Podcast appearances and mentions of doc bonn

LOOKING BACK ON DAVID BERKOWITZ'S LIFE AS SON OF SAM IT IS STILL HARD TO BELIEVE A MAN OF THAT STATURE TURNED INTO SERIAL KILLER, BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH THE MIND. IT'S ONLY BEEN SINCE THE LATE 70'S THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE BECOME SERIAL KILLERS AND WHAT MAKE THEM TICK. TODAY WE ARE TODAY WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE BACK ON THE PODCAST MARK OLSHAKER, CO-AUTHOR OF MINDHUNTER TO HELP US GET INSIDE THE MIND OF SON OF SAM.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ONCE THE NYPD SAW THAT THEY HAD A SERIAL KILLER ON THER HANDS, THEY QUICKLY FORMED THE OMEGA TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE WAS MADE UP OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE NYPD.  WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FEW DOZEN QUICKLY SWELLED INTO THE 50'S AND THEN EVENTUALLY UP TO A 100 OFFICERS WORKING FULLTIME ON THE SON OF SAM MURDERS. TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THOSE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, MARLIN HOPKINS. MARLIN SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN THE NYPD, MOSTLY AS A DETECTIVE.  IN 1977 HE WALKED RIGHT INTO THE TRUE CRIME HISTORY BOOKS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LEGENDARY CRIME REPORTER AND JOURNALIST JEFF KAMEN JOINS DOC BONN TO SHARE HIS FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES DURING THE SUMMER OF SAM IN 1977. JEFF WAS A REPORTER FOR WPIX IN NYC AND FOUND HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE RIGHT TIME TO CAPTURE THE CRIME STORY OF THE DECADE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOC BONN DIVES DEEPER INTO THE WORLD OF THE SON OF SAM KILLER DAVID BERKOWITZ AND DEBUNKS SOME MYTHS ABOUT THE NOTORIOUS KILLER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOC BONN SPENT TIME WRITING AND MEETING WITH DAVID BERKOWITZ, THE SON OF SAM KILLER, WHO TERRORIZED NYC IN THE 70'S. TODAY HE WILL SHARE HIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH BERKOWITZ AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR HIS ANALYSIS ON SON OF SAM'S SANITY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOC BONN IS EMBARKING ON A LIVE SHOW TOUR STARTING IN MAY IN SELECTED CITIES THAT WILL FOCUS ON BRINGING ALL OF HIS RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES SURROUNDING SERIAL KILLERS AND WHY PEOPLE ARE CAPTIVATED BY THEM - TO A LIVE AUDIENCE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHOPATHS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AND WHO THEY ARE.  WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT EVEN KNOW ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE COMMON THEN YOU WOULD THINK. TO HELP US TALK ABOUT PSYCHOPATHS WE HAVE DR. KEVIN DUTTON ON THE PODCAST TODAY.  DR. DUTTON IS A RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR.  PART OF DR. DUTTON'S RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY, WHICH CAN GO HAND AND HAND WHEN DEALING WITH SERIAL KILLERS.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM DENNIS RADER BTK'S DAUGHTER KERRI RAWSON IN A VERY HONEST AND REVEALING INTERVIEW.  TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME MORE BRUTALLY HONEST INSIGHTS FROM KERRI  WHO HAS STRUGGLED WITH WHAT HER FATHER HAS DONE FOR MOST OF HER LIFE WITH PART 2 OF HER INTERVIEW WITH US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How well do you really know anyone in our lives... Your colleagues at work, your friends, your family. What about your parents? What if you went through your whole life from childhood to being an adult not knowing who or what type of person your own father was. Kerri Rawson, the daughter of Dennis Rader, found out in 2005 in her mid-20's that the father that she loved and raised her was the BTK killer. From that point on, Kerri's life was shattered. How do you come to terms with the fact, that her father, by her own admission was a loving caring husband and father was actually a murderer who was killing innocent people for over 30 years. It's an incredible story that is both sad and horrific, but Kerri Rawson has survived it all is here today to talk with Doc Bonn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN 1988 THOMAS HARRIS PUBLISHED HIS BEST SELLING NOVEL “THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS” WHICH THEN BECAME A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE STARRING JODY FOSTER AND ANTHONY HOPKINS.  THAT FILM GAVE THE WORLD A NEW PERSPECITVE ON SERIAL KILLERS AND HOW LAW ENFORCMENT STUDIES THEM AND CATCHES THEM, BUT THAT WAS FICTION.  IN 1995 THE BOOK “MINDHUNTER: INSIDE THE FBI'S ELITE SERIAL CRIME UNIT” WAS PUBLISHED.  THE AUTHORS, WORLD RENOWN FBI CRIMINAL PROFILER JOHN DOUGLAS AND DOCUMENTARIAN AND WRITER MARK OLSHAKER REVEALED THE REAL STORIES BEHIND SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS.  .”  