Mark Olshaker

Now a Netflix original series 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.

Dzhon Duglas - legenda amerikanskoj kriminalnoj psikhologii i psikhiatrii. Ego obraz leg v osnovu sozdanija znamenitogo Dzheka Krouforda iz "Molchanija jagnjat", po motivam knig Dzhona Duglasa byl snjat serial "Myslit kak prestupnik". Etot chelovek sozdal i razrabotal metodiku sostavlenija psikhologicheskogo profilja prestupnika, blagodarja kotoroj statistka raskryvaemosti serijnykh ubijstv vyrosla v neskolko raz. Na schetu Duglasa svyshe tysjachi rassledovannykh del, svjazannykh s soversheniem tjazhelejshikh prestuplenij, v tom chisle zverskikh serijnykh ubijstv, ubijstv, svjazannykh s pokhischenijami i seksualnoj ekspluatatsiej detej v SSHA. V etoj knige Dzhon Duglas rasskazyvaet o rabote svoego otdela, o naibolee interesnykh sluchajakh iz svoej praktiki.

Legendarnyj profajler FBR Dzhon Duglas pogruzhaetsja v soznanie samykh zhestokikh serijnykh ubijts XX veka, chtoby raspoznat istinnoe litso zla, poka ne stalo slishkom pozdno. V etoj knige vy najdete unikalnyj vzgljad iznutri na rabotu profajlera: uznaete, kak sozdajutsja psikhologicheskie profili prestupnikov, pochemu serijnye ubijtsy mogut vygljadet kak vashi znakomye, kak opytnyj agent vyslezhivaet ikh po ele zametnym detaljam, gde prokhodit gran mezhdu obychnoj zhiznju i nastojaschej tmoj i chto chuvstvuet chelovek, gljadja v glaza nastojaschemu monstru. Dlja tekh, kto ne boitsja uznat pravdu o prirode prestuplenija i khochet ponjat, kak rabotajut okhotniki za chudovischami.

An urgent, gripping, and prescient warning about the inevitable next worldwide pandemic-and what we must do to prepare ourselves-from the New York Times bestselling authors of Deadliest Enemy. The Covid-19 pandemic has been the most devastating natural event the world has experienced in the last century. Millions have been stricken, many with lasting debilitating effects; more than 7 million have died around the globe; millions more are out of work, scrambling for basic resources; companies and businesses across the country have failed; social and racial inequities have been brought to the surface and amplified; and the global economy has plummeted. And yet, as horrifying as the Covid-19 pandemic has been, we must realize that it is not actually "the Big One"-the pandemic prospect that haunts the nightmares of epidemiologists and public health officials everywhere, a catastrophe with the potential to alter life across the world on every meaningful level-unless we are properly prepared to deal with it. In The Big One, founding director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Dr. Michael T. Osterholm and acclaimed author Mark Olshaker examine the lessons of past pandemics, show how the United States and other countries failed to apply those lessons and the emerging science in confronting Covid-19, and look to the future, projecting what the next pandemics might look like and the strategies to mitigate them. The Big One is a comprehensive, compelling, and much-needed wake-up call and reality check from a disease detective who has been on the front lines of outbreak investigations, was one of the first to call Covid-19 a pandemic, and has been consistently correct and accurate about the impact of coronaviruses. The Big One strips away the myths, misinformation, and wishful thinking, such as our ability to prevent a deadly pandemic spread through the air. This book, instead, provides a prescription to survive such a cataclysm with our lives and social order intact. Fail to act, and the Big One could make the devastation of Covid-19 pale in comparison. This is a book about virus versus humanity, hubris versus humility, lofty vision versus dreams that can turn into nightmares, and what we can do in an ideal world versus the reality of what we must do in the one we all live in.

