Season 02 · 13 case files
Building Criminal Profiling
The interviews, research, terminology, and investigative methods that shaped criminal investigative analysis.
Season 2 examines the interviews, research, terminology, and investigative methods that shaped criminal investigative analysis. Each case file separates documented history, analytical interpretation, and unresolved questions.
S02E01The Vision Behind Criminal Profiling
A documentary case file exploring the vision behind criminal profiling within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E02Interviewing Violent Offenders
A documentary case file exploring interviewing violent offenders within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E03Inside America’s Prison Interviews
A documentary case file exploring inside america’s prison interviews within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E04What Investigators Believed They Could Learn From Serial Killers
A documentary case file exploring what investigators believed they could learn from serial killers within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E05Reading Behavior at a Crime Scene
A documentary case file exploring reading behavior at a crime scene within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E06Organized and Disorganized: A Controversial Classification
A documentary case file exploring organized and disorganized: a controversial classification within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E07Victimology Explained
A documentary case file exploring victimology explained within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E08Modus Operandi, Signature, and Staging
A documentary case file exploring modus operandi, signature, and staging within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E09Geography, Location, and Offender Behavior
A documentary case file exploring geography, location, and offender behavior within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E10Psychological Autopsies and Equivocal Death Analysis
A documentary case file exploring psychological autopsies and equivocal death analysis within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E11The FBI’s Early Research Projects
A documentary case file exploring the fbi’s early research projects within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E12Early Successes, Mistakes, and Unanswered Questions
A documentary case file exploring early successes, mistakes, and unanswered questions within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E13How Behavioral Analysis Changed Investigations
A documentary case file exploring how behavioral analysis changed investigations within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.Listen
A documentary case file exploring the vision behind criminal profiling within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E02Interviewing Violent Offenders
A documentary case file exploring interviewing violent offenders within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E03Inside America’s Prison Interviews
A documentary case file exploring inside america’s prison interviews within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E04What Investigators Believed They Could Learn From Serial Killers
A documentary case file exploring what investigators believed they could learn from serial killers within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E05Reading Behavior at a Crime Scene
A documentary case file exploring reading behavior at a crime scene within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E06Organized and Disorganized: A Controversial Classification
A documentary case file exploring organized and disorganized: a controversial classification within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E07Victimology Explained
A documentary case file exploring victimology explained within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E08Modus Operandi, Signature, and Staging
A documentary case file exploring modus operandi, signature, and staging within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E09Geography, Location, and Offender Behavior
A documentary case file exploring geography, location, and offender behavior within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E10Psychological Autopsies and Equivocal Death Analysis
A documentary case file exploring psychological autopsies and equivocal death analysis within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E11The FBI’s Early Research Projects
A documentary case file exploring the fbi’s early research projects within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E12Early Successes, Mistakes, and Unanswered Questions
A documentary case file exploring early successes, mistakes, and unanswered questions within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.ListenS02E13How Behavioral Analysis Changed Investigations
A documentary case file exploring how behavioral analysis changed investigations within the history, practice, and limits of behavioral analysis.Listen
Sources and research
Every episode transcript includes its source bibliography. The master source librarycollects and deduplicates those citations across all five seasons.