Author: John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
- Non-Fiction
- Editorial Crítica
- ISBN: 9788417067595
- Release Date: 03-12-2019
Synopsis
Es la historia, contada por él mismo, de John Douglas, el hombre que revolucionó las técnicas para estudiar las mentes de los criminales en serie. Durante veinticinco años como agente especial del FBI, Douglas contribuyó a resolver los casos más difíciles, con aciertos asombrosos, como el que le llevó a anticipar la personalidad de un asesino de niños en Atlanta, contradiciendo las opiniones de la mayoría. Este libro no es sólo el relato de su carrera, sino una escalofriante exploración de las mentes de los asesinos en serie, basada en sus interrogatorios a personajes como David Berkowitz, «el hijo de Sam»; Charles Manson; Edmund Kemper, que comenzó su carrera criminal a los catorce años; Thomas Vanda… Exploraciones que explican que Patricia Cornwell afirme: «Con Douglas entendemos por qué hay monstruos».
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.