TEPER SERIAL NETFLIX. Legendarnyj profajler FBR Dzhon Duglas, prototip Dzheka Krouforda iz "Molchanija jagnjat", raskryvaet mrachnye tajny samykh zhestokikh serijnykh ubijts i prestupnikov. Za dvadtsat pjat let raboty v Otdele sodejstvija rassledovanijam spetsialnyj agent Dzhon Duglas stal legendoj FBR, pervym nachav besedovat s serijnymi ubijtsami, chtoby ponjat ikh motivy, privychki i slabosti, - i tem samym zalozhiv osnovy kriminalnogo profilirovanija. On presledoval samykh zhestokikh manjakov svoego vremeni: okhotnika na prostitutok v lesakh Aljaski, ubijtsu detej v Atlante i Ubijtsu s Grin-River, delo kotorogo edva ne stoilo emu zhizni. S porazitelnoj detalizatsiej Duglas rasskazyvaet o rassledovanijakh, analiziruja stseny prestuplenij, vossozdavaja dejstvija ubijts i zhertv, vyjavljaja ikh privychki i predskazyvaja sledujuschie shagi. Cherez intervju s Charlzom Mensonom, Tedom Bandi i Devidom Kemperom Duglas demonstriruet, kak ego novatorskij podkhod pozvoljal vychisljat i lovit opasnejshikh prestupnikov. Zakhvatyvajuschaja i pugajuschaja, eta kniga raskryvaet, kak rabotaet razum ubijtsy - i kak ego mozhno perekhitrit. --------------- "Dzhon Duglas - blestjaschij spetsialist... On znaet o serijnykh ubijtsakh bolshe, chem kto-libo esche vo vsem mire". - Dzhonatan Demm, rezhisser filma "Molchanie jagnjat""Kogda delo dokhodit do tru-krajma, ni u kogo net takikh istorij, kak u Dzhona Duglasa". - Philadelphia Inquirer

Chetyre ugolovnykh dela i chetyre opasnykh manjaka, kotorye bez sochuvstvija i ugryzenij sovesti kholodnokrovno lishili zhizni drugikh ljudej. Kem oni byli do zakljuchenija i pochemu reshilis na ubijstva? V kroshechnoj komnate dlja doprosov byvshij agent FBR Dzhon Duglas razgovarivaet s kazhdym iz nikh i pytaetsja ponjat, kak zarozhdajutsja prestuplenija. Analiziruja materialy del, biografii i psikhologicheskie sostojanija ubijts, on rasskazyvaet o tom, kak oni dumajut i o tom, chto imi dvizhet.

Legendarnyj profajler FBR i prototip Dzheka Krouforda iz znamenitogo "Molchanija jagnjat" Dzhon Duglas issleduet istok vsekh prestuplenij: motiv ubijtsy. Pochemu prestupnik ubivaet? Kakie motivy im dvizhut? Obida? Mest? Vozhdelenie? Zhazhda priznanija i slavy? Odin iz rodonachalnikov kriminalnogo profajlinga, znamenityj spetsagent FBR Dzhon Duglas schitaet etot vopros kljuchevym v ponimanii lichnosti ubijtsy - i, sootvetstvenno, ego poimke. Otvetiv na vopros "Pochemu? ", mozhno otvetit na vopros "Kto? " - i reshit zagadku. Issleduja raznye motivy i metody prestuplenij, Dzhon Duglas rasskazyvaet o samykh rasprostranennykh tipakh serijnykh i massovykh ubijts. On vydeljaet obschie elementy v ikh biografijakh i pokazyvaet, kak eti znanija mogut primenjatsja k drugim vidam prestuplenij. Na primere zakhvatyvajuschikh istorij - dela Kharvi Li Osvalda, Unabombera, ubijstva Dzhanni Versache i mnogikh drugikh - legendarnyj "Okhotnik za razumom" pogruzhaet nas v razum nasilnikov, otravitelej, terroristov, podzhigatelej i assasinov. On nagljadno objasnjaet, pochemu ljudi idut na te ili inye prestuplenija, i uchit raspoznavat potentsialnykh ubijts, poka esche ne stalo slishkom pozdno... -- "Dzhon Duglas - blestjaschij spetsialist... On znaet o serijnykh ubijtsakh bolshe, chem kto-libo esche vo vsem mire". - Dzhonatan Demm, rezhisser filma "Molchanie jagnjat""Informativnaja i provokatsionnaja kniga, ot kotoroj nevozmozhno otorvatsja... Duglas vystupaet za vnimanie i nabljudatelnost, issleduet kriminalnuju motivatsiju i daet tsennye uroki togo, kak byt nacheku i uberechsja ot maloverojatnykh, no vse ravno smertelnykh ugroz sovremennogo obschestva". - Kirkus Review "Potrjasajuschaja kniga, polnostju obosnovannaja nauchno i izobilujuschaja informatsiej... Poklonniki detektivov i trillerov, takzhe te, komu interesno proniknut v kriminalnyj um, najdut ee tochnye nabljudenija i porazitelnye vyvody idealnym chteniem". - Biography Magazine

