Unlocked: Premium 03 - FBI vs PTK round 1, or, Behavioral Science or BS?
Programmed to Chill
English - August 07, 2023 17:13 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(episode unlocked from Patreon due to the increased popularity and skepticism of Programmed to Kill)
Today, I look at the concept of serial killers as laid out by the FBI, specifically in Agent John E. Douglas's book 'Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit' and Netflix series, and then I compare it to Dave McGowan's 'Programmed to Kill: the Politics of Serial Murder'. I talk about the history of the concept, specifically the FBI's revisionism in pretending they invented the study of serial killers.
Then I go into Ed Kemper (and to a lesser degree Herb Mullin) as depicted in the book and show, and the very interesting facts that get curiously left out of these popular histories. Full warning: it gets pretty weird, as we get into 'behavioral modification' experiments at Atascadero and Vacaville, and if Vacaville comes up, you know the Symbionese Liberation Army will as well.
Song:
Murder On My Mind by YNW Melly
Links:
https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/
www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill
https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/