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Killer Psyche

Audible | Treefort Media

172 episodes · Explicit

When a shocking crime occurs, people ask “Why?” Was it about power, ego, or revenge? On Killer Psyche, retired FBI agent Candice DeLong draws on her decades of experience to reveal why these murderers and criminals committed these heinous acts. She will reveal fascinating new details about what drove these people, including cases she was close to. Candice will share specific psychological methods and profiling techniques that experts use to understand the deepest part of the most complex, fascinating, and twisted minds, from the Unabomber to Alex Murdaugh to Mary Bell. Winner of the 2025 Bronze Signal Award for True Crime podcasts.

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  1. Sarah Hartsfield

    · 49 min · S6 E15 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sarah Hartsfield, the Texas woman convicted of murdering her fifth husband -- one in a long line of men who loved her, dreaded her,…

  2. Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe

    · 6:58 · Trailer · Explicit

    A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder. Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But…

  3. Randy Kraft - The Scorecard Killer

    · 47 min · S6 E14 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Randy Kraft, known as the Scorecard Killer, one of the most prolific and elusive serial killers in California history. For over a…

  4. Joran van der Sloot - The Murder of Natalee Holloway

    · 48 min · S6 E13 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national who spent 18 years lying his way through one of the most watched missing persons cases in modern…

  5. Listen Now: Audible True Crime – Ghost Story

    · 9:18 · Trailer

    Audible True Crime is a dedicated podcast feed where we bring you the best podcasts in true crime, with episodes dropping every single week. Just in time for spooky season, we’re releasing a show called Ghost Story, a…

  6. Charles Cullen - The Angel of Death

    · 48 min · S6 E12 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Charles Cullen, a registered nurse who killed patients across nine hospitals and healthcare facilities in New Jersey and…

  7. Scott Peterson

    · 42 min · S6 E11 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Scott Peterson, the California man convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Laci on Christmas Eve 2002. On the surface, Scott…

  8. Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder

    · 5:18 · Trailer

    Lauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and…

  9. Lindsay Clancy

    · 59 min · S6 E10 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse who strangled her three young children: five-year-old Cora,…

  10. Lori Vallow Daybell

    · 43 min · S6 E9 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother whose apocalyptic religious beliefs concealed the murders of her own two children. For…

  11. Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty: What Happens Now? - A Conversation with Josh Ritter

    · 49 min · S6 E8 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong breaks down the stunning legal turn in the case of Luigi Mangione, the man who admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in…

  12. Richard Ramirez Part 2: An Interview with Frank Falzon

    · 40 min · S6 E7 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong revisits the case of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, through the eyes of the man who cracked it. While Los Angeles dominated the headlines, it was a San…

  13. Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker

    · 50 min · S6 E6 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the terrifying case of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer and sexual predator who turned the summer of 1985 into a season of fear across Southern…

  14. Herb Baumeister - The Fox Hollow Farm Killer

    · 56 min · S6 E5 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Herb Baumeister, the Indianapolis thrift store owner whose sprawling Fox Hollow Farm concealed the remains of at least eleven men.…

  15. Catherine Birnie & David Birnie - The Moorhouse Murders

    · 47 min · S6 E4 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of David and Catherine Birnie, the Australian couple who terrorized Perth over five weeks in 1986, abducting, raping, and murdering…

  16. Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer

    · 55 min · S6 E3 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer. Beginning in the summer of 1982, young women began vanishing from a stretch of…

  17. The Murder of Jennifer Dulos

    · 49 min · S6 E2 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unravels the disturbing disappearance of 50-year-old mother of five, Jennifer Dulos. After dropping off her children at school one morning in 2019 and failing to…

  18. Jeffrey Dahmer - The Milwaukee Monster

    · 55 min · S6 E1 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the horrifying case of Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most infamous serial killers. Between 1978 and 1991, young men and boys began disappearing from…

  19. ENCORE: Revisiting Alex Murdaugh - A Conversation with Valerie Bauerlein

    · 54 min · S5 E37 · Explicit

    After a stunning reversal, in May, 2026, Alex Murdaugh was granted a new trial for the murders of his wife and son, after the South Carolina appeals court ruled that the actions of a former County Clerk had unfairly…

  20. Albert DeSalvo: "The Boston Strangler"

    · 51 min · S5 E36 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the infamous case of Albert DeSalvo, the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler. In the early 1960s, a wave of fear swept through Boston as women…

  21. John Edward Robinson: The Internet's First Serial Killer

    · 49 min · S5 E35 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of John Edward Robinson, known as the internet's first serial killer. For nearly two decades, women across the Midwest answered his…

  22. Pam Hupp: "The Killer Next Door"

    · 53 min · S5 E34 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the shocking case of Pam Hupp, a Missouri woman whose web of lies, manipulation, and greed would unravel over the course of several years. What began as…

  23. Oscar Pistorius: The "Blade Runner" Killer

    · 48 min · S5 E33 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic sprinter known worldwide as the ""Blade Runner."" On Valentine's Day 2013, Pistorius…

  24. Kouri Richins: The Grief Author Killer

    · 42 min · S5 E32 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Kouri Richins, the Utah real estate agent who poisoned her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl. In the spring of 2022, Eric…

  25. Sid Vicious & the Murder of Nancy Spungen

    · 48 min · S5 E31 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sid Vicious and the unsolved murder of Nancy Spungen. On the morning of October 12th, 1978, Nancy was found stabbed to death on the…

