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Profiling Evil

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The Profiling Evil Podcast delves into unsolved criminal cases from around the world, peeling back the layers of human behavior to reveal what drives evil. We look into the mind of the predator—their motivations, their victim selection, and the patterns that expose them. Each episode goes beyond headlines, examining how investigators identify red flags, connect the dots, and capitalize on the very errors offenders believe will never be found.

Your host, Mike King, brings over four decades of experience in criminal justice and behavioral analysis. A retired law enforcement executive, Mike served as Chief of Staff to Utah Attorney General Jan Graham and Weber County Attorney Reed M. Richards. He began his career at the Ogden Police Department, where he worked patrol, motor enforcement, and SWAT before moving into investigations where he led task forces that hunted serial predators and violent offenders.

Mike’s expertise earned him national recognition. He served as co-chair of the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) National Advisory Board, directed UTAP, the Utah Criminal Tracking and Analysis Project, and supported intelligence operations during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

After retiring from public service, Mike joined the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), where he spent years consulting with police agencies around the globe on intelligence gathering, emergency communications, and major event management. In 2024, he retired again, this time to focus full-time on Profiling Evil and its growing community of true crime investigators, students, and enthusiasts.

Mike is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and adjunct professor, as well as a visiting scholar at multiple universities. He’s authored several acclaimed works on crime and human behavior, including:

· Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

· Deceived: An Investigative Memoir of the Zion Society Cult

· She Knew No Fear

· Who Killed King Tut?

· Predators: Who Are They and How Do We Stop Them?

· Profilers

Mike’s investigative insight and behavioral expertise have been featured on Court TV, NewsNation, Law & Crime Network, Dr. Phil, History’s Greatest Mysteries, and 60 Minutes Australia, where his calm, analytical style helps audiences understand the why behind the world’s most chilling crimes.

At @ProfilingEvil, you’ll find deep dives into real investigations, expert analysis of offender behavior, and lessons in situational awareness and safety. It’s more than storytelling, it’s about learning how to recognize, understand, and ultimately disrupt evil.

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Learn more at www.ProfilingEvil.com

