MURDER ONE -- 2008 March

Class Description

In this class writers will travel into the minds of well-known serial killers such as Edmond Emil Kemper III, David Berkowitz, ("Son of Sam") Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, and others, who describe in their own words why they killed. Explore the personality traits that drove to them kill, and how to apply these same characteristics to a fictional character. Learn what criminologists know about the childhoods of most serial killers that will give writers valuable information and ideas for back story. Discover the psychological condition that explains why seemingly normal people can calmly kill people close to them–as in the real–life case of a Sunday school teacher who killed two husbands. This is a fascinating course that will help writers create their own deviant characters and arm their protagonists with the psychological tools they'll need to catch their fictional killers.

Instructor - Bio

For 30 years Lucinda Schroeder worked as a federal agent for the Department of the Interior. She was the first female agent to conduct undercover operations in her agency and continued to do so until she retired in 2004. Schroeder teaches undercover classes to police departments and federal agents through a program called "Bullet Proof Covert Identities." She is the author of "A Hunt for Justice" (Lyons Press) which is based on one of her cases where she infiltrated an illegal big game hunting camp in Alaska and took it down. "A true story that reads like a mystery." Tony Hillerman.

$15 Members

$30 Non-Members

Questions? Contact Murder One Coordinator