Two of the most famous Canadian murderers are serial killer Clifford Robert Olson and mass murderer Marc Lépine. What they did shocked our country and angered many. They of course had their reasons for this though. So what makes someone murder many people and what, exactly, is the difference between serial and mass murder?
École Polytechnique at the University of Montreal was the scene of a tragic incident on December 6 1989. Marc Lépine, only 25 years old, shot 14 women, stabbing one to death, and wounding 13 others; only taking 20 minutes to act out his plan; at the end he shot himself. The reasons for his siege were quite clear though. In a letter that he wrote that day, which was found in his jacket pocket, as well as everything he said during this 20 minutes, told everyone why he had done this. Marc believed that feminists were the reasons that he could not get or keep a job. It seemed that he had done his research, a list of 19 women who were in positions of power, such as various police women and politicians, was found complete with their phone numbers; but he decided he did not have the time to find all of them, instead he would kill women who were trying to get ahead in occupations, he thought, were meant for men; showing why this school was chosen- École Polytechnique is an engineering school.
Marc Lépine was a mass murderer. What he did killed a lot of people at the same time which is the difference between mass and serial murderer. Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was a serial killer. Over a long period of time he murdered a lot of people, and he didn't commit suicide in the end, like most mass murderers do.
Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was born in Vancouver BC, and at the end of his long murder career, he would admit to eleven murders that took place all over the province. During his child, unlike most serial murderers, he grew up in a stable home, yet showed signs of delinquency at a young age. He was known as a bully and rumoured to torture and kill animals. At the age of 13 he was arrested for the first time for theft. His first murder victim was 12 year old Christine Weller. On November 17 1980 he abducted her and she was found later on strangled with a belt and stabbed several times. His next two victims were 13 year old Colleen Daignault, on April 16 1981, and 16 year old Daryn Johnsrude, who was found bludgeoned to death with a hammer and thrown into a ditch. Just one month after the murder of Colleen Daignault, Clifford got married, while still under suspicions of molesting a 5 yr. old girl, but the case was dropped due to lack of evidence. He than took someone's life just four days after the wedding, 16 year old Sandra Wolfsteiner; and one month later, Ada Court, 13. In the next month, July, Clifford killed six more youth. by this point police were getting suspicious. Only three bodies had been found, and the latter seven were tentatively being called runaways, but the police quickly realised that there was a serial killer. Louise Chatrand, 17, was his last victim, she was buried in a shallow grave on July 30. On August 12, Clifford was arrested for the abduction of two girls, ending his long murdering streak.
Upon his arrest, Olson decided to make a deal, in turn for the 11 bodies, he wanted $10,000 given to his wife for each body he gave the police; giving the first one as a 'freebie'. In the end, the families of the missing children just wanted a proper burial, so the deal was made; giving Olson's wife $100,000. In January 1982, Olson plead guilty to 11 counts of murder and was given 11 life sentences. Trying for parole for a few times, has not been helpful for him, he is still in maximum security jail.
For crimes such as these I think that there is no way to know it is going to happen and to stop it. Nobody knew of what Marc Lépine wanted to do, and even as it was happening the police were unwilling to go inside the school because they didn't know where, exactly, he was in the building. As for Clifford Olson, his victims ranged from gender to age, making evidence and catching him quite hard. It was also his mistake of getting caught on a back road that led to his arrest, not the work of the police. Therefore I think that catching murderers is only really possible, if the murderers aren't very good at it and leave a lot of evidence, or police can read peoples minds, and they can't.
Marc Lépine was a mass murderer. What he did killed a lot of people at the same time which is the difference between mass and serial murderer. Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was a serial killer. Over a long period of time he murdered a lot of people, and he didn't commit suicide in the end, like most mass murderers do.
Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was born in Vancouver BC, and at the end of his long murder career, he would admit to eleven murders that took place all over the province. During his child, unlike most serial murderers, he grew up in a stable home, yet showed signs of delinquency at a young age. He was known as a bully and rumoured to torture and kill animals. At the age of 13 he was arrested for the first time for theft. His first murder victim was 12 year old Christine Weller. On November 17 1980 he abducted her and she was found later on strangled with a belt and stabbed several times. His next two victims were 13 year old Colleen Daignault, on April 16 1981, and 16 year old Daryn Johnsrude, who was found bludgeoned to death with a hammer and thrown into a ditch. Just one month after the murder of Colleen Daignault, Clifford got married, while still under suspicions of molesting a 5 yr. old girl, but the case was dropped due to lack of evidence. He than took someone's life just four days after the wedding, 16 year old Sandra Wolfsteiner; and one month later, Ada Court, 13. In the next month, July, Clifford killed six more youth. by this point police were getting suspicious. Only three bodies had been found, and the latter seven were tentatively being called runaways, but the police quickly realised that there was a serial killer. Louise Chatrand, 17, was his last victim, she was buried in a shallow grave on July 30. On August 12, Clifford was arrested for the abduction of two girls, ending his long murdering streak.
Upon his arrest, Olson decided to make a deal, in turn for the 11 bodies, he wanted $10,000 given to his wife for each body he gave the police; giving the first one as a 'freebie'. In the end, the families of the missing children just wanted a proper burial, so the deal was made; giving Olson's wife $100,000. In January 1982, Olson plead guilty to 11 counts of murder and was given 11 life sentences. Trying for parole for a few times, has not been helpful for him, he is still in maximum security jail.
For crimes such as these I think that there is no way to know it is going to happen and to stop it. Nobody knew of what Marc Lépine wanted to do, and even as it was happening the police were unwilling to go inside the school because they didn't know where, exactly, he was in the building. As for Clifford Olson, his victims ranged from gender to age, making evidence and catching him quite hard. It was also his mistake of getting caught on a back road that led to his arrest, not the work of the police. Therefore I think that catching murderers is only really possible, if the murderers aren't very good at it and leave a lot of evidence, or police can read peoples minds, and they can't.
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