Email Mike at: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com

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Yesterday · 34 min
Is Cult Leader the Pied Piper of Canada? The Daughter Who Would Not Come Home | Profiling Evil
Was a radical Canadian church pulling young people away from their families, or was it simply teaching the Bible to people who chose to stay? In Ontario, parents say they watched sons and daughters slip away, and former members describe control, separation, and fear as the core tenets of the faith, while the pastor and his followers insist they were free to leave at any time. Was he just preaching biblical principles, or were people who wanted out held back by fear of eternal damnation? This is one family's fight to get their daughter out, a fight that ended with a van on a street, a Christmas-season abduction, and criminal charges that would take years to sort out. #PeterRigo #DominionChristianCentre #Hamilton #Ontario #MarellaBrunDelRe #BrunDelReFamily #W5 #CTVW5 #PoC #PsychCults #ProfilingEvil #Cults #CultTour #TrueCrime ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Wednesday · 33 min
Give Kessler the Cheesesteak and Send Him to Prison! | Profiling Evil
A 74-year-old man who said he was representing himself in a Florida murder trial told a judge he would plead guilty to a life sentence in exchange for a Philly cheesesteak, fries, and a 20-ounce Pepsi, and the judge told him he had never heard a request like that in almost 40 years in the law. Robert Kessler is accused of first-degree murder and abuse of a dead human body in the 2021 killing of 47-year-old Stephanie Crone-Overholts, a mother of three from Erie, Pennsylvania, whose dismembered remains were found in Tampa's McKay Bay after she was identified by a tattoo her family recognized. Kessler told police he met her in a McDonald's parking lot where she was living out of her car. He took her in because he’d lived in Pennsylvania before and felt sorry for her. As the trial got underway, Kessler, without his Cheesesteak, changed the playing field again. Let’s dig into this bizarre defendant and use this as a reminder that you should never defend yourself, especially against a murder charge! #RobertKessler #StephanieCroneOverholts #McKayBay #Tampa #Erie #Pennsylvania #ProSe #MurderTrial #PhillyCheesesteak #ProfilingEvil #TrueCrime #Pats #Ginos #ArcGIS #Esri #Map #CrimeAnalysis ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Tuesday · 30 min
Laura Owens Got 30 Days for a 10 Years of Lies. Did Judge Blow It? | Profiling Evil
Laura Owens was sentenced to 30 days in jail and seven years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to four felonies for a pregnancy fraud scheme that stretched across a decade and three men, and the reaction was immediate. In this video I walk you through the scheme, the hearing, and the sentence itself, with the courtroom moments that jumped out to me from one victim exclaiming to the judge that the woman wasn’t sorry for committing the fraud, she was sorry she got caught! We’ll examine the court’s decision and look at the public comment since the sentence came down. Did the judge get it right, or did the system fail the victims? You tell me if seven years of probation makes crime not worth it or is 30 days of jail time punishment enough for ten years of damage? #LauraOwens #ClaytonEchard #GregGillespie #MikeMarraccini #MaricopaCounty #Arizona #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #PoC #PsychCults #SandersonPAC ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Tuesday · 38 min
Cutting of the Head off the Cult, HYDRA and the FLDS | Profiling Evil| Profiling Evil
Warren Jeffs was captured and sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting underage girls in Texas and many wondered if the polygamist cult was done for. But Samuel Bateman created his own religious offshoot with more than twenty women and girls as spiritual wives. His fifty-year federal sentence for sexual exploitation and kidnapping of children essentially cut another head of the FLDS snake. So why does the snake keep growing more heads, just like HYDRA from the Marvel Comics? At least six other FLDS men have also been convicted of serious crimes. The head of the snake keeps growing back and despite those convictions, loyal followers continue to regard these men as prophets, persecuted servants and religious martyrs? Let’s examine the law-enforcement strategy commonly described as “cutting off the head of the snake.” Arresting Warren Jeffs prevented him from personally supervising the FLDS, but it did not eliminate the theology, family relationships, economic dependencies and psychological conditioning that supported his authority. Jeffs continues communicating from prison, while intermediaries claim the authority to interpret or distribute his instructions. The weakening of his organization creates opportunities for rival prophetic claimants such as Samuel Bateman to thrive. I’m going to borrow a comparison from Marvel Comics and its fictional organization HYDRA, where removing one head never guarantees that