TODAY WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE ONE OF AUTHORS OF MINDHUNTER HERE WITH US, MARK OLSHAKER TO HEAR HIS INSIGHTS ABOUT SERIAL KILLERS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOR THE SPAN OF THREE DECADES, THE WICHITA POLICE DEPARTMENT HUNTED AND PLAYED A CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH BTK.  DETECTIVE TIMOTHY RELPH WAS A MEMBER OF THE BTK TASK FORCE. AFTER YEARS OF CHASING LEADS, DETECTIVE RELPH, WOULD BE THERE IN PERSON TO PUT THE CUFFS ON ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS IN HISTORY.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Doc Bonn introduces us to Jenny Grantham a former correctional officer at El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas; Jenny had daily interaction with BTK for two years. Join us for Jenny's insight into one of the world's most sadistic serial killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After years of corresponding with Dennis Rader, a.k.a. BTK, Doc Bonn reveals their conversations. Doc Bonn discusses BTK's motivations and lack of remorse for the horrific crimes. Doc Bonn also does a deep dive into how and why Dennis Rader became BTK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are we so obsessed with serial killers? In this episode of our new podcast our co-host and best selling author Dr. Scott Bonn will unravel the reasons why serial killers are so fascinating. What causes a seemingly normal person to turn into a psychopathic killer? This season on Partners in True Crime: The Killing Hour with Doc Bonn we will be doing a deep dive on one of the world's most notorious killers Dennis Rader a.k.a. BTK. How did this church fair family man turn into one of the country's most elusive serial killers who evaded police for almost three decades? Doc Bonn will reveal his own personal experience with BTK, and we will be interviewing BTK's daughter Kerri Rawson, his prison guard Jenny Grantham, and the investigators who captured him. Experts in the field of psychopathy and serial killings will also be joining us with special guests like best selling author and Emmy award winner Mark Olshaker the creator of MindHunter, and best selling author and Oxford University professor Dr. Kevin Dutton. Join us for an exciting new season as we unravel the dark and psychotic world of BTK who lived in plain sight for almost 30 years...how well do you know those around you? Could you be living with a killer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here are TWO episodes with Dr. Scott Bonn, First is his famous MORAL PANIC - Mass Deception and the Iraq War Then he returns to talk Seria Killers and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Okay, we are on a Doc Bonn kick to celebrate the release of his new bookj THE GUARDIAN ,,,these back to back episodes cover Manipulating the Media and Suicide. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Serial killers hold the fascination of the public, whether in true crime news accounts of individuals such as Ted Bundy or fictional depictions such as the television shows Dexter and Criminal Minds or popular movies such as the “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” or “Silence of the Lambs.” Serial killers seem so purely predatory and unremorseful that our society cannot help but display a macabre interest in them. Although they account for no more than 1% of the approximately 15,000 homicides in the U.S. annually, serial killers receive a disproportionate amount of media attention due to the incomprehensible savagery of their deeds. Significantly, serial killers differ from mass murderers or spree murderers. Mass murder can be defined as the killing of multiple people at a single location where the victims may be either randomly selected or targeted. A mass murderer is often killed at the scene of the crime; sometimes by his/her own hand.  A spree murder is the killing of multiple people at different locations over a short period of time (the maximum duration is usually 7 days).  The killer in spree murders often but not always knows his/her victims, and most often targets family members or romantic partners. I use the following list of behavioral criteria to define serial homicide for the purposes of my research:             1. At least three murdered victims.             2. The murders take place in separate events, at different times.             3. The killer experiences an emotional cooling off period between murders. The key distinction between serial killers and mass or spree killers is this emotional cooling off period in which the killer blends back into his/her seemingly normal life. The predator reemerges to strike again when the urge to kill becomes overwhelming. The duration of the cooling off period can vary from weeks to months or even years, and varies by a killer. Dennis Rader or “Bind, Torture, Kill” (BTK) had 10 known victims over nearly 30 years!            