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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Paperback – October 24, 2017

by John E. Douglas (Author), Mark Olshaker (Author)

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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.

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.

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John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody else in the world.

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John Douglas is the legendary FBI criminal profiler and former Chief of the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit where he researched, investigated, and conducted interviews of some of America’s most violent criminals. Over the past half-century, he either directly worked on or had overall supervision in over 5,000 violent crime cases. He is one of the foremost experts of the criminal mind, its methods, and motivations. Douglas is a veteran of the United States Air Force and holds a doctorate degree in Education, and lives with his wife, Pamela, in the Washington, DC, area.

Mark Olshaker is an Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker and author of thirteen nonfiction books and five novels, including Einstein’s Brain and The Edge. His books with former FBI Special Agent and criminal profiling pioneer John Douglas, beginning with Mindhunter and most recently When a Killer Calls, have sold millions of copies and have been translated into many languages. Mindhunter was recently adapted by David Fincher into a critically acclaimed and award-winning dramatic series on Netflix. Olshaker and his wife, Carolyn, an attorney, live in the Washington, DC, area.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books; Media Tie-In edition (October 24, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501191969
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501191961
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches

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Customers find the book fascinating, honest, and chilling. They describe the reading experience as fascinating, happy with the quality, and well-written. Readers also appreciate the visuals as interesting and compelling. Opinions differ on the pacing, with some finding it fast and moving, while others say it goes slow and jumps around a lot.

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427 customers mention "Reading experience"427 positive0 negative

Customers find the book fascinating, interesting, and a page-turner. They also say it's fascinating from an historical point of view. Customers are happy with the quality and speed of shipping. They describe the book as honest, professional, and gut-wrenching.

"Great story about Profiler John Douglas. You will be captivated by his story. Hard to put the book down!!" Read more

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212 customers mention "Content"192 positive20 negative

Customers find the book fascinating, full of detail, and a good introduction to the work of the FBI Behavioral Science. They also say the author does a fine job telling of his experiences and creating effective interrogation tactics. Readers say the book is crafted to show the real, human side of a really smart, cool, brave, athletic, and good guy. They say it makes for a great source of fact checking the TV show and is truly haunting as well as insightful reading.

"...Besides those two points Dr. Douglas did a fine job telling of his experiences and definitely got me interested in the field of investigative..." Read more

"Love this book and the updated prologue." Read more

"...using the media to draw out criminals, and he also created some effective interrogation tactics...." Read more

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143 customers mention "Readability"114 positive29 negative

Customers find the book well-written, descriptive, and personable. They say the writing flows and makes the content come alive. Readers also say it's one of the most significant books on societal ills and a true understanding of individuals.

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"...I enjoy memoirs and found his writing style highly readable, relishing the book from the get-go...." Read more

"...FBI agents account of hunting criminals... count me in and extremely well written" Read more

"...a rather large paperback but the font size of the words in the book is large and easy to see and/or read if thats a concern you might have...." Read more

27 customers mention "Visuals"21 positive6 negative

Customers find the visuals in the book interesting, fascinating, and compelling. They also say the book exposes real-life cases and provides a compelling look at how criminals think.

"...is crafted to show how amazingly smart, cool, brave, athletic and good-looking John Douglas is...." Read more

"...Douglas annoyingly describes these people as being beautiful, pretty, and knockouts as if it's the only thing about them...." Read more

"This book provides a fascinating and insightful look into the work done by the FBI's BSU unit in solving the serial murder cases of the 70s-80s...." Read more

"...Overall the print quality is subpar. The cover and photos inside the book are fuzzy. The Netflix sticker is not a sticker, and is blurred...." Read more

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"...Told in a way that is straightforward, interesting and respectful. It's a great read unless you're rooting for the bad guy." Read more

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"...Initially I was fairly disappointed, but the book picks up quickly--it wasn't long before I found this book to be interesting to the point of being..." Read more

"...The start of Mind Hunter is a little slow as Douglas talks fairly in depth about his winding pathway into his career with the FBI...." Read more

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"...Honestly, I liked "Motive" better. "Mind Hunter" is pretty slow at the beginning when it's basically just Douglas's autobiography...." Read more

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Customers find the writing style egotistical, self-centered, and boring. They also say the author is sleazy and proud of his choice to write the book. Customers also mention that the book tends to moralize a bit.

