If you've ever watched MINDHUNTER, the lamentably short-lived, two-season Netflix series, you'll know that it's based on the true investigations of real-life FBI criminal profiler, John E. Douglas (played by Jonathan Groff as Holden Ford in the series). Along with his co-author, Mark Olshaker, Douglas wrote the book, "Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit", first published in 1995, about his decades-long experiences with interviewing high-profile serial killers such as Ed Kemper, David Berkowitz, the convicted Atlanta child murderer Wayne Williams, and even Charles Manson. Douglas references forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz's assertions about the influence of detective magazines on criminals in 1999's "The Anatomy of Motive" (again with Olshaker), and has his own opinion on the veracity of the subject. Commenting on Dietz's claims, Douglas wrote: ". . . it's very important to remember that in cases like this . . . the media don't cause the crime". He further added, "What they can do is influence and heighten the details. They don't create motive in people for whom it is not there already. That comes from someplace inside. Somewhere deeper and scarier".
In this issue of INSIDE DETECTIVE (August 1973), Ed Kemper's horrific crimes are detailed in a feature article.
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