There is some disagreement over the serial killer definition, mostly about the number of killings required. There is also debate as to whether organized crime hit-men should be considered serial killers.  Doc Bonn argues that they are not serial killers because their motivation is purely business and their killings fulfill no emotional needs.  Serial killers are driven to murder by urges and fantasies that they frequently do not comprehend.        Doc Bonn’s Research Doc Bonn is currently researching and writing a popular book on the public’s fascination with serial killers titled, "Why We Love Serial Killers," published by Skyhorse Press for release in 2014. This book examines the social processes through which serial killers often become morbid pop culture celebrities.  The book seeks to answer the following: What are the roles of the popular media, state officials and the killers themselves in the social construction of serial killers’ public identities?  Why are so many people fascinated with serial killers? What social-psychological needs do serial killers fulfill for the public?  In order to help answer these questions, Doc Bonn is exploring the mysterious, psychopathic criminal minds of infamous serial killers. Ironically, and perhaps shockingly, this book proposes that serial killers may actually serve a function in society by clarifying the meaning of “evil” and setting moral boundaries—that is, by helping to establish the outer limits of what one human being can do to others. Doc Bonn believes that it is quite natural for people to be fascinated by why serial killers commit their murders and for their grizzly exploits to become media spectacles.  Let us know what you think about this topic.      Death Investigator Magazine A digital magazine focused on the death investigation community. Dedicated to improving skills and enriching lives of investigators.   “To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we only owe the truth.” Voltaire .       Medicolegal Death Investigation – Online Academy  Coroners, Medical Examiner Investigators, Police, and Forensic students. This hybrid course looks at death investigation from a combined perspective of law enforcement and medicolegal death investigations. MLDI online Academy is a Nationally Accredited online training designed to teach all aspects of death investigation and scene management. 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Serial Killer month continues as Eric and Marie welcome Dr. Scott Bonn to the program this week discussing his research of notorious serial killers and his book "Why we love Serial Killers." Dr. Scott Bonn (“Doc Bonn”) is Professor of Criminology, media expert and analyst, public speaker and author. He is an expert on criminal behavior and the motivations of criminals. He offers insights into various types of crime, including white-collar, state crime, bullying, domestic violence, sexual assault and serial homicide. His expert commentary frequently appears in the popular news media. Doc Bonn is the author of “Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq,” a critically acclaimed book on war crime and terrorism from Rutgers University Press (2010). His latest book is on the public's fascination with serial killers in which he offers insights into the minds of infamous predators and explains how and why serial killers are often transformed into ghoulish popular culture celebrities by the media. Titled "Why We Love Serial Killers" the book is published by Skyhorse Press and released in October, 2014. Professor Bonn is not your average academic. He combines the knowledge and skills of an academic scholar with more than twenty years of senior-level corporate experience in advertising and news and entertainment media. As such, he has unique insights into the public’s attitudes and beliefs, how they are shaped, and the agenda-setting powers of political leaders and the news media. Doc Bonn has developed a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called “critical communication” to explain how state officials and the news media actually shape public opinion on complex issues such as homicide, capital punishment, drugs, abortion and terrorism. Doc Bonn received a doctorate in sociology (criminology) at the University of Miami, FL, and a masters degree in criminal justice administration at San Jose State University. He teaches courses in criminology, sociology of deviance, media and crime, and criminal justice. His primary research interests include white-collar crime, state crime, domestic violence, serial homicide and how the media influence society. Prior to his academic career, Bonn held high-ranking corporate positions such as Vice President at NBC Television Network, and Executive Vice President at SonicNet, a leading music website, now a part of MTV Networks. He resides in Manhattan, New York. To learn more about this weeks guest visit his website http://www.docbonn.com/

