The Killer Next Door

In the early 1970s, serial killer Edmund Kemper had Santa Cruz, California on edge. But what drove the so-called Co-Ed Killer to snatch, murder, and dismember young women? Profiler John Douglas delves into the killer's tormented past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In June 1985, a serial killer began phoning the family of one of his victims. Using the recorded phone calls, John Douglas reveals what drove Larry Gene Bell to taunt this family and how he helped ensure Bell was convicted for his crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gary Heidnik lured several African American women into his Philadelphia basement, where he held them prisoner, tortured them in a pit, and murdered two of them. John Douglas reveals secret clues inside the man's twisted past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Wayne Gacy lived a life of duplicity as a respected civic leader while also killing at least 33 men and hiding them in his crawl space. John Douglas uses never-before-seen FBI interview tapes to decode how and why Gacy got away with it for so long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Berkowitz, known as the Son of Sam, terrorized NY in the 1970s. He brought the city to its knees, killing seven and wounding six, all as rumors of ties to a satanic cult emerged. John Douglas sat down with Berkowitz to separate fact from fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Killer Next Door is a true crime anthology in which the architect of criminal profiling for the FBI, John Douglas, decodes the worst serial killers. Each episode reveals a different murderer and how law enforcement tracked them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices