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Reply to @kittyroxwarzone Actually Mindhunter is a great true crime read.

@d3adtime
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Actually, I gotta tell you, I find the show much more pleasurable. Having first read the book, I think it makes the experience better. If you're a fan of True Crime or the study of serial killers or just into police procedural, mine hunter is an absolutely fascinating read. I mean, John literally worked some of the biggest serial killer cases in U.S. history. And I'd say some of the more fascinating stories aren't about cases that you would have otherwise heard of. Like there was a killing of a woman in a national park, and from the way she was killed, he determined that the person had done it had to be significantly older, but that their social skills were seriously underdeveloped, like that of someone who would have been much younger. He figured out that person almost certainly would have to have something that made them stay away from people, like a severe physical deformity. Only if the killer had a very visible physical deformity, someone would have remembered that person leaving the park. So he figured out it had to be something people couldn't just see. So we ended up telling investigators, "We're looking for a man with a debilitating stutter." And when they found the killer, he was unable to string more than a couple words together without stammering severely. Also, while not in the book, kind of an interesting fact, John Douglas worked at Jean-Benei Ramsey case. He was actually hired by Jean-Benei's family. He actually drew up a profile of the killer and gave it to the press, but a couple weeks later, he withdrew from the case, stated that he had been given false or misleading information by the family, and they had also withheld information, and to completely disregard his profile. So if you enjoy the series, "MineHunter" on Netflix, I think you will find "MineHunter" the book, a very enjoyable read.