Trapped with a Serial Killer
AnthonyPadilla・19 minutes read
Criminologists study criminals and criminal behavior, working to prevent future crimes through research and unique methods, building rapport with serial killers to obtain confessions and crucial information. They aim to bring light to darkness by helping victims' families and debunking misconceptions about their work, delving into the complex mental makeup of serial killers beyond simple labels.
Insights
- Criminologists study criminal behavior, aiming to prevent future crimes by understanding and debunking stereotypes through research and interviews with notorious serial killers, such as Dennis Rader and David Berkowitz.
- Building trust with serial killers through unique methods like dark humor, criminologists obtain confessions and crucial information, revealing commonalities among them, including childhood trauma and warped realities, emphasizing the importance of empathy for victims and their families in the pursuit of justice.
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Recent questions
What do criminologists study?
Criminals and criminal behavior
How do criminologists approach serial killers?
By building trust and rapport
What is the significance of empathy for criminologists?
Crucial for victims and families
How do criminologists view serial killers?
Manipulative and complex
What tools do criminologists use?
Computers, pens, and unique methods
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Summary
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Inside the Minds of Serial Killers
- Show sponsored by BetterHelp online therapy, visit betterhelp.com/padilla
- Anthony Padilla spends a day with criminologists
- Criminologists study criminals and criminal behavior, seeking to prevent future crimes
- Research, interviewing serial killers, and debunking stereotypes are part of their work
- Worked on cases involving notorious serial killers like Dennis Rader and David Berkowitz
- Tool Box Killers considered among the most sadistic, with audiotapes of brutal torture
- First meeting with a serial killer, Lawrence Bittaker, was awkward and revealing
- Approach with serial killers involves building trust and rapport, using dark humor to get confessions
- Obtained confessions and crucial information from serial killers through unique methods
- Commonalities among serial killers include childhood trauma, imprinting warped reality, and targeting victims based on personal experiences
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"Unveiling the Complex World of Criminologists"
- People feel endeared to you and share their deepest secrets, even proposing marriage, like Bobby Joe Long did twice.
- Empathy for victims and their families is crucial, especially after personal loss, realizing the impact of death on loved ones.
- The podcast version of the show is uncensored, with episodes on crime scene cleaners and kidnapping survivors, sponsored by Purple mattresses for comfort and BetterHelp for therapy.
- Serial killers aren't purely evil but manipulative and controlled, with a complex mental makeup that goes beyond simple labels.
- Criminologists find joy in helping victims' families and witnessing breakthrough moments with serial killers, aiming to bring light to darkness.
- Misconceptions about criminologists include not being like law enforcement, but using tools like computers and pens, with various projects like podcasts, books, and a death museum.