the organization has been defeated. See how an authoritarian movement can fragment, reproduce its leadership and survive the physical removal of its most visible figure and turn a common convicted predator into a martyr. #WarrenJeffs #SamuelBateman #FLDS #ProfilingEvil #MikeKing #TrueCrime #ReligiousAbuse #CoerciveControl #HighControlGroup #Polygamy #ChildAbuse #ChildExploitation #CriminalProfiling #BehavioralAnalysis #MarvelComics #HYDRA #Hildale #ColoradoCity #ShortCreek #YFZRanch #UnitedEffortPlan #ReligiousTrauma #VictimAdvocacy #JusticeForSurvivors #GIS #Esri #ArcGIS #hydra #marvel ======================================== 20% OFF Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/go/podcast/?ref=profilingevil?xid=8877&utm_source=ProfilingEvilPodcast&utm_medium=podcst&utm_campaign=ProfilingEvil26 ======================================== Discounts on eBikes: https://aipasbike.com/?ref=PROFILINGEVIL Referral Coupon Code: PROFILINGEVIL ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Monday · 22 min
Murder Charges Thrown Out After Jail Torture Scandal | Profiling Evil
Three men stood accused of first-degree murder in the execution-style shooting of a man in Oakville, Ontario. Then an Ontario judge threw the whole case out, and the reason had nothing to do with the evidence against the accused men, but it did have everything to do with the correctional staff abuses caused to them and nearly 200 inmates at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in December of 2023. This is a story of how vengeance inside a jail destroyed a murder prosecution, and what it cost the victims' families and the $30 million dollar class action suit that followed. #PsychCults #PoC #ArmanDhillon #VanessaVirgioni #SoniaGrewal #JosephRichardWhitlock #KarnVeerSandhu #KulvirBhatia #Oakville #Milton #Ontario #Maplehurst #OntarioCorrections #CharterRights #VictimsRights #misconduct #inmate #con #convicted #earlyrelease #murder #victim #defendant ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sunday · 43 min
Who Protected Sandra Birchmore? The Matthew Farwell Murder Trial | Profiling Evil
Today I sit down with my friend Michele McPhee, a journalist who has been following the Sandra Birchmore case since before it became national news and has spent the last two weeks inside the federal courtroom in Boston, watching the murder trial of former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell, who is accused of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and causing the death of her unborn child and has pleaded not guilty. Michele shares what has stuck with her most, from the grooming allegations that began when Sandra joined the Stoughton Police Explorers program at 13, to a death scene labeled a suicide within minutes, to her therapist's testimony that Sandra was making plans for her baby the day before she died, and we talk fairly about the defense suicide theory and the moments this week where it struggled. Let me know what you think in the comments, and please keep them constructive and respectful. #SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #FarwellTrial #BirchmoreTrial #JusticeForSandraBirchmore #StoughtonPolice #FarwellDNA #TrueCrime #PoliceMisconduct #ProfilingEvil ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Saturday · 31 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 3: How Predators Hunt Victims
Episode three of Mapping Evil, recorded in Australia with Tori Shepherd, is all about location, location, location, and how sexual predators use it to isolate their victims. Mike starts with the four rapist categories, from power reassurance up to the anger excitation offender, the most dangerous of all. The main case is Michael Blake Jensen, a power assertive predator who hunted real estate agents. He shopped for victims using for sale signs carrying glamour shots of female agents, posed as a cash buyer and chose unoccupied homes. He was caught when one victim reported immediately, leading to a helicopter chase that ended with a police canine. Then Queensland, 1967: Mima McKim Hill, 21, vanished between Calliope and Biloela; her body was found 80 kilometers west near Collard Creek. Mike maps the three crime scenes and tests how a broken-down truck, possibly Erik Johan Seifers', could explain the geography. He closes by contrasting Jensen, the careful strategist, with the opportunistic predator, and talks plainly about the victim risk continuum and the small daily decisions that raise or lower our risk. #MichaelBlakeJensen #realestate #sexualpredator #powerassertive #MimaMcKimHill #Queensland #Calliope #Biloela #Gladstone #coldcases #victimrisk #ErikJohanSeifers #ToriShepherd #MappingEvil #Esri #ArcGIS #crimemapping #CrimeAnalysis #GIS #map #Mapping #Maps #profiling #crime #criminal #criminalbehavior ======================================== Get 20% Off at www.Newspapers.com/profilingevil ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 23 · 30 min
Beaten in Bed, Shot on Kalar Road, Bludgeoned in Welland. Niagara's Cold Cases | Profiling Evil
