Title: Mindhunter
Description: Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals—the basis for the upcoming Netflix original series.

In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases—and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.

During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.

As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.
Subjects: Psychology, Serial murderers, Officials and employees, United States, Serial murder investigation, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Behavioral Science Unit, Biography, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Serial murders, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Behavioral Science Unit, Case studies, FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit, FBI Academy, Criminal investigation, united states, United states, federal bureau of investigation, Violence, psychological aspects, True crime, True Crime / Espionage, Murder - General, Social Science, Sociology, Criminology, Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement, Biography & Autobiography / General, Criminal investigation, Employees, Serial Murders-Federal Bureau of Investigation-Officials & Employees, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2019-09-22, New York Times bestseller, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Places: United States
People: John E. Douglas
Time periods: 1960's through 2000's