Dzhon Duglas - legenda amerikanskoj kriminalnoj psikhologii i psikhiatrii. Ego obraz leg v osnovu sozdanija znamenitogo Dzheka Krouforda iz "Molchanija jagnjat", po motivam knig Dzhona Duglasa byl snjat serial "Myslit kak prestupnik". Etot chelovek sozdal i razrabotal metodiku sostavlenija psikhologicheskogo profilja prestupnika, blagodarja kotoroj statistka raskryvaemosti serijnykh ubijstv vyrosla v neskolko raz. Na schetu Duglasa svyshe tysjachi rassledovannykh del, svjazannykh s soversheniem tjazhelejshikh prestuplenij, v tom chisle zverskikh serijnykh ubijstv, ubijstv, svjazannykh s pokhischenijami i seksualnoj ekspluatatsiej detej v SSHA. V etoj knige Dzhon Duglas rasskazyvaet o rabote svoego otdela, o naibolee interesnykh sluchajakh iz svoej praktiki.

Legendarnyj profajler FBR Dzhon Duglas vpervye otkrovenno rasskazyvaet ob iznanke svoej 25-letnej karery "okhotnika za razumom". Dzhon Duglas - legendarnyj profajler FBR i prototip detektiva Dzheka Krouforda v "Molchanii jagnjat". Nikto luchshe nego ne znaet, kak nuzhno vychisljat i lovit osobo opasnykh prestupnikov i serijnykh ubijts. Ob etom on rasskazal v svoikh knigakh, stavshikh mirovymi bestsellerami. No posle vykhoda na pensiju Dzhon Duglas perestal byt svjazannym professionalnoj etikoj s pravookhranitelnoj sistemoj SSHA. Vpervye i bez kupjur on govorit o tom, kak ne nuzhno lovit ubijts. Ne bojas kritikovat svoikh kolleg, Duglas opisyvaet samye spornye dela, s kotorymi lichno on imel delo. Dela, gde prestupniki ostalis na svobode, a nevinovnye ljudi otpravilis na elektricheskij stul. A takzhe - to, kak novatorskie sledstvennye metodiki pozvolili emu vosstanovit spravedlivost tam, gde eto bylo vozmozhno. -- "Kogda delo dokhodit do tru-krajma, ni u kogo net takikh istorij, kak u Dzhona Duglasa". - Philadelphia Inquirer "Kniga Duglasa neobkhodima vsem, kto interesuetsja tru-krajm istorijami". - Library Journal

