2017 - 2019
Mindhunter follows FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench as they pioneer criminal profiling in the late 1970s by interviewing imprisoned serial killers to understand their psychology. Working with psychologist Wendy Carr, they establish the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit to apply psychological insights to ongoing cases. The series explores the early days of criminal psychology while examining how getting too close to monsters affects the investigators. Created by Joe Penhall and executive produced by David Fincher, the show is based on the true-crime book by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, featuring chilling performances by real-life serial killers like Edmund Kemper.