number of victims unknown, 114-116 b. c. (china) liu pengli, prince of jidong, 100+ victims, 1432-1440 (france) gilles de rais, accused of raping and torturing 140+ children. In may cultures, and in some modern ones, mental illnesses and abnormal behavior was typically viewed as a form of possession, an evil spirit controlling the actions of a human being: werewolf (loup-garou) People have also believed evil spirits could inhabit the bodies of animals, particularly wolves. Unsurprisingly, since both humans and animals can be possessed by demons, the belief that humans can change into wolves was common. The belief in lycanthropy can be traced back to 600 b. c. , King nebuchadnezzar believing he suffered from the affliction. Beliefs in werewolves developed parallel to the belief in european witches in the course of the late.
