Making a Monster: The Tapes

Criminal profiler Professor Paul Britton and geographic profiler Professor Sam Lundrigan joined podcast producer Sam Pearson for a special live interview at the first CrimeCon UK in September 2021. Both contributors to...

"No crime is ever committed in a random location." Dr Samantha Lundrigan’s expertise lies in geographic profiling systems and the spatial behaviour of criminals. Dr Lundrigan has worked closely with police and provided...

"If it can be imagined, no matter how depraved, it can be done." Dr Eric Cullen is a Clinical Forensic Psychologist and has spent much of his working life working in prisons throughout the UK, including the therapeutic...

"I believe it was in every sense of the word a tragedy." Professor Jethro Toomer has spent over 35 years practising forensic and clinical psychology. Professor Toomer has worked at Florida International University, as...

"He was plagued with these fantasies, with these thoughts, about wanting to harm, and subjugate, and even murder women." Dr Fred Berlin is an American psychiatrist and sexologist specializing in sex offences. Dr Berlin...

"It's hard to be a serial killer and have remorse. I mean, you could cry yourself to death thinking about what you've done." Dr Richard Rappaport is a clinical psychologist based in California who has profiled and...

"He was a clown. And he played the part of a clown even when he wasn't made up." A clinical psychologist, Dr Richard Rappaport interviewed John Wayne Gacy for over 65 hours, gaining a deep understanding of his psyche...

"It's their fetishes that feed how they kill." Dr Richard Shepherd’s career as one of the UK’s most distinguished forensic pathologists saw him involved in disasters from the Hungerford shootings to the Bali bombings...

"People who do bad things sometimes believe they're doing it for the best of motives." Dr Adrian Needs is a forensic psychologist based at the University of Portsmouth. Prior to this, he spent 14 years working in HM...

"On the other side of that narrow wooden door was a viper's nest of depravity." Dr Eric Cullen is a clinical forensic psychologist who has spent much of his working life in prisons throughout the UK, including HM Prison...

"He was signaling for years his intent." Dr Eric Cullen is a clinical forensic psychologist who has spent much of his working life in prisons throughout the UK, including HM Prison Grendon, the therapeutic prison. Dr...

"He was signaling for years his intent." Dr Eric Cullen is a clinical forensic psychologist who has spent much of his working life in prisons throughout the UK, including HM Prison Grendon, the therapeutic prison. Dr...

"Only very occasionally do I sit across something and think to myself, 'there's something that's just missing in you'." Dr Richard Badcock is a consultant forensic psychiatrist whose career has included some of the UK’s...

"He said it was like a theatre, like the curtains opening at the start of a play."A consultant forensic psychiatrist, Dr Richard Badcock provides Making A Monster with an expert overview of some of the key issues faced...

"He said it was like a theatre, like the curtains opening at the start of a play."A consultant forensic psychiatrist, Dr Richard Badcock provides Making A Monster with an expert overview of some of the key issues faced...

"That led to a need for power and underpinned his sadistic streak." Dr Julian Boon is a chartered forensic psychologist and an honorary senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester. Dr Boon has...

"If you're not careful he projects the picture of his father onto you." Dr Bob Johnson is a psychiatrist and has worked closely with Robert Maudsley at HM Prison Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight, where after extensive...

"They find that exploiting other people becomes necessary for them to have any feeling of self-esteem." Professor Paul Britton is an expert criminal profiler, having spent more than 20 years working as a consultant...

"They find that exploiting other people becomes necessary for them to have any feeling of self-esteem." Professor Paul Britton is an expert criminal profiler, having spent more than 20 years working as a consultant...

"She is a most potent, powerful woman." Professor Paul Britton has advised on numerous high-profile cases such as the murder of James Bulger and the abduction of baby Abbie Humphries. He was also instrumental in the...

"She is a most potent, powerful woman." Professor Paul Britton has advised on numerous high-profile cases such as the murder of James Bulger and the abduction of baby Abbie Humphries. He was also instrumental in the...

Crime+Investigation's brand new podcast series Making a Monster: The Tapes features exclusive interviews with some of the top minds in criminology. Episodes include interviews with Dr Richard Badcock, Dr Fred Berlin, Dr...

In a television first, a group of the world's leading forensic psychologists and psychiatrists come together to share their own first-hand experiences and insights into the mind of a serial killer. The brand-new UK...

In a television first, a group of the world's leading forensic psychologists and psychiatrists come together to share their own first-hand experiences and insights into the mind of a serial killer. The brand-new UK...