Three men. Three murders. Decades without answers. I’m in the Niagara Falls region of Canada where I just finished one of our Psychology of Cults speaking tour stops last night. Yesterday, I swung by the Niagara Falls Regional Police building across from the famous falls and hung around, studying three cold cases that have haunted this region for decades. A man, beaten to death in his own bed nearby. Another shot on a road a short distance away and the disturbing murder of a retired teacher who was beaten to death in his Welland home. I wanted to share these crime stories before I head out on my way to tonight’s show in Milton, Ontario. #FrankPerry #JosephMarsala #JohnHorvath #firstontPAC #Milton #PoC #PsychCults #ProfilingEvil #NRPS #NiagaraPolice #miltonon @firstontarioartscentremilton ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 22 · 26 min
Leila Salem Was on Zoom Call When Murdered Live | Profiling Evil
Leïla Ben Salem, a 45-year-old mother who worked for the Canadian Revenue Agency was killed inside her Montreal apartment while she was taking part in an online work meeting. Police would later arrest a 33-year-old man named Youcef Moussaoui and charged him with first-degree murder. Police say the case is not a domestic violence homicide, but various back-channel reports suggest the woman died from blunt force trauma, allegedly at the hands of the man who worked in the area. So, let’s look at the timeline, the victimology, and what behavioral analysis can and cannot tell at this point. Remember the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. #LeilaBenSalem #MontrealMurder #Victimology #CriminalInvestigation #YoucefMoussaoui #BehavioralAnalysis #CanadaTrueCrime #WorkFromHome #SPVM #FirstDegreeMurder #WolvesInSheepsClothing #TrueCrime ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 21 · 29 min
Matthew Farwell Trial. Did Sandra Birchmore’s Pregnancy Expose Years of Abuse? | Profiling Evil
The federal murder trial of former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer Matthew Farwell has entered its second week, and testimony from October 19 and 20 has exposed more disturbing details about his relationship with 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, the young woman prosecutors allege he murdered in February 2021. FBI testimony has revealed thousands of messages documenting their relationship, Sandra's pregnancy, Farwell's reaction to becoming a possible father, and the surprising results of DNA testing that identified someone else as the biological father of her unborn child. Jurors have also heard from Sandra's physician, who described a young woman preparing for motherhood, and a police dispatcher who testified about Farwell's angry reaction when someone reported his relationship with Sandra. Let’s discuss the significance of digital evidence, possible grooming and coercive control, how investigators evaluate staging, and why the defendant's belief about paternity may matter more than the actual DNA results. We'll also look at what police knew about this relationship, what happened during the original death investigation, and the questions federal prosecutors still need to answer. #MatthewFarwell #SandraBirchmore #FarwellTrial #ProfilingEvil #TrueCrime ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 20 · 34 min
Pathway to Murder? Luigi Mangione and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Manifesto’s | Profiling Evil
Ted Kaczynski spent nearly two decades terrorizing America with a bombing campaign aimed at people he believed represented industrial and technological power. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, allegedly carried a short-handwritten statement that police said reflected his motive and mindset. Public reporting also showed Mangione had praised parts of Kaczynski’s manifesto online, even while saying Kaczynski belonged in prison. In this episode, we compare the Unabomber’s crimes, ideology, target selection, language, and behavioral presentation with the alleged writings and conduct tied to Mangione. This is not about glorifying either man. It is about understanding how grievance can harden into identity, how identity can become mission, and how one violent offender may borrow from another without copying him point for point. Kaczynski’s manifesto, Industrial Society and Its Future, is publicly available online, and Mangione’s alleged handwritten statement has also been publicly circulated and reported on, though it is much shorter and should be treated more cautiously because it did not function like a formal book-length manifesto. #ProfilingEvil #LuigiMangione #TedKaczynski #Unabomber #BrianThompson #Manifesto #CopycatCrime #CriminalBehavior #BehavioralAnalysis #TrueCrime #DomesticTerrorism #ThreatAssessment #Radicalization #ForensicPsychology #CrimeAnalysis #Newspaperscom #TerryMarker #JohnHarris #PercyWood #JanetSmith #DiogenesAngelakos #JohnHauser #JamesVMcConnell #NicklausSuino #HughScrutton #GaryWright #CharlesEpstein #DavidGelernter #ThomasJMosser #GilbertBrentMurray ======================================== 20% OFF Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/go/podcast/?ref=profilingevil?xid=8877&utm_source=ProfilingEvilPodcast&utm_medium=podcst&utm_campaign=ProfilingEvil26 ======================================== Discounts on eBikes: https://aipasbike.com/?ref=PROFILINGEVIL Referral Coupon Code: PROFILINGEVIL ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 19 · 27 min
