Edmund Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, David Berkowitz, Herbert Mullin are some examples.
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1. The creation of interstate highway system was relatively recent, which made it easier than ever before for serial killers to kill someone they’ve never met and then just leave the area right away. It is a lot harder to successfully get away with many murders over the course of a long period of time if all of the murders have to be nearby where you live.
2. Back then local police departments didn’t really communicate with police departments in different jurisdictions so it was difficult for the police to track the killings back to one individual. This lack of communication is no longer the case.
3. Back then there were no smart phones so it was much easier to get away with it. These days a serial killer knows that anyone they try to kill will have a devise that can record them, livestream their interaction, and track their location so doing the killing requires a much higher level of skill to get away with it.
4. Back then we did not have an understanding of the psychology of serial killers. Today, it is much easier for the police to catch the killer before they are able to rack up a huge number of killings because they can create a profile for who the killer is and then narrow down who they are looking for.
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