Rasskazyvaet, kakie shagi pozvoljat chelovechestvu khotja by otchasti obezopasit sebja ot infektsionnykh zabolevanij. Kniga dopolnena novym predisloviem epidemiologa Majkla Osterkholma o COVID-19. Predrekaet, chto vsled za COVID-19 pridet novaja pandemija - esche masshtabnee i sereznee. Perevodchik: Olga KorchevskajaNauchnyj redaktor: Aleksandr MelnikovRedaktor: Marija NesmejanovaAvtory zaplanirovali etu knigu vo vremja epidemii likhoradki Ebola v 2014-2016 gg., a pisali ee vo vremja vspyshki likhoradki Zika. V protsesse raboty oni ne zabyli ob epidemii koronavirusa SARS 2002 g., vspyshke grippa H1N1 2009 g. i o MERS - koronaviruse 2012 g. Nakonets, posle vsego etogo mir stolknulsja s pandemiej COVID-19. A po zaverenijam avtorov objazatelno pridet i sledujuschaja pandemija, a za nej esche i esche. Skoree vsego, nas zhdet novyj virus grippa, ne menee smertonosnyj, chem "ispanka" 1918-1919 gg. Tolko eta pandemija budet razvorachivatsja v mire, gde zhivet v tri raza bolshe ljudej, gde est mezhdunarodnye aviaperevozki i suschestvujut megapolisy tretego mira - gotovye vzorvatsja porokhovye bochki. Kniga prizyvaet ispolzovat krizis, vyzvannyj COVID-19, kak urok i osnovu dlja podgotovki k buduschim sobytijam, chtoby oni ne zastali nas vrasplokh.

Legendarnyj profajler FBR i prototip Dzheka Krouforda iz znamenitogo "Molchanija jagnjat" Dzhon Duglas rasskazyvaet ob okhote na odnogo iz samykh opasnykh psikhopatov v ego karere - znamenitogo rasovogo ubijtsu Dzhozefa Franklina. Verujuschie vykhodjat iz sinagogi posle subbotnej sluzhby. Oni ne podozrevajut, chto vsego v polusotne metrov ikh terpelivo zhdet opytnyj strelok s okhotnichim ruzhem na izgotovku. Massovyj rasstrel, sluchivshijsja tem dnem, stal pervym v cherede krovavykh ubijstv, proizoshedshikh v pjati shtatakh, a takzhe porodil mnozhestvo posledovatelej iz chisla storonnikov prevoskhodstva belykh. Pomimo chernokozhikh, evreev i zhenschin, zapjatnavshikh "chistotu beloj rasy", ubijtsa po imeni Dzhozef Franklin vzorval dom evrejskogo lidera Morrisa Amitaja, streljal v izdatelja zhurnala Hustler Larri Flinta, navsegda prikovav ego k invalidnomu kreslu, i serezno ranil lidera dvizhenija za prava chernokozhikh Vernona Dzhordana. Dzhon Duglas, legenda kriminalistiki, stojavshij u istokov sozdanija profajlinga, podrobno opisyvaet, kak shel po sledu ubijtsy, chi vdokhnovlennye natsistami ubezhdenija priveli k trekhletnemu terroru v Soedinennykh Shtatakh. Podrobno rasskazyvaja o protsess poimki Franklina s pomoschju esche tolko zarozhdavshegosja psikhologicheskogo profilirovanija, on opisyvaet, kak vyjavil novyj tip ubijtsy - khladnokrovnogo, ne podverzhennogo strastjam psikhopata, edinstvennaja motivatsija kotorogo - otvraschenie k ljudjam, kotorye otlichajutsja ot nego. Zakhvatyvajuschaja i ustrashajuschaja, "Ten ubijtsy" masterski obnazhaet psikhologiju ljudej, sovershajuschikh prestuplenija na pochve nenavisti. -- "Poznavatelnaja i pugajuschaja kniga. Franklina bolshe net, no skolko esche takikh Franklinov ostalos? " - Alabama Public Radio "Dzhon Duglas i Mark Olshejker, avtory "Okhotnika za razumom", vozvraschajutsja s ledenjaschej krov istoriej, slishkom aktualnoj segodnja, nesmotrja na to chto dejstvie proiskhodit v 1970-kh godakh". - Popsugar "Objazatelno k prochteniju vsem zhelajuschim zagljanut v umy tekh, kto segodnja podstrekaet k nenavisti i nasiliju".

