What do we know about the minds of killers? And how do we know it? Mindhunter, based on the 1995 book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, takes viewers back to the early days of criminal profiling. The series, which stars Glee’s Jonathan Groff and The Iron Claw’s Holt McCallany, explores how the FBI began to interview serial killers, what they learned from their findings, and how that knowledge informs crime-solving today.
Mindhunter’s detectives interview fictionalized versions of many real-life serial killers, including Edmund Kemper, Montie Rissell, Dennis Berkowitz (also known as the Son of Sam), and Charles Manson. This fascinating psychological thriller series is produced by David Fincher, who directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network.
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