ShadowMan
An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling
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Narrated by:
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Patty Nieman
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Chris Berger
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By:
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Ron Franscell
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"Mindhunter crossed with American Gothic. This chilling story has the ghostly unease of a nightmare." (Michael Cannell, author of Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling)
The pulse-pounding account of the first time in history that the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit created a psychological profile to catch a serial killer.
On June 25, 1973, a seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana campground where her family was vacationing. Somebody had slit open the back of their tent and snatched her from under their noses. None of them saw or heard anything. Susie Jaeger had vanished into thin air, plucked by a shadow.
The largest manhunt in Montana’s history ensued, led by the FBI. As days stretched into weeks, and weeks into months, Special Agent Pete Dunbar attended a workshop at FBI Headquarters in Quantico, Virgina, led by two agents who had hatched a radical new idea: What if criminals left a psychological trail that would lead us to them? Patrick Mullany, a trained psychologist, and Howard Teten, a veteran criminologist, had created the Behavioral Science Unit to explore this new "voodoo" they called “criminal profiling”.
At Dunbar’s request, Mullany and Teten built the FBI’s first profile of an unknown subject: the UnSub who had snatched Susie Jaeger and, a few months later, a 19-year-old waitress. When a suspect was finally arrested, the profile fit him to a T....
©2022 Ron Franscell (P)2022 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"Ron Franscell has written criminal profiling’s origin story, an urgent and obsessive true-crime tale that transcends the genre. ShadowMan ramps up to an almost unbearable pitch, Mindhunter crossed with 'American Gothic.' This chilling story has the ghostly unease of a nightmare—as atmospheric and unnerving a story as you’ll ever read."—Michael Cannell, author of Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling
“If any modern crime writer should bear the mantle of the late, great Jack Olsen it is Ron Franscell. He’s one of our most provocative authors in any genre. . . Here, he does his usual splendid job of weaving fear, monstrosity, and place into a vivid, harrowing story about an epic moment in forensic history. Nobody does it better.”—Dr. Vincent DiMaio, celebrated medical examiner and author of Forensic Pathology
“A thrill ride through the entangled brutality and brilliance that gave birth to one of the FBI’s most intriguing forensic tools: criminal profiling."—John Douglas, legendary FBI profiler and author of Mindhunter
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- Anonymous User
- 09-04-2023
great book
loved it, great story. well narrated and makes me want more of the same kind of storey. well done
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- Rob
- 15-05-2022
Fantastic and I’m not a big true crime fan
I really enjoyed this it’s really well narrated and written every time I thought how or why the author explained it or explored making it very satisfying, the story is intense so it’s not an easy read but the humanity came through and it was heartbreaking brave and powerful leaving me with hope and a realisation that each of us have a responsibility an obligation to try and improve our world not just try and get by because there are David’s and they operate on such a selfish level such base monstrous acts will surely tear the very fabric of society apart.
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- Dr Zombie
- 30-10-2022
Excellent book.
Fantastic read, definitely exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend this book. 2 thumbs up & 5 ☆'s.
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- ttramone
- 02-12-2022
Hard to put down
Really enjoyed this story, although that is weird to say when real people lived through this guy wrenching experience. The narrator was excellent and engaging.
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- Kathy M
- 04-01-2023
Recommend this read
Best audio book I have had to date. The narration, and performance was excellent along with a facinating yet gruesome story. keeps you interested from the first to the last. A fantastic book!
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- Gregory Chijoff
- 17-08-2022
There are some sick people in the USA.
Escopalians and born-again Christians and the "fire and brimstone" brainwashing of children has lot to answer for. Very sad!
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- Angela Grimes
- 10-04-2023
it was just ok
I found this book to be a bit long and drawn out. Some of the events were doubled over several times.
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