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John Edward Douglas (born June 18, 1945) [1] [2] [3] 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.
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 his character Holden Ford is loosely based on him.
Jan 12, 2022 · John Douglas is the pioneer of criminal profiling and the inspiration for the Netflix series Mindhunter. He interviewed notorious killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, and helped solve cases like the Atlanta Child Murders.
FBI Special agent. 25 years at the FBI, and the founder of the FBI’s elite serial crime unit, John is known as ‘The Architect of Criminal Profiling’. MindHunter. TV Show. NETFLIX released 2 seasons of the ‘Mindhunter’ drama based on John Douglas’s book of the same name. Movies.
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.
Jan 18, 2023 · John Edward Douglas is a former FBI agent and one of the world’s premier criminal profilers. He worked to bring numerous serial killers to justice and to understand what leads some people to commit such brutal murders in the first place.
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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