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‘Serial killer’ NOT coined by FBI in 1970s

September 15, 2019

For decades it has been generally accepted that the term ‘Serial killer’ was first coined by FBI agent Robert K. Ressler in the late 1970s. It wasn’t. According to my dictionary coining a term or phrase means; “to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first … More ‘Serial killer’ NOT coined by FBI in 1970s

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