You are a detective on an extremely important mission:
You must find a serial killer. The only clues that you have are as follows:
1. The killer is female.
2. The murderer has inspired many tales.
3. The killer had four children.
Using these three clues, you must find the identity of the killer.
Once you've discovered her identity, you will be given CONFIDENTIAL FILES. You must keep them a secret until we have evaluated the sources and learn more about her.
Last, you will write up your findings in a report. Make sure you use at least one of the sources from the CONFIDENTIAL FILES.
Beware, if at any point you make a mistake, you must start The Case from the beginning.
Good Luck!
Do you accept your mission?
[[Yes]], I accept, danger is my middle name!
[[No]], I don't want to put myself in danger.Let's think about the first clue.
"The killer is female."
Which statement below would best lead you to the female killer?
[[Person One]] This person wore dresses because their mother insisted.
[[Person Two]] This person was nick-named the Dating Game Killer.
[[Person Three]] This person has four kids. So, you want to be responsible for the death of people?
No?
I didn't think so.
Say [[Yes]]While dresses are a common factor among women in general, you would be wrong to assume that females are the only people who wear dresses.
There are males who wear dresses as well. One male serial killer who was forced to wear dresses was Henry Lee Lucas.
His mother, the person who forced him to wear dresses, was one of his first victims.
You can read about him by looking at one of these sources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201611/boys-dressed-girls-who-became-serial-killers (NOT QUITE REPUTABLE)
Adams, Kathleen, et al. “MILESTONES.” TIME Magazine, vol. 157, no. 12, Mar. 2001, p. 25. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4216794&site=ehost-live&scope=site. (REPUTABLE, BUT IS A PERIODICAL)
Gudjonsson, Gisli. “The Making of a Serial False Confessor: The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas.” Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, vol. 10, no. 2, Sept. 1999, p. 416. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/09585189908403693. (REPUTABLE AND THERE'S AN ENTIRE PDF ONLINE FOR IT!)
However, since you chose wrong, you must begin again with [[The Case]].Sorry, but both men and women play dating games. Good guess though.
This killer was named after the show that he participated on during his killing spree. His name was Rodney Alcala and he has an interesting story.
You can read about him using one of these sources:
http://boredomtherapy.com/facts-about-serial-killers/ (NOT REPUTABLE, BUT HAS FUN FACTS)
Tresniowski, Alex, and Howard Breuer. “The Eye of a Killer.” People, vol. 73, no. 15, Apr. 2010, pp. 86–90. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=49051478&site=ehost-live&scope=site.e (REPUTABLE, BUT IT'S A PERIODICAL)
Well, start over with [[The Case]] .So, if you were wise, you realized that Clue 3 was "The killer had four children," which made this the obvious choice. The question is, can you figure out which person below was a serial killer with four children?
[[Woman 1]] This woman adopted children.
[[Woman 2]] This woman refused to change her last name.
[[Woman 3]] This woman was German.I know, I know. This seemed to be the obvious choice. A woman who adopted children MUST be our gal.
Unfortunately, that's not what's going on here.
No, this serial killers name was Amelia Dyer. She took in other people's unwanted children, and then murdered them.
One article (listed beloww) refers to her as a baby farmer because she killed between 300 and 400 children, which is a crazy amount.
Learn more about her by checking out the sources below, or start your journey over at [[The Case]].
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amelia-dyer (NOT REPUTABLE, BUT FUN TO READ)
Wohl, Anthony S. Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1983. pp. 34-35. (REPUTABLE BUT SHORT)
Rose, Lionel (1986). Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Britain, 1800-1939. Routledge. p. 161. (REPUTABLE)Yes, this was the correct choice! Woman 2 had four children, but she didn't kill them.
Instead, they grew up to marry and have families of their own. I guess not all serial killeers want to get rid of their children.
You're getting close to discovering her identity, so let's make [[Exploring]] the last clue easy.You'd be surprised at the number of serial killers who had children. Gesche Gottfried had two.
Unfortunately, she murdered them along with her parents, two of her husbands, and her fiance.
Anyways, you chose wrong, so you'll have to go back to [[The Case]].
But, if you want to know more about good old Gesche, feel free to look at these sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/female-serial-killers#9 (NOT REPUTABLE, BUT GETS TO THE POINT)
https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=25ScZyRyyRhTxMrbxn38DrKiDl_HmC8gqGTlPDfo.prod-fly9?method=simpleSearch&reset=true&cqlMode=true&query=swiRef%3D11869670X&selectedCategory=any (REBUTABLE, BUT IN GERMAN)
Clue number 2 says that "The murderer has inspired many tales."
[[Murderer 1]] was a Countess.
[[Murderer 2]] lived in Tokyo.
[[Murderer 3]] does not have the same last name as her partner.
Which one do you think would inspire many tales?Yes! Elizabeth Bathory is our serial killer. You solved the case, so take a deep breath!
Finished, great because the case doesn't stop here.
Look at these [[CONFIDENTIAL FILES]] on our killer. We need to see what she's capable of. Miyuki Ishikawa was a midwife in Tokyo, but she didn't have children. Guess you should go back to [[The Case]].