From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him. On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductor’s repeated and taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived the next day entitled “Last Will & Testament,” in which Shari, knowing she was to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents, siblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they would persevere through their faith. The abduction rocked her quiet town, triggering a massive manhunt and bringing in the FBI, which enlisted profiler John Douglas. A few days later, a phone call told the family where they could find Shari’s body. Then nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was kidnapped from her yard, confirming the harsh realization that Smith’s murder was no random act. A serial killer was evolving, and the only way to stop him would be to use the study of criminal behavior to anticipate his next move before he could kill again. Douglas devised a risky and emotionally fraught strategy to use Shari’s lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the unknown subject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed. One of the most haunting investigations of Douglas’s storied career, this case details how the eerily accurate profile he created—alongside his carefully crafted and stage-managed manipulation of the killer’s psychology—combined with dedicated police work and cutting-edge forensic science to end a reign of criminal terror. As Shari’s family took incredible personal risks to lure her killer from the shadows, Douglas and the FBI pushed criminal profiling to its limits, culminating in one of his most dramatic and effective confrontations with a sadistic and remorseless killer.

From John Douglas--the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter--comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him. On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductor's repeated and taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived the next day entitled "Last Will & Testament," in which Shari, knowing she was to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents, siblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they would persevere through their faith. The abduction rocked her quiet town, triggering a massive manhunt and bringing in the FBI, which enlisted profiler John Douglas. A few days later, a phone call told the family where they could find Shari's body. Then nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was kidnapped from her yard, confirming the harsh realization that Smith's murder was no random act. A serial killer was evolving, and the only way to stop him would be to use the study of criminal behavior to anticipate his next move before he could kill again. Douglas devised a risky and emotionally fraught strategy to use Shari's lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the unknown subject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed. One of the most haunting investigations of Douglas's storied career, this case details how the eerily accurate profile he created--alongside his carefully crafted and stage-managed manipulation of the killer's psychology--combined with dedicated police work and cutting-edge forensic science to end a reign of criminal terror. As Shari's family took incredible personal risks to lure her killer from the shadows, Douglas and the FBI pushed criminal profiling to its limits, culminating in one of his most dramatic and effective confrontations with a sadistic and remorseless killer.

Legendary FBI criminal profiler John Douglas, inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter, and the model for Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, looks back on some of his most controversial cases--from JonBenet Ramsey to the West Memphis Three--and provides a personal look into the workings of the criminal justice system, and the criminal mind. No one is more familiar with humanity's most notorious crimes, or those who commit them, than legendary FBI profiler John Douglas. Over the course of his celebrated career, Douglas has pursued, studied, and interviewed scores of violent predators, including Charles Manson, James Earl Ray, Dennis Rader, and David Berkowitz. In this provocative and personal book, the most prominent criminal investigator of our time offers his unique perspective on the criminal mind while also exploring the wrenching challenges involved in seeing justice served. Writing with award-winning partner, Mark Olshaker, Douglas opens up about his involvement in historic, headline-making cases--including the West Memphis Three, Amanda Knox, and JonBenet Ramsey. Brimming with gripping narratives, Law & Disorder sheds light on some of our most pressing questions about guilt, innocence, the pursuit of justice, and the heart of human darkness.

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths he has ever encountered. Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. The October 8, 1977 shooting was a forerunner to the tragedies and divisiveness that plague us today. John Douglas, the FBI’s pioneering, first full-time criminal profiler, hunted the shooter—a white supremacist named Joseph Paul Franklin, whose Nazi-inspired beliefs propelled a three-year reign of terror across the United States, targeting African Americans, Jews, and interracial couples. In addition, Franklin bombed the home of Jewish leader Morris Amitay, shot and paralyzed Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, and seriously wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The fugitive supported his murderous spree robbing banks in five states, from Georgia to Ohio. Douglas and his writing partner Mark Olshaker return to this disturbing case that reached the highest levels of the Bureau, which was fearful Franklin would become a presidential assassin—and haunted him for years to come as the threat of copycat domestic terrorist killers increasingly became a reality. Detailing the dogged pursuit of Franklin that employed profiling, psychology and meticulous detective work, Douglas and Olshaker relate how the case was a make-or-break test for the still-experimental behavioral science unit and revealed a new type of, determined, mission-driven serial killer whose only motivation was hate. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the “other" is allowed full reign. The Killer's Shadow includes an 8-page color photo insert.

