Mindhunter is a TV series created by Joe Penhall in 2017 and based on the book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, first published in 1995. The TV series features Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Cotter Smith, Hannah Gross, Sonny Valicenti, and others.
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Storyline
Mindhunter revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, along with psychologist Wendy Carr, who operate the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. They interview imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases. The first season takes place from 1977 to 1980, in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1995
Pages
397
Book Rate
8.14
S: Goodreads
Book
Mindhunter
Subtitle: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Author: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Country: USA
First published in: 1995
Length: 397 pages
Genre: Biography
Book series: Mindhunter
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