Mindhunter: Inside the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit (Now A Netflix Series)

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Tallerico, Brian (October 19, 2017). "The Real FBI Agents and Serial Killers Who Inspired Netflix's Mindhunter". Vulture. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017 . Retrieved October 23, 2017. a b Ausiello, Michael (January 15, 2020). "Mindhunter Cast Released From Contracts as Season 3 Is Put on Indefinite Hold at Netflix". TVLine. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020 . Retrieved January 16, 2020. Pamela Cederquist, Joshua Donen, Marcus Gardley, Shaun Grant, Liz Hannah, Phillip Howze, Jason Johnson, Doug Jung, Colin Louro, Alex Metcalf, Courtenay Miles, Dominic Orlando, Joe Penhall and Ruby Rae Spiegel Guglielmi, Jodi (August 25, 2019). "Is Mindhunter's Holden Ford Real? The True Story of FBI Agent John E. Douglas". People. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020 . Retrieved September 27, 2019. Though this one goes kind of without saying, this book is the result of one woman’s obsession with finding the Golden State Killer. She’s credited with rebranding him from the EAR/ONS acronym into something memorable and catchy, as well as reentering the case into the public eye. As you’ll read in Billy Jensen’s book Chase Darkness with Me,above, citizen participation in crime solving is often instrumental in success. He also says that it’s not even necessarily the book does the work, but rather it’s her obsession with it that piqued the interest of others; it’s also her death, and how she died not knowing that he’d been caught. The Stranger Beside Meby Ann Rule

While in Atlanta with Jim Barney to interview two killers ( William "Junior" Pierce and William Henry Hance), Ford is approached by three mothers who ask him to investigate the seemingly related murders of their children. A young child is revealed to be the body that was found murdered in Nancy's realty house, and the body was tied to a cross. Tench offers his assistance to the detective, as the nature of the crime scares the locals. In February 2016, Netflix announced that the production of Mindhunter would be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [21] Filming began in May 2016, [22] and open casting calls were held on April 16 and June 25, 2016. [23] [24] Episode 9 of season 1 was filmed in Moundsville, West Virginia at the West Virginia State Penitentiary. [25] The series was renewed for a second season before its premiere on Netflix. [26] As the situation in Atlanta gets worse, the FBI is officially sent to investigate and catch the murderer. As Ford and Tench need to be in Atlanta, Carr and Gregg go to New York to interview Paul Bateson in prison. The Tenches are concerned that their son Brian is continuing to regress in response to his role in the murder of the toddler. Best of 2017 – TV Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018 . Retrieved January 3, 2018. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin" (PDF). Federal Bureau of Investigation. December 1986. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2017 . Retrieved October 26, 2017.Robinson, Joanna (October 17, 2017). "How Netflix's Mindhunter Cleverly Set Up Season 2 and Beyond". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018 . Retrieved May 13, 2018. It should be noted that because this list focuses on the nonfiction writings that detail the mental health of those WORKING with the mental health of criminals, the list is short. I frankly don’t know of that many texts. (The ones that I do know of, though, are truly amazing.) It should also be noted that all of these texts’ authors are white, and most of them are men. Lang, Brent (November 18, 2020). "David Fincher on Mindhunter: 'I Don't Know if It Makes Sense to Continue' ". Variety . Retrieved November 19, 2020.

Parisi, Paula (October 14, 2017). "Hooked on Sonics: David Fincher, Composer Jason Hill Bend Sound and Time on Mindhunter". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018 . Retrieved March 17, 2018. Fortune, Drew (August 15, 2019). "How Jonathan Groff Keeps Mindhunter from Getting to His Head". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020 . Retrieved September 27, 2019.Carr's relationship with Kay heats up. Ford and Tench consult Kemper briefly to get some of his insight into the BTK case before interviewing Charles Manson. Manson denies any responsibility for the murders. Tench becomes upset during the interview and ends it early. Ford goes alone to interview Tex Watson, one of Manson's followers, while Tench flies home on a red eye flight. Watson details how Manson influenced his behavior. He then details his role in the Tate murders. Carr, Ford, and Tench attend a dinner party at Gunn's house. Tench reveals to Carr what is going on at home. Another body is found in Atlanta. Perez, Rodrigo (April 19, 2018). "Andrew Dominik & The Directors Of David Fincher's Mindhunter Season 2 Revealed". The Playlist. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019 . Retrieved February 25, 2019.

