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John Edward Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is an American retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was one of the first criminal profilers and has written and co-written books on criminal psychology , true crime novels, and his biography.
Jan 12, 2022 · John Douglas is the pioneer of criminal profiling. The former FBI agent’s autobiographical book Mindhunter — now a critically acclaimed Netflix series by the same name — explains how he assisted in murder investigations by getting inside the heads of some of the world’s worst serial killers.
Oct 20, 2022 · Netflix’s “Mindhunter” was inspired by the FBI’s first criminal profiler, John Douglas. As chief of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, he...
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May 29, 2019 · John Douglas is a former FBI agent who pioneered the art of criminal profiling and interviewed some of the most notorious serial killers in history. In this interview, he talks about his life's work, his techniques, his challenges, and his new book The Killer Across the Table.
Legendary Profiler & FBI Investigative Support Unit Founder. As an innovator at the FBI in the late 1970s, John Douglas developed new investigative techniques for hunting serial killers, sex offenders, and other violent offenders.
Legendary Profiler & FBI Investigative Support Unit Founder. John Douglas Bio Clip. Watch on. Along with an impressive 25 years with the FBI, pioneering criminal profiling and assisting in investigations by getting inside the heads of some of the world’s worst serial killers, details of John’s work lives on in movies such as ‘Silence of ...
Aug 25, 2019 · John E. Douglas was one of the first criminal profilers in the FBI, who interviewed over 1,000 serial killers, including Bundy, Manson and Heidnik. He inspired the Netflix series Mindhunter, where he is portrayed by Holden Ford.