  26. Joanna Dennehy - The Kill Bill Murderer

    · 47 min · S5 E30 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the chilling case of Joanna Dennehy, a brutal serial killer inspired by the film Kill Bill. Over just ten days in the spring of 2013, three men were…

  27. Rex Heuermann - The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer: A Conversation with Josh Ritter

    · 49 min · S5 E29 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the stunning guilty plea of Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect known as the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer. For more than fifteen years, the murders of…

  28. Michael Gargiulo: The Hollywood Ripper

    · 49 min · S5 E28 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Michael Gargiulo, known as the Hollywood Ripper. For more than a decade, women in the suburbs of Chicago and the Hollywood Hills…

  29. Carl Panzram: "Meanness Personified"

    · 47 min · S5 E27 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Carl Panzram, one of the most brutal and unrepentant criminals in American history. In the early twentieth century, Panzram's trail…

  30. Brenda Ann Spencer: The Girl Who Didn't Like Mondays

    · 46 min · S5 E26 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Brenda Ann Spencer, the teenager behind one of the earliest school shootings in modern American history. On the morning of January…

  31. Sirhan Sirhan: The Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy

    · 46 min · S5 E25 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the man who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Shortly after midnight on June 5th, 1968, a gunshot in…

  32. Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber 30 Years Later

    · 54 min · S5 E24 · Explicit

    30 years after ""The Unabomber's"" arrest, Ted Kaczynski's ideas are more alive than ever, cited by killers like Luigi Mangione, debated by philosophers and celebrated by people who see him as a prophet rather than a…

  33. Luka Magnotta: The Butcher of Montreal

    · 49 min · S5 E23 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Luka Magnotta, known as the Butcher of Montreal. In the spring of 2012, a shocking video showing the murder of a university student…

  34. Ted Bundy: Part 2

    · 49 min · S5 E22 · Explicit

    In the second half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong picks up where the nightmare left off. After escaping custody twice, Ted Bundy fled to Tallahassee, Florida, where his…

  35. Ted Bundy: Part 1

    · 53 min · S5 E21 · Explicit

    In the first half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. In the early…

  36. Nick Reiner - The Murders of Rob & Michelle Reiner: A Conversation with Josh Ritter

    · 48 min · S5 E20 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the shocking murders of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner. Candice walks through what investigators say…

  37. Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer

    · 43 min · S5 E19 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian-era poisoner who used arsenic to systematically eliminate husbands, stepchildren, and even her own…

  38. Westley Allan Dodd: The Child Predator of the Pacific Northwest

    · 52 min · S5 E18 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Westley Allan Dodd, a serial child killer who terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s. Beneath his quiet, unassuming…

  39. The Watts Family Murders

    · 45 min · S5 E17 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Chris Watts, the seemingly devoted husband and father who killed his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two young daughters in 2018.…

  40. Janie Lou Gibbs: The Deadly Church Lady

    · 39 min · S5 E16 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unpacks the disturbing case of Janie Lou Gibbs, a churchgoing mother whose quiet devotion masked a deadly secret. In 1960s Georgia, Janie poisoned her husband, her…

  41. Paul Snider & the Murder of Dorothy Stratten

    · 45 min · S5 E15 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the devastating murder of Playboy model and rising star Dorothy Stratten by her estranged husband, Paul Snider, in 1980. As Dorothy’s career took off,…

  42. Donna Adelson: The Deadly Mother In Law

    · 47 min · S5 E14 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Donna Adelson, a domineering and deeply enmeshed mother whose obsessive need for control allegedly culminated in the…

  43. Arthur Gary Bishop: The Mormon Murderer

    · 49 min · S5 E13 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Arthur Gary Bishop, a devout Mormon and trusted member of his Utah community whose outward normalcy concealed a violent predator. In…

  44. John Thomas Sweeney & the Murder of Dominique Dunne

    · 40 min · S5 E12 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the tragic and highly publicized case of John Thomas Sweeney, whose obsessive control and escalating violence led to the murder of actress Dominique Dunne…

  45. Karla Faye Tucker- The Deathrow Convert

    · 44 min · S5 E11 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unpacks the disturbing case of Karla Faye Tucker, a woman whose early life of addiction, sexual exploitation, and chaos culminated in a brutally sadistic double…

  46. Encore: Dennis Rader: BTK

    · 51 min · S5 E10 · Explicit

    In this encore episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Dennis Rader, also known as BTK. Over 17 years, Rader tortured and murdered 10 people, while playing a game of cat and…

  47. S5 E9 Ask Candice Anything, Part 2

    · 31 min · S5 E9 · Explicit

    In the second half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong answers questions from listeners about her time in the FBI and her countless interviews with violent offenders. See…

  48. Ask Candice Anything: Part 1

    · 35 min · S5 E8 · Explicit

    In the first half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong answers questions from listeners all about the human psyche and her time as a psychiatric nurse. See Privacy Policy at…

  49. Brynn Hartman & the Murder of Phil Hartman

    · 39 min · S5 E7 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the heartbreaking murder-suicide of Phil and Brynn Hartman, whose seemingly charmed life masked a growing storm. Within their home, Brynn battled…

  50. Gwendolyn Graham & Cathy Wood: The Lethal Lovers

    · 42 min · S5 E6 · Explicit

    Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unravels the horrifying case of Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood, also known as the “Lethal Lovers.” Inside the walls of a Michigan nursing home, their romance…

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