Below is a Wikipedia page about her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki_Ishikawa
BONUS POINTS: Scroll to the bottom of the Wikipedia page and find a reputable source that you can rely on if you were to research her.You may have chosen this one because you rememered that the serial killer was someone who refused to change their last name.
This would be clever, except Myra Hindley and Ian Brady weren't married.
They did, however, kill 5 children between the ages of 10 and 17. Guess you're headed back to [[The Case]].
You could also read more about this not-so-lovely couple:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/child-murderers#5 (NOT REBUTABLE, BUT DOES HAVE AN INTERESTING GALLERY)
Murphy, Thérèse, and Noel Whitty. “The Question of Evil and Feminist Legal Scholarship.” Feminist Legal Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, Feb. 2006, pp. 1–26. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10691-006-9012-3. (JUST ONE OF MANY REPUTABLE SOURCES)The files below are CONFIDENTIAL and shouldn't be shared with anyone outside of this department.
Look at the source and tell me which set is reputable.
[[Set 1]] includes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory (WEB SOURCE)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/famous-serial-killers#11 (WEB SOURCE)
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory (WEB SOURCE)
[[Set 2]]
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-female-murderer (WEB SOURCE)
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/431/did-dracula-really-exist (WEB SOURCE)
McNally, Raymond T. (1983). Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-045671-2. (BOOK SOURCE)
[[Set 3]]
Bledsaw, Rachael Leigh. No Blood in the Water: The Legal and Gender Conspiracies Against Countess Elizabeth Bathory in Historical Context (Thesis). Illinois State University. (BOOK SOURCE)
Sceats, Sarah. “Oral Sex: Vampiric Transgression and the Writing of Angela Carter.” Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001, pp. 107–121. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/464470. (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
McNally, Raymond T. (1983). Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-045671-2. (BOOK SOURCE)
Looks like you chose [[Elizabeth Bathory]]. Let's find out if you were right...Looks like you chose [[Miyuki Ishikawa]]. Let's see if you were right.You chose [[Myra Hindley]]. Let's see if you're right! Set 1 is great if you're looking for sources that tell you information, but aren't going to be the PRIMARY SOURCE for your argument.
In other words, for an investigation like ours, you wouldn't want to use set 1.
What are the giveaways?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory (WEB SOURCE)
1. Wikipedia should NEVER be used as a primary source. You can look at the sources at the bottom and see if any of them are reputable, but Wikipedia itself is not trustworthy because anyone can make a page and add edits. Granted, there are people who try to moderate these posts, but they don't always succeed in weeding out the incorrect info. It's best to do more in depth research.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/famous-serial-killers#11 (WEB SOURCE)
2. I don't know that I would trust a source titled "Straight Dope." There is no indication on the website that it has been peer reviwed by anyone. Also, the website is set up as an advice column, which means that the evidence would be biased and unreliable.
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory (WEB SOURCE)
3. History Today has the same issues as the other two. It's great for garnering interest in the topic, but with shows about aliens, I don't know that you can trust anything from the History Channel anymore.
Guess you're haeding back to view [[The Case]] now. Set 2 was an okay choice, but it's not the choice that will lead us to closing this case.
What's wrong with these sources? I'll tell you:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-female-murderer (WEB SOURCE)
The Guinness Book of World Records is an impressive book. However, I wouldn't call it peer or academically review. Like with the sources in Set 1, this is just for general topic ideas. I wouldn't list it as a primary source, but as a secondary one.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/431/did-dracula-really-exist (WEB SOURCE)
This article was part of Set 1, but I'll type the response again:
I don't know that I would trust a source titled "Straight Dope." There is no indication on the website that it has been peer reviwed by anyone. Also, the website is set up as an advice column, which means that the evidence would be biased and unreliable.
McNally, Raymond T. (1983). Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-045671-2. (BOOK SOURCE)
This source IS reputable. Why? For two reasons. First, it is a book source. In most cases, book sources are more reliable because you can get the publishing information in order to confirm its accuracy. The second reason is that the book was published by McGraw Hill. McGraw Hill is a company known to produce textbooks for schools. Therefore, they are credible.
However, since only one of the sources seems to be reputable, this answer sends you back to the beginning of [[The Case]]. Yes! Set 3 contains sources that we can trust. Can you tell me why each of these are trustworthy
?
Bledsaw, Rachael Leigh. No Blood in the Water: The Legal and Gender Conspiracies Against Countess Elizabeth Bathory in Historical Context (Thesis). Illinois State University. (BOOK SOURCE)
Sceats, Sarah. “Oral Sex: Vampiric Transgression and the Writing of Angela Carter.” Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001, pp. 107–121. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/464470. (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
McNally, Raymond T. (1983). Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-045671-2. (BOOK SOURCE)
[[Congratulations!]]I'm glad that you made it to this point. Now that you've solved the case, take some time to write up your report using one of the sources below:
Bledsaw, Rachael Leigh. No Blood in the Water: The Legal and Gender Conspiracies Against Countess Elizabeth Bathory in Historical Context (Thesis). Illinois State University. (BOOK SOURCE)
Sceats, Sarah. “Oral Sex: Vampiric Transgression and the Writing of Angela Carter.” Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001, pp. 107–121. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/464470. (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
McNally, Raymond T. (1983). Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-045671-2. (BOOK SOURCE)
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