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths he has ever encountered. Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. The October 8, 1977 shooting was a forerunner to the tragedies and divisiveness that plague us today. John Douglas, the FBI's pioneering, first full-time criminal profiler, hunted the shooter--a white supremacist named Joseph Paul Franklin, whose Nazi-inspired beliefs propelled a three-year reign of terror across the United States, targeting African Americans, Jews, and interracial couples. In addition, Franklin bombed the home of Jewish leader Morris Amitay, shot and paralyzed Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, and seriously wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The fugitive supported his murderous spree robbing banks in five states, from Georgia to Ohio. Douglas and his writing partner Mark Olshaker return to this disturbing case that reached the highest levels of the Bureau, which was fearful Franklin would become a presidential assassin--and haunted him for years to come as the threat of copycat domestic terrorist killers increasingly became a reality. Detailing the dogged pursuit of Franklin that employed profiling, psychology and meticulous detective work, Douglas and Olshaker relate how the case was a make-or-break test for the still-experimental behavioral science unit and revealed a new type of, determined, mission-driven serial killer whose only motivation was hate. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the "other" is allowed full reign. The Killer's Shadow includes an 8-page color photo insert.

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths he has ever encountered. Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. The October 8, 1977 shooting was a forerunner to the tragedies and divisiveness that plague us today. John Douglas, the FBI's pioneering, first full-time criminal profiler, hunted the shooter--a white supremacist named Joseph Paul Franklin, whose Nazi-inspired beliefs propelled a three-year reign of terror across the United States, targeting African Americans, Jews, and interracial couples. In addition, Franklin bombed the home of Jewish leader Morris Amitay, shot and paralyzed Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, and seriously wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The fugitive supported his murderous spree robbing banks in five states, from Georgia to Ohio. Douglas and his writing partner Mark Olshaker return to this disturbing case that reached the highest levels of the Bureau, which was fearful Franklin would become a presidential assassin--and haunted him for years to come as the threat of copycat domestic terrorist killers increasingly became a reality. Detailing the dogged pursuit of Franklin that employed profiling, psychology and meticulous detective work, Douglas and Olshaker relate how the case was a make-or-break test for the still-experimental behavioral science unit and revealed a new type of, determined, mission-driven serial killer whose only motivation was hate. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the "other is allowed full reign.

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths he has ever encountered. Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. The October 8, 1977 shooting was a forerunner to the tragedies and divisiveness that plague us today. John Douglas, the FBI's pioneering, first full-time criminal profiler, hunted the shooter--a white supremacist named Joseph Paul Franklin, whose Nazi-inspired beliefs propelled a three-year reign of terror across the United States, targeting African Americans, Jews, and interracial couples. In addition, Franklin bombed the home of Jewish leader Morris Amitay, shot and paralyzed Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, and seriously wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The fugitive supported his murderous spree robbing banks in five states, from Georgia to Ohio. Douglas and his writing partner Mark Olshaker return to this disturbing case that reached the highest levels of the Bureau, which was fearful Franklin would become a presidential assassin--and haunted him for years to come as the threat of copycat domestic terrorist killers increasingly became a reality. Detailing the dogged pursuit of Franklin that employed profiling, psychology and meticulous detective work, Douglas and Olshaker relate how the case was a make-or-break test for the still-experimental behavioral science unit and revealed a new type of, determined, mission-driven serial killer whose only motivation was hate. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the "other is allowed full reign.