Episode 84
Mindhunter, Season 1
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
December 8, 20171h 27mExplicit
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Show Notes
This Netflix program is about the early days of studying serial killers at the FBI. We look at David Fincher's meticulous storytelling here, as well as the show's attempts to disrupt the glorification of murder and the methodological portrayal of criminal profiling.
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- Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By Reason of Insanity
- Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Additional Resources:
- With film tax credits restored, city lands new drama from Netflix
- Defining deviancy: The clammy thrills of David Fincher's "Mindhunter" on Netflix
- Mindhunter Modeled This Character On A Female Psychologist & Living Legend
- Mindhunter Probes America's Obsession With Serial Killers
- There was a lot more CGI in Mindhunter than you'd think
- Mindhunter is Netflix's most binge-worthy show yet
- The Real FBI Agents and Serial Killers Who Inspired Netflix's Mindhunter
- "Mindhunter" and the Presentation of the Serial Killer in Everyday Life
- Nielsen Aims to Level Playing Field With New Netflix Ratings
- Can Criminal Profilers Really Get Inside the Head of a Killer?