In Altoona, Pennsylvania, the investigation into the murder of Beverly Jean continues. Ford, Tench, and Ocasek interview her "fiance", Benjamin "Benji" Barnwright. Benji begins profusely crying, sending red flags to Ford, who believes men crying to strangers could be an act. The police speak with Benji's mother. Benji's mother mentions Frank Janderman, Benji's brother-in-law. Ford begins to question Debbie's sexual past. Tench and Ford discover Frank's violent past. Frank, however, does not have a pathology of a serial killer. After interviewing Frank, the police discover that Benji's relationship with Beverly Jean was not as serious as Benji claimed. With renewed interest, Tench and Ford interrogate Benji. The trio then interrogates Rose, Benji's sister, at her house. She is seen with bruises. Ocasek warns Rose that if the FBI finds out any involvement between her and the murder, she will lose her child. Later, Rose comes to the police station and admits Frank was not home during the night of Beverly Jean's disappearance. The truth unravels as Rose claims that Frank called her to Benji's house the night of the murder and she found Beverly Jean dead. She admitted that she cleaned up the house while Benji and Frank disposed of the body. Recently, Charlize Theron and director/producer David Fincher ( Gone Girl) teamed with Netflix and renowned British playwright Joe Penhall to bring the fascinating world of the FBI criminal profiling unit to life. Their hunt for dangerous offenders is detailed in the new series, Mindhunter. Following two FBI agents, Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Trench (Holt McCallany), as well as professor turned Fed Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), the trio maps out the psychology of murder in the most grisly manner, by cataloging the minds of people who do horrendous things. Jacobs, Meredith (December 18, 2018). " Mindhunter Season 2 Could Release on Netflix Even Sooner Than You Think". Inverse. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019 . Retrieved February 25, 2019. Paid extras and 'period vehicles' needed for new Netflix series in Pittsburgh". WTAE-TV. May 16, 2016. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017 . Retrieved October 22, 2017. Granted, now we have more statistics than at the time period of Mindhunter‘s setting. That is, like, the whole point of the show, to study serial killers, and to expand their profiles so that everyone can identify the traits and attempt to intervene. Sirhan Sirhan and the Atlanta Monster immediately jump to mind as examples of nonwhite murderers who are now common knowledge.Robinson, Ben Travers (November 9, 2017). " Mindhunter: The Man Who Plays the BTK Killer Followed His Neighbors Home to Get into Character". IndieWire. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018 . Retrieved May 13, 2018. Romero, Ariana (October 14, 2017). "Here Is The Live Recap You Need For Netflix's New Serial Killer Drama". Refinery29 . Retrieved March 22, 2021. Joe Tuttle as Gregg Smith (season 2; recurring season 1), a special agent newly assigned to the BSU Hannah Gross as Debbie Mitford (season 1), Ford's girlfriend and a graduate student in sociology at the University of Virginia

McNary, Dave (December 5, 2019). "Writers Guild Unveils 2020 TV Award Nominees". Variety. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019 . Retrieved December 5, 2019. Emmys: Netflix Beats HBO With Most Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. July 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018 . Retrieved July 12, 2018. On the show, many of the steps Ford and Tench take to help build the Behavioral Science Unit ‒ which later became the manifold Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) ‒ are given a melodramatic, scripted flare. The truth behind the FBI’s “serial crime unit” probably had a somewhat less-traumatic birth than portrayed. The fledgling department came to fruition in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, without the benefit of glamorization by procedural thriller cinema and profiler TV shows. There were probably a few raised eyebrows due to Douglas and company interviewing notorious psychopaths, as well as some heated debate about the direction and focus of the department. Lee, Dami (July 12, 2019). "Netflix's Mindhunter will return for a second season in August". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019 . Retrieved July 12, 2019. a b Holter, Lauren (October 15, 2017). "Mindhunter Modeled This Character on a Female Psychologist & Living Legend". Refinery29. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017 . Retrieved October 22, 2017.

June Carryl as Camille Bell (season 2), a grieving mother of Yusef Bell, one of the Atlanta murder victims and the organizer of the Committee to Stop Children's Murders a b Bryant, Olan (February 21, 2023). "David Fincher Explains (Again) Why There Is No 'Mindhunter' Season 3". Collider . Retrieved February 21, 2023. Huff, Lauren (July 26, 2019). "Everything we know about Mindhunter season 2 so far". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019 . Retrieved August 31, 2019.