‘The Myth of Serial Killer Profiling’ is coming to Shanklin Theatre this June and tickets are selling fast.
Developed by the FBI in the 1970s, Criminal Profiling is used in countless serial murder investigations globally. Using information about a crime, crime scenes, and victims, profilers compose behavioural profiles of wanted. The general public believes profiling to be a reliable and valid scientific way of investigating serial crimes, but the reality is far from that.
Professor Jackson has contributed to over 50 documentaries about violent crimes and murder, and here he reveals evidence showing profiling has never resulted in the identification, apprehension and conviction of serial murderers. He has worked to assist investigations into serial rape, murder, and missing people.
Focusing on some of the most infamous and perplexing serial murder cases in FBI history, the show will reveal how criminal profilers often got it so wrong.
Cases include the manhunts for The BTK (Bind Torture Kill) serial murderer; The Trailside killer; The Unabomber; The Tylenol poisoner; The Yorkshire ripper; The London nail-bomber; The Grindr killer; the Gay Slayer; The Washington beltway snipers, and most infamously the unsolved case of The Zodiac killer.
The way many of these cases were solved will be surprising and the truth about criminal profiling as a pseudo-science will be demonstrated.
Jackson dispels many “FBI myths” about serial murderers; they are not “organised” or “disorganised” personalities; or dysfunctional loners; they do not all take souvenirs from victims, or torture animals, and they were not bed-wettters as children. Very few of them are ‘twisted geniuses’ either.
The talk will also look how behavioural analysis has been used in high profile murder investigations once detectives hit a brick wall, and how such profiles are far from helpful, including such cases including Robert Napper, Michael Stone, and Vincent Tabac.
The event is 16+ and tickets can be purchased here.
Notable few enrichers in the line up. Could have had the two gangs from Rotherham and Rochester, but hey, lets keep up the pretence that suddenly ‘butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths’. And only the Caucasians commit vile crime now.
Who would want to spend an evening listening to stories about killer’s of other human beings to me it sounds like the end of the world is on the way
Profiting on the death and misery of other people and parading it as entertainment. Nice.