The Unknown Subject: A Criminal Minds Podcast

At the halfway mark of season eight, Reid's payphone romance takes a dramatic turn when Maeve's stalker kidnaps her, causing Reid to turn to his BAU family for help.

An unsub who believes he's a reincarnated serial killer is criss-crossing the country killing seemingly random people, meanwhile the team learns they have a copycat on their hands.

We've already watched the doll episode and now we bring you the puppet episode! When a series of men are found in boxes with their bodies broken in weird ways, the team ends up on the trail of a sinister puppeteer. 

The Unknown Subject is back, baby! Picking up where we left off, the BAU heads to Seattle to investigate a series of murders that seem to be associated with a famous motivational speaker.

The BAU searches for a missing school bus full of teenagers only to learn that the kids have been kidnapped to create a real life, deadly video game.

When the team crosses paths with someone from Rossi's past, we get flashbacks of Rossi's time with the Marines in Vietnam. 

While Morgan and Reid prepare for the FBI softball game, the team joins a case in Miami involving a baby unsub and his murderous mentor.

It's Halloween in the Criminal Minds universe and while JJ worries about Henry's fear of trick-or-treating, the team heads to Oregon to search for an unsub using her victims for strange medicinal purposes. 

As Reid gets closer to a mysterious new love interest, the BAU investigates a series of bodies found either missing a leg or with a leg that is not their own.

This week, an unsub obsessed with finding the perfect family forces a very imperfect family to reveal their deepest, darkest secrets.

When two seemingly unrelated victims are both murdered by being dragged behind a car, the BAU must figure out who killed them and how they're connected.

In the season eight opener, the team struggles to adjust to Prentiss' replacement, a linguist professor who has a strained past with Strauss.

We're back for another bonus episode, this time to rank our favorite episodes of season seven. Surprise! It's slim pickings.

On the season seven finale of the Unknown Subject, the team deals with the aftermath of an explosion, Will and JJ do the damn thing, and Prentiss says goodbye

In part one of the season seven finale, Will teams up with the BAU to deal with a professional bank robbing crew who also likes to murder people.

The BAU gathers to teach an undergraduate seminar and in a series of flashbacks recounts a case that continues to haunt Rossi one day a year.

Shortly after a serial killer is executed on death row, the BAU is brought in to track down a copycat who starts killing women in a similar fashion.

When Morgan's missing cousin is suddenly seen alive, the team joins the case and uncovers a sinister conspiracy and a douchebag misogynist keeping her hostage. 

In a truly iconic episode, the BAU comes up against a family with a strange shared delusion that they are fighting the forces of the devil and his evil brides.

When a boy who no one knows was missing suddenly appears in the desert, the BAU must determine who took him and whether or not it's related to a local woman's recovered memory from her childhood.

This week, the search for a woman targeting foster parents leads the team to an even ickier crime, meanwhile Garcia worries over Kevin's intentions.

On this episode of the Unknown Subject, an investigation into murdered sex workers leads the BAU to a dysfunctional family.

In a truly prescient episode of Criminal Minds, the team searches for an unsub who has been radicalized by a suspiciously orange political candidate.

This week on the Unknown Subject, bodies are being found on the beaches of California and the BAU must solve the case in time for Hotch's hot date.

We're kicking off the new year with a bonus episode ranking our top five unsub lairs.

The team heads to beautiful Atlantic City in search of a gambler who believes killing makes him lucky.

In our final episode of 2022, the BAU investigates a serial rapist who may or may not be re-attacking his original victims

This week, Spencer questions his purpose in life as he approaches his 30th birthday, meanwhile the team investigates a Zodiac killer copycat. 

In a boxing-themed episode nobody asked for, the team searches for an unsub beating his victims to death and the investigation leads them to the Philadelphia boxing scene.

Erin Strauss joins the team in the field to investigate what appears to be a mass suicide at an isolated military school, but she and Morgan butt heads when her drinking problem comes to light.

When a member of Penelope's grief support group goes missing on the anniversary of her daughter's abduction, Garcia calls in the team to help find her.

On this episode of the Unknown Subject, the BAU is called to stormy Kansas when a series of tornadoes leave more than the usual damage in their wake.

As Rossi considers the impossible choice he was given in last week's episod, the team heads to California to search for an unsub who drowns his victims and brings them back to life just to kill them again.

A blast from Rossi's past brings upsetting news, meanwhile the team searches for an unsub kidnapping the children of seemingly unfit mothers.

On this week's episode, the BAU works to determine who is targeting survivors of a school shooting on the anniversary of the massacre.

When a former Navy Seal's brain injury causes him to believe his loved ones have been replaced by imposters, the BAU must act fast to keep him from hurting anyone else.

The ick factor is high in this episode as the team searches for an unsub robbing women of their senses. Meanwhile, unresolved feelings about Emily's “death” lead to tension among the team members.

In the season opener of the Unknown Subject, the BAU is forced to defend their actions in the Ian Doyle case and the team learns the truth about Emily's fate.

Season six was a bit of a mess, but Kelly and Kelsie still manage to find their top five favorite episodes.

In the season finale, season six goes out with a whimper as the BAU searches for a human trafficking ring and a member of the team makes her triumphant return

When an unsub's dump site is discovered off the coast of Florida, the team struggles to identify the victims while Morgan contends with a possible personal connection to the case.

This week on the Unknown Subject, in the search for a missing girl the profile points the team to a creepy local art teacher, but they may be looking at the wrong creepy artist all together.

As Erin Strauss gets her nose all up in the BAU's business– yet again– the team hunts an unsub targeting college girls who work as babysitters.

All hail Sir Burger! On this week's episode, the search for a spree killer ends with a dramatic showdown at a local burger joint.

Emily may be gone, but the show must go on so the BAU heads to Portland to search for a possible gang of killers who seem to be choosing their victims at random.

When Emily goes rogue on her hunt for Ian Doyle the team rushes to learn the truth about their relationship and stop a deadly showdown.

The Unknown Subject is back from an unexpected hiatus! In this episode, Emily's Ian Doyle problem comes front and center after his goon squad gets on the BAU's radar.

When a couple's violent kidnapping is witnessed by their son with autism, the team must learn to communicate with the boy in order to determine a motive and reunite the family.

In this episode of the Unknown Subject, the BAU hunts an unsub who poses as a self-help expert and preys on young women struggling with personal issues.

An unsub with a very special sense of smell attempts to capture the essence of human woman in candle form. Meanwhile, Prentiss tries to hide her growing paranoia from the team.

This week's episode finds the BAU hot on the trail of a deranged, drunken duo who manages to rack up quite the body count in between make out sessions.