Serial Killer month continues as Eric and Marie welcome Dr. Scott Bonn to the program this week discussing his research of notorious serial killers and his book "Why we love Serial Killers." Dr. Scott Bonn (“Doc Bonn”) is Professor of Criminology, media expert and analyst, public speaker and author. He is an expert on criminal behavior and the motivations of criminals. He offers insights into various types of crime, including white-collar, state crime, bullying, domestic violence, sexual assault and serial homicide. His expert commentary frequently appears in the popular news media. Doc Bonn is the author of “Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq,” a critically acclaimed book on war crime and terrorism from Rutgers University Press (2010). His latest book is on the public's fascination with serial killers in which he offers insights into the minds of infamous predators and explains how and why serial killers are often transformed into ghoulish popular culture celebrities by the media. Titled "Why We Love Serial Killers" the book is published by Skyhorse Press and released in October, 2014. Professor Bonn is not your average academic. He combines the knowledge and skills of an academic scholar with more than twenty years of senior-level corporate experience in advertising and news and entertainment media. As such, he has unique insights into the public's attitudes and beliefs, how they are shaped, and the agenda-setting powers of political leaders and the news media. Doc Bonn has developed a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called “critical communication” to explain how state officials and the news media actually shape public opinion on complex issues such as homicide, capital punishment, drugs, abortion and terrorism. Doc Bonn received a doctorate in sociology (criminology) at the University of Miami, FL, and a masters degree in criminal justice administration at San Jose State University. He teaches courses in criminology, sociology of deviance, media and crime, and criminal justice. His primary research interests include white-collar crime, state crime, domestic violence, serial homicide and how the media influence society. Prior to his academic career, Bonn held high-ranking corporate positions such as Vice President at NBC Television Network, and Executive Vice President at SonicNet, a leading music website, now a part of MTV Networks. He resides in Manhattan, New York. To learn more about this weeks guest visit his website http://www.docbonn.com/

Serial Killer month continues as Eric and Marie welcome Dr. Scott Bonn to the program this week discussing his research of notorious serial killers and his book "Why we love Serial Killers." Dr. Scott Bonn (“Doc Bonn”) is Professor of Criminology, media expert and analyst, public speaker and author. He is an expert on criminal behavior and the motivations of criminals. He offers insights into various types of crime, including white-collar, state crime, bullying, domestic violence, sexual assault and serial homicide. His expert commentary frequently appears in the popular news media. Doc Bonn is the author of “Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq,” a critically acclaimed book on war crime and terrorism from Rutgers University Press (2010). His latest book is on the public's fascination with serial killers in which he offers insights into the minds of infamous predators and explains how and why serial killers are often transformed into ghoulish popular culture celebrities by the media. Titled "Why We Love Serial Killers" the book is published by Skyhorse Press and released in October, 2014. Professor Bonn is not your average academic. He combines the knowledge and skills of an academic scholar with more than twenty years of senior-level corporate experience in advertising and news and entertainment media. As such, he has unique insights into the public’s attitudes and beliefs, how they are shaped, and the agenda-setting powers of political leaders and the news media. Doc Bonn has developed a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called “critical communication” to explain how state officials and the news media actually shape public opinion on complex issues such as homicide, capital punishment, drugs, abortion and terrorism. Doc Bonn received a doctorate in sociology (criminology) at the University of Miami, FL, and a masters degree in criminal justice administration at San Jose State University. He teaches courses in criminology, sociology of deviance, media and crime, and criminal justice. His primary research interests include white-collar crime, state crime, domestic violence, serial homicide and how the media influence society. Prior to his academic career, Bonn held high-ranking corporate positions such as Vice President at NBC Television Network, and Executive Vice President at SonicNet, a leading music website, now a part of MTV Networks. He resides in Manhattan, New York. To learn more about this weeks guest visit his website http://www.docbonn.com/