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The Shadow of the Killer (translated Documentary)

(u. S.) John Douglas Et Al.

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FBI psychological profiling expert confronts the white supremacist serial killer who shocked the United States! Why does hatred keep spreading? Why do prejudice and discrimination persist to this day? The shadow cast by racists is long and dark. Franklin died, but the racial hatred he expected remained alive. As long as there is prejudice and discrimination, he can survive. The shadow he brought continues to this day. Among all the serial killers studied, Douglas, an FBI psychological profiling expert, has always been faced with one question: "Are they born, or are they man-made? Are they born naturally or through nurture?" The answer, as far as the research results are known, is both. In fact, out of a lively interaction between the two. Despite his horrific achievements as a serial killer, Franklin was nothing special, and his shadow lingers. Franklin himself told Douglas how he used white supremacist newspapers. In the same way a sexual predator uses violent pornography, these newspapers both fueled his fantasies about racial violence and reinforced his belief that he was playing a heroic role in a larger movement. Today's internet is filled with spaces where people do exactly the same thing, cultivating and spreading hateful lies and conspiracies. The shadows cast by Joseph Paul Franklin and his ilk are long and dark, and the sunlight that removes them must shine brighter and stronger.

The Killer Sitting Opposite Me (translated Documentary)

(u. S.) John Douglas Et Al.

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The Killer Sitting Across Me is a book about the mindset of a violent criminal. Studying the minds of violent criminals has been the cornerstone of Douglas's twenty-five years as an FBI agent, psychological profiler, and criminal investigation analyst, and what he has done since retiring from the FBI. Conversation is the source of everything, the beginning of psychological portraits, and the starting point for everything that follows. All the knowledge gained by psychological profilers, all the conclusions drawn, the Crime Classification Manual created, the murderers assisted in the capture and prosecution, it all started by sitting across from the killer and asking about their life. The purpose of the inquiry is to understand what drove them to take the life of another person or many people. The four killers mentioned in the book are all different, each with their own unique modus operandi, motivations and psychological makeup. Some of their victims were just one, while others were as many as nearly a hundred. The contrast between them is intriguing and compelling. Through a series of these interviews, Douglas and his colleagues developed a rigorous analysis that connected the crime to what the offender was actually thinking at the time of the crime, answering the age-old question: "What kind of person could do this?"