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Clues from killers

serial murder and crime scene messages
2004
Examines the crimes and victims of ten notorious serial killers and the letters and messages they send or leave behind for investigators to find and provides details into the psychological profile of criminals such as Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, Unibomber, and the D.C. snipers.

Tracker

hunting down serial killers
2005
Dr. Godwin shares how he developed his program for psycho-geographic profiling, which helps the FBI track serial killers by creating profiles of the killers with information on where the murderer lives and where they may strike next.

Tenderness

2004
A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.

Obsession

the FBI's legendary profiler probes, the psyches of killers, rapists, and stalkers and their victims and tells how to fight back
1998
A federal agent discusses the practice of behavioral profiling of serial criminals in which he uses psychological assessments to solve crimes and catch criminals.

Bike path rapist

a cop's firsthand account of catching the killer who terrorized a community
2009
Provides an account of the investigation into a series of rapes and murders that occurred in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, over the course of twenty-five years in the 1980s and 1990s, discussing the incarceration and eventual release of an innocent man convicted of two of the crimes, and the apprehension of the real killer.

The Jeffrey Dahmer story

an American nightmare
1995
An account of the bizarre case of Jeffrey Dahmer--the son of middle-class parents whose ten-year murdering spree is possibly responsible for the deaths of more than sixteen people--describes Dahmer's background and the uncovering of his crimes.

Counterfeit son

2000
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.

Concrete jungle

1995
When a serial killer begins leaving dead bodies around New York City, detectives Rasche and Shaefer work together to find the murderer before he can strike again.

The e-mail murders

2001
P.C. and Mackenzie hunt for a serial killer who strikes in their hotel in Monaco.

Hannibal

2000
FBI agent Clarice Starling's involvement in a dramatic drug bust brings her once again to the attention of cannibal killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter who escaped from custody seven years earlier after helping Clarice nab a serial murderer.

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