The Ant Hill Kids. How Canadian “Messiah” Roch Thériault Turned Followers into Victims
I’m in Ontario as we get ready to open The Psychology of Cults tour in Richmond Hill. Today I want to examine two Canadian criminal cases that couldn’t look more different on the surface. Roch Tear - EEE - OH called himself Moses and led the Ant Hill Kids into isolation, violence and murder. In Toronto, Church of Scientology operatives infiltrated government offices, including the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of the Attorney General. Neither crime happened in Richmond Hill itself, but both tell us something important about what can happen when loyalty to a person or an organization becomes more important than law, evidence, family and ordinary human decency. I’ll share what investigators can learn from each one, how the criminal courts handled them, and why those lessons matter to families today. And please come and see me on October 21 in Richmond Hill. Tour information is at PsychologyofCults.com. #FirstOntPAC #ProfilingEvil #RichmondHill #AntHillKids #RochTheriault #Scientology #PsychologyOfCults #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeCanada #Cults #CultAwareness #CoerciveControl #HighControlGroups #UndueInfluence #CultSurvivor #RichmondHill #StCatharines #Milton #Brantford #Burlington #Kitchener #Huntsville #Ottawa #Winnipeg #Regina #Saskatoon #SherwoodPark #Calgary #Ontario #Manitoba #Saskatchewan #Alberta #Canada #crimecon ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 17 · 37 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 2: How Cults Control, The Spider's Web
In episode two of Mapping Evil, recorded in Australia with journalist Tori Shepherd, we pull apart the spider's web of cult control, starting with Mike's own case: the Zion Society, a polygamous doomsday cult operating in Ogden, Utah. It began when a woman walked into his office and said her cult was sexually abusing children. The spider at the center was Arvin Shreeve, a 61-year-old landscaper and self-proclaimed prophet who built his compound in plain sight, buying up houses in a closed community as they came for sale. Early GIS mapping tracked which homes the group was swallowing, house by house. When 70 officers finally hit those homes at once, 32 children went into protective custody and investigators uncovered thousands of counts of sexual assault. Twelve people went to prison, including Shreeve. We also cross the Pacific to Australia's most infamous cult, The Family under Anne Hamilton-Byrne, and to NXIVM, where Keith Raniere's self-help empire ended in a 120-year sentence. Through all three cases, Mike lays out what actually defines a cult: it's not the beliefs, it's the structure, everything pointed inward at the leader instead of outward at the people. He shares the red flags that matter, secrecy first among them, and practical advice for protecting vulnerable people and teaching children to question everything. #ZionSociety #Shreeve #OgdenUtah #TheFamily #AnneHamiltonByrne #LakeEildon #LexdeMan #NXIVM #KeithRaniere #FrankParlato #cult #cultleader #doomsdaycult #childabuse #ToriShepherd #MappingEvil #Esri #ArcGIS #crimemapping #CrimeAnalysis #GIS #map #Mapping #Maps #profiling #crime #criminal #criminalbehavior ======================================== Get 20% Off at www.Newspapers.com/profilingevil ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 17 · 44 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 1: Route of All Evil
Welcome to Mapping Evil, the special 13-episode Profiling Evil series recorded in a studio in #Australia, where I'm joined by award-winning journalist #ToriShepherd. In this first episode we take on Robert Ben Rhoades, the truck stop killer, a sexual sadist who turned his big white 18-wheeler into a traveling torture chamber. Rhoades told one victim he'd been doing this for 15 years, and investigators believe they still haven't found them all. We walk through his victims, including young missionaries Patricia Candice Walsh and Douglas Zyskowski, and Nicole Tuttle, who found the courage to bail out of his truck in Houston with chains still hanging off her, leading to his arrest. Then the geography, because that's where this case was finally cracked. With more than 18,000 separate police departments in America and almost no information sharing in those days, Rhoades crossed jurisdictions faster than anyone could connect the dots, until Mike mapped his truck stop records, weigh stations and fuel stops against missing persons across the country. The pattern suggests anywhere from 50 to 300 victims. We close in Australia with the Flinders Highway, what Tori calls a serial place rather than a serial person, looking at the 1982 disappearance of 20-year-old backpacker Toni Jones and the murders of the MacKay sisters, and why victimology tells Mike these were not the work of one killer. #RobertBenRhoades #TruckStopKiller #sexualsadist #PatriciaCandiceWalsh #NicoleTuttle #FlindersHighway #ToniJones #MacKaySisters #highwaykiller #hitchhiking #victimology #coldcases #Utah #Texas #Australia #ToriShepherd #MappingEvil #Esri #ArcGIS #crimemapping #CrimeAnalysis #GIS #map #Mapping #Maps #profiling #crime #criminal #criminalbehavior ======================================== Get 20% Off at www.Newspapers.com/profilingevil ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 16 · 19 min