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"...The author was very judgemental, almost as if he couldn't help himself, calling people (not just the criminals) "losers" frequently...." Read more

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Trisha

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2024

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Douglas is a great author and I would highly recommend his books to everyone!

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024

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Great story about Profiler John Douglas. You will be captivated by his story. Hard to put the book down!!

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J. Fallon

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As a senior at the University of Maryland double majoring in Criminal Justice and Psychology I picked up this book because of professional interests. The beginning is told like most prideful autobiographies that have the intention of communicating the God-like nature of the author (think Dick Marcinco - The Rogue Warrior, Frank W. Abagnale Jr. - Catch Me If You Can etc.)The descriptions of John Douglas' younger years were kind of tedious and uninteresting(the first 65 pages or so,) as the reason I picked up the book was to get a better overall understanding of investigative profiling.

Most of the book is fairly well written, and interesting to read. Douglas points out that he has been the lead profiler in many of the serial crimes cases that Americans seem to wet their pants over. (The Unabomber, The Atlanta-Child Murderer, The Green River Killer) He also describes the process by which he interviewed many serial killers after they were caught. Most of the book is dedicated to showing the accuracy of criminal profiles when done by someone who knows what they're talking about. Douglas proves this point over and over again, making ney-sayers look stupid over and over again.

I enjoyed the book, but I had several issues with its content.

1. When Douglas relates his first person encounters with criminal interviewing he often goes into an extremely poor writing style exchanging the first person for the second, and exchanging the past tense for the present. He also is fond of using the term "like" a lot just like a valley girl. An example of this would be "Then we were all like this guy is crazy. . ." instead of "I knew what the other team members were thinking, we all thought he was crazy. . ." Because of this, I often found myself rephrasing this poor form of writing while I was reading it in order to get a better understanding.

2. It has some fallacious information do to the publication date. I think newer editions should come with extra content do to the development of what has recently happened in several cases mentioned in the end of the book. Mainly that the Green-River killer turned out to be - one person(not three) - Garry Ridgway; And that BTK was caught and shown to be Dennis Rader. Douglas also gives a bit of spurious information at the end about how Jack the Ripper was the first media sensationalized serial killer - that was actually Gilles De Rais. He probably just didn't consider the French media of the 1400's to be sensationalized enough.

Besides those two points Dr. Douglas did a fine job telling of his experiences and definitely got me interested in the field of investigative criminal profiling. If your looking for a more collegiate version of this book without the personal annals check out Robert K. Resslers (John Douglas' partner) Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside The Criminal Mind

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Klingensmith

gruesomely informative

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024

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I now make extra sure to lock the doors and, much to my family’s annoyance, have profiled all of them.

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Great item

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2024

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Great quality item. Arrived super fast!

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2024

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024

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Love this book and the updated prologue.

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Superman

Obsess much?

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024

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This is an interesting book as it pertains to the stories of these killers and the profiling that went on to help catch them. 400 pages of the author patting himself on the back, however, makes this a difficult read. One of the themes of the profiling is how all these killers feel inadequate to some degree. Clearly John Douglas feels inadequate as well because he simply cannot stop talking about how perfect he is. The man was never wrong. When he compared himself to the Lone Ranger, I threw in the towel. The writing makes this an exhausting read as you’re waiting for the conceit to let up but it never does. It really ruined the book for me.

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Hartley Rosenberg

Very informative book on how these types criminal behaviors. Trying to get in their heads.

Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2024

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Well written by real people dealing with very horrific crimes.

Katya Deyanira Céspedes Solís

Interesante

Reviewed in Mexico on January 3, 2024

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Buen libro

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Lisa

Good read !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2024

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This book was bought as a gift for someone so I can't give a personal review of how good it was.

But the recipient who is an avid book reader said it was excellent and very informative.

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Emily Helal

A true crime classic

Reviewed in Egypt on July 1, 2024

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Adapted into a recent Netflix series of the same name, Mindhunter is a fascinating journey into criminal nightmares.

Espectacular! Cassete, radio, CD tudo com um óptimo som, mas o vinil tem um som espectacular. Estou muito satisfeita com esta compra e recomendo imenso!!!

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Ainda não o acabei, mas é de leitura viciante!
Recomendo imenso para quem gosta de saber mais sobre o trabalho do FBI relativamente a serial killers.

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