We take a decidedly darker turn this week, diving into the facts behind Mindhunter, streaming on Netflix and inspired by the book of the same name by our boy John E. Douglas. The show fictionalizes the story of how John, along with Robert Ressler and Dr. Ann Burgess, created and developed the FBI's protocol for criminal profiling by interviewing and analyzing serially violent criminals.   

Find links to our sources at https://tinyurl.com/y53gxlny   

We are both people who combat our fears by arming ourselves with information about the things that scare us most, but the men we discuss today committed truly vile and disturbing acts. If listening will be detrimental to your mental health, please turn us off and rejoin us next week to talk about the Queen of Atlanta, Nene Leakes.

 

CONTENT WARNING:  This episode deals with violent crime including murder (and in particular, murder of family members), stalking, torture, sexual assault, and desecration of corpses.

 

ANTI-VIOLENCE RESOURCES:

RAINN - Largest anti-sexual violence organization in the US. Telephone hotline: 1-800-656-4673. Online hotline: hotline.rainn.org   

National Domestic Violence Hotline - US-based. Telephone hotline: 1-800-799-7233. TTY hotline: 1-800-787-3224. Website with online hotline: thehotline.org

National Center for Victims of Crime: US-based. victimsofcrime.org. Programs include:

- National Crime Victim Bar Association, which connects victims with civil attorneys, trains victim advocates, and organizes a yearly national conference bringing together victim advocates, civil attorneys, criminal justice professionals, and LEO. https://victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/national-crime-victim-bar-association

- VictimConnect Resource Center https://victimconnect.org/

- Tribal Resource Mapping Project https://victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/tribal-resource-mapping-project

 

If you are outside of the United States, there is a database of resources, including a list of international hotlines at http://www.vachss.com/help_text/hotlines_intl.html

 

 Strains smoked this episode:

Gelato 41 by Canna Organix   Mother Tongue by Dawg Star

 

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