David Prevatte Mistrial! Jurors Accused of Misconduct. Trial Collapses | Profiling Evil
After ten days in court, the murder trial of David Prevatte has ended in a mistrial, and the circumstances surrounding that decision raise serious questions about jury misconduct and the responsibilities of ordinary citizens entrusted with deciding someone's guilt or innocence. Prevаtte was being tried for the 2017 death of his five-year-old niece, Paitin Fields. What began as an investigation into one juror's comments about the defendant expanded into allegations that other jurors were discussing information never introduced as evidence. Let’s look at how the prosecution and defense responded, why the judge ultimately declared a mistrial, and what this means for Paitin's family. We'll also talk about the importance of jury integrity and why a fair trial depends on jurors following the rules. #DavidPrevatte #PaitinFields #Mistrial #JuryMisconduct #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #CourtTV #CriminalJustice ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 15 · 39 min
The Hunt for El Chapo! Joaquín Guzmán’s Rise to Power, His Escapes, and Capture | Profiling Evil
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán rose from poverty in the mountains of Sinaloa to lead one of the most powerful drug-trafficking organizations in modern history. This episode follows that rise from his early work in Mexico’s evolving cartel system through the wars, bribery, tunnels, manhunts and prison escapes that led up to his final capture, extradition, trial, and life sentence. We’ll also looks at the violence behind the legend: the killings, intimidation, corruption, and civilian suffering that made territorial expansion possible. Drawing on the research and production materials prepared for The Hunt for El Chapo, this is a clear, chronological discussion of how Guzmán accumulated power, why he remained difficult to catch, and how investigators finally captured the predator. #ElChapo #JoaquinGuzman #TrueCrime #Narcotics #DrugTrafficking #OrganizedCrime #Sinaloa #Cartel #DrugWar #Investigation #HistorysGreatestMysteries #HistoryChannel #DrugLord #LawEnforcement #CrimeDocumentary #Murder #Drugs #GIS #Esri #ArcGIS ======================================= 20% OFF Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/go/podcast/?ref=profilingevil?xid=8877&utm_source=ProfilingEvilPodcast&utm_medium=podcst&utm_campaign=ProfilingEvil26 ======================================== Discounts on eBikes: https://aipasbike.com/?ref=PROFILINGEVIL Referral Coupon Code: PROFILINGEVIL ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 14 · 27 min
Did Ex-Cop Matthew Farwell Murder Pregnant Sandra Birchmore | Profiling Evil
Opening statements are done and the federal trial of former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is underway. He’s charged with strangling 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and staging her death as a suicide. Let’s walk through the opening statements and see the prosecution's case that Farwell groomed Birchmore from the time she was 15. Then he killed her to protect his career and his public life. His defense team claims Birchmore took her own life after he broke up with her. The first bit of courtroom testimony will grab you if you’re already not watching this trial unfold. #MatthewFarwell #SandraBirchmore #Stoughton #Boston #Trial #TrueCrime #crime #criminal #murder #homicide #coercivecontrol #grooming #ProfilingEvil #OpeningStatements #WitnessTampering #badcop #justice ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 13 · 43 min
David Prevatte Attorney Stopped 5 Times During Closing Argument in Murder Trial | Profiling Evil
Closing arguments began today in the trial of David Prevatte, charged in the 2017 death of his five-year-old niece Paitin Fields. Let’s explore the prosecution and defense closing statements. Why does the prosecution put on gloves to show evidence and the defense doesn’t? Is there a silent statement being made. In this trial, I see two paths to first-degree murder the state laid out, how they defended Savannah's testimony, and the evidence they say points to David and no one else. Don’t miss the defense closing and the compelling points they make, even though the prosecution and the judge had to correct the defense multiple times. #DavidPrevatte #PaitinFields #JusticeForPaitin #PenderCounty #NorthCarolina #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #ClosingArguments #FirstDegreeMurder #TrialUpdate #Courtroom #ChildVictims ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 13 · 21 min
