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MINDHUNTER

Published: Feb. 14, 2024, 9:10 p.m.

In the early 1970\u2019s, F.B.I agent, John E. Douglas, created and managed the FBI's Criminal Profiling Program, now called the Behavioral Analysis Unit.\xa0Agent Douglas became the inspiration for the character Jack Crawford in \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs,\u201d played by actor Scott Glenn.

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Douglas has interviewed numerous\xa0serial killers and other violent sex offenders\xa0at various prisons, including\xa0David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson and\nothers.

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In the late 1990\u2019s he formed a partnership with author and documentary producer, Mark Olshaker, called MINDHUNTER, INC. Together they wrote numerous True Crime books, based on John\u2019s experiences in the field. One of their books, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI\u2019s Elite Serial Crime Unit was the basis for the popular Netflix series, of the same name.

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Author and Mindhunter, Mark Olshaker, joins me today on Murder Most Foul.