Posted by John Douglas, the author of Mindhunter, changed FBI criminal profiling forever.
- Netflix’s Mindhunter features several characters and storylines from real-life FBI cases.
- The lead, Holden Ford, is based on FBI Special Agent John Douglas.
- Douglas wrote the book on which the series is based (also titled Mindhunter) and led the FBI’s criminal profiling efforts.
With Mindhunter premiering its second season this weekend, audiences will finally learn the fate of the show’s lead serial killer-profiler, Holden Ford. The last time we saw Ford, he was on the floor of a hospital, suffering from a panic attack; watching from across the hall was notorious serial killer Ed Kemper. The scene was quintessential David Fincher, Mindhunter‘s executive producer and occasional director. As previously displayed in his movie Zodiac, his crime drama marries fastidious historical attention with its own dark (and sometimes comic) exaggeration.
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