Judge Drops Rape Charge Against David Prevatte. Paitin Fields Case Goes to Jury | Profiling Evil
Nine years after five-year-old Paitin Fields was found dead in 2017, her uncle David Prevatte is standing trial in North Carolina, charged with her murder. In this episode, we’ll walk through the pivotal moment when both sides rested their cases: the judge's ruling that dismissed the statutory rape charge but kept first-degree murder and statutory sexual offense alive, Prevatte's decision not to take the witness stand, and what comes next as closing arguments begin. I want to break down the North Carolina law as I see it and explain why the DNA evidence fell short on one specific legal element. Then I’ll lay out what the jury will be asked to decide when deliberations start. Then you will hear the judge in his own words as the state and defense rest and this case turns toward its verdict. #DavidPrevatte #PaitinFields #JusticeForPaitin #PenderCounty #NorthCarolina #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #TrialUpdate #FirstDegreeMurder #ClosingArguments #Courtroom #ChildVictims #Predators #WolvesInSheepsClothing ======================================== Website: www.ProfilingEvil.com ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 10 · 43 min
The Canal Murders, Season 6 of American Nightmares Takes Us to Phoenix | Profiling Evil
Season 6 of American Nightmares is coming, and this time the story moves to Phoenix, Arizona, for a case known as The Canal Murders. In this special bridge episode between Season 5 and Season 6, Dan Zampillo sits down with retired investigator and criminal behavior expert Mike King, along with documentary filmmaker and journalist Brian Peter Falk, to talk about where American Nightmares has been and where it is going next. Season 5, Gardens of Evil, explored the Zion Society case and the long-term impact of child sexual abuse, criminal investigation, survivor voices, and the responsibility of telling painful stories with care. Mike reflects on what it was like to reopen a case he had buried for decades, reconnect with victims who are now adults, and see the story give voice to people who had carried trauma for years. Then the conversation turns to Season 6, The Canal Murders. In the early 1990s, two young women were brutally murdered while riding their bikes along the canal system in Phoenix. What followed was a decades-long investigation filled with false starts, cold case work, forensic genealogy, missed opportunities, and lingering questions about whether the man eventually tied to the crimes may have left a longer trail of violence. Brian Peter Falk shares what makes this case so compelling, including thousands of pages of police files, interviews with retired detectives, the role of local journalism, and the work required to understand a case that has been largely lost to time. Mike adds a criminal behavior perspective, explaining why cold case investigators often begin with the victim, the crime scene, and the environment before jumping to the suspect. This episode also looks at the relationship between law enforcement, journalism, podcasts, victims’ families, and the public. It asks difficult questions about justice, closure, family advocacy, technology, forensic genealogy, and what it means to keep a case alive decades after the crime. The Canal Murders is not just a story about two homicides. It is a story about memory, persistence, cold case investigation, victimology, and the possibility that one predator’s trail may be longer than anyone first understood. Listen to American Nightmares wherever you get your podcasts, and catch Season 6 when The Canal Murders begins. #AmericanNightmares #TheCanalMurders #CanalMurders #PhoenixArizona #PhoenixCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #ColdCaseInvestigation #ForensicGenealogy #DNAEvidence #Victimology #CriminalBehavior #MikeKing #ProfilingEvil #BrianPeterFalk #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedCases #SolvedColdCase #JusticeForVictims #PodcastRecommendation #TrueCrimeStories #CrimeInvestigation #HomicideInvestigation #ColdCaseFiles #arizonacrime ======================================== 20% OFF Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/go/podcast/?ref=profilingevil?xid=8877&utm_source=ProfilingEvilPodcast&utm_medium=podcst&utm_campaign=ProfilingEvil26 ======================================== Discounts on eBikes: https://aipasbike.com/?ref=PROFILINGEVIL Referral Coupon Code: PROFILINGEVIL ======================================== Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com ======================================== 💳 DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455S 💵 PayPal: https://paypal.me/profilingevil 🕵️BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/profilingevil/join 🛒SHOP MERCH: https://www.profilingevil.com/profilingevilshop 📖SHOP BOOKS: https://www.profilingevil.com/store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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