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Dr. Jack Levin speaks on Serial Killers... and so much more

Dr. Jack Levin came to BVU today.  Let me tell you… I see a lot of events, whether it’s a performance or a lecture, and he was one of the most fascinating lectures that I’ve listened to in a while.  Not only did he speak about serial killers, but he also added in jokes, I guess so that it lightened up this serious topic. 

He started off his lecture by confronting the comment that he know was on all of our minds.  “Wow,” I thought to myself when I first booked him and got his press kit.  “He looks like Albert Einstein.”  And that’s how he started off his lecture.  Telling us that he’s been told he looks like Einstein, both of the guys from Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, the grandfather on the old Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more. 

Dr. Levin showed pictures, not too gruesome, but enough pictures of “normal” looking people who were serial killers and just a body or two.  He told us stories such as what they did and how the media sensationalizes serial killers.  The showed us t-shirts that people have made with serial killers on them as well as playing cards that are with serial killers pictures. 

I spoke to Dr. Levin both before and after the event, and I have to say that whether he was talking about serial killers or his personal life, he’s one of the most interesting persons I have spoken with.  He admitted that all those shows like Law and Order, CSI, Without a Trace, etc are extremely dramatized in how they come to their DNA conclusions with the perfect finger print, but he does enjoy watching Law and Order: SVU and Monk. 

A small group of students, staff, and a faculty member stayed for 2 hours after the event talking about shows, profiling, like, rape, among other sources of topics.  I’m happy that a few students were so intrigued by what he spoke about that they would stay longer to listen to his stories and thoughts… and that’s what makes me proud to be a part of ACES. 

Posted at 12:00AM Sep 14, 2006 by Wagner Wagner in General  |  Comments[0]