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(narrator) Nothing is more difficult than hunting the hunter of man.

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(Robert Ressler) A serial killer is a
predator,

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but they hunt human prey.

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(narrator) The FBI investigates at least 50
serial killings per year.

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(Robert Ressler) They have fantasies that
drive them to violence,

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and they kill and kill
again.

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(narrator) Who becomes a victim is
determined by only one thing:

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The mind of the
serial killer.

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(Robert Ressler) A profile is a psychological
portrait of a killer.

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It establishes a map into
the mind of the murderer.

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(narrator) And that is where the hunt has
to begin.

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Alexandria, Virginia, on the
outskirts of Washington, DC.

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Two police officers revisit a
series of brutal murders that occurred two decades ago.

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The first case that
occurred,

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the body was found in a drain area.

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(narrator) Detective Tom Moorehead fills in
the case history for his
visitor.

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The second one was
reported missing,

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and it was six weeks before we
found her.

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Her automobile was found,
though, right away.

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(narrator) The body count kept rising.

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Number three was found in
a creek,

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submerged in the water.

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There was sexual assault on all
of those.

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After the autopsy, fluids were
sent to the lab,

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and it indicated that they had
been raped.

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(narrator) The details of the killings were
so gruesome,

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they shocked even seasoned
investigators.

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There were two that were
stabbed,

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the one that had been missing
for about six weeks - she had

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been stabbed somewhere around
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of her body.

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The medical examiner had
said that it was an indication of overkill,

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which is a lot of times

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they're acting in sort of a
frenzy.

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Five woman.

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Three of them died in just one month.

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At that particular point,
we had no idea who it was,

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so we were just wondering how
would it be for the next one.

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(narrator) What makes a man kill his fellow
man?

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There are no easy answers, but
Robert Ressler has made it

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his mission to find
them.

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The emerging profile of a
profiler.

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Robert Ressler began his
career as a military

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investigator for the U.S. Army.

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He was stationed in Europe and
the Far East.

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In the Army, he learned how to
catch criminals.

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I became convinced that
understanding the motives

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of the killer would ultimately
make me better at catching them,

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so I started studying psychology and continued as a

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criminal investigator.

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Upon leaving the Army,
Robert Ressler was looking

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for a way to achieve his
goal.

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I wanted to work for the
best,

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and that was the FBI.

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Here I thought I could combine
my knowledge of

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criminal behavior psychology.

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I was especially interested in
serial killers because here

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I thought psychology played

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a major role in why they killed
and how.

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(narrator) When Ressler joined the Bureau
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his interest in modern
psychology was frowned upon.

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The FBI was a place where hard
evidence counted.

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Despite the internal opposition,
Ressler formulated a plan

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to study the behavior of serial killers.

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He called it profiling.

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(Robert Ressler) I had a working lunch with
the Director of the FBI

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this time, William Webster.

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At the end of the lunch and
said, "Mr. Ressler,

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I think you have a great idea.

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I want you to align yourself
with academics and outside

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people outside the FBI of the
highest quality,

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and I want this program to be
successful."

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That gave it life.

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Back in Alexandria, Virginia,
the killer had stabbed his

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victim first in the back, then the front,

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then everywhere.

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(narrator) The morgue.

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This is where Robert Ressler
looks for clues.

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(Robert Ressler) Each time I walk into a
room like that,

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I'm afraid I'm going to see
something worse than I've ever
seen before.

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I figured out very early
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serial killers,

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and that's organized and disorganized.

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Just by looking at the crime
scene and how the bodies are
found,

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I can establish a pretty good basis for a profile.

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(narrator) Detective Moorehead tells
Ressler that all victims

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were found completely dressed.

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Yet, they had all been raped
before they were killed.

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If they're dressed
properly,

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I would say that the killer has
ordered them to dress

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themselves.

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If they're dressed improperly,
then it would indicate the

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killer dressed them after death.

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So whether or not they were
dressed by themselves or

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whether or not they were dressed
by the killer becomes, again,

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another look into the killer's mind.

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(narrator) Ressler notes this telling
detail.

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If the killer was able to
instruct the women to dress,

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this would suggest somebody who

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was in control of his own senses,

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enough to plan the kill,

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an organized mind at work.

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This is how it always begins.

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Picking up the scent.

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Beginning to track the serial
killer.

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(Robert Ressler) On a very personal level,
I just wonder what is his

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force that takes ahold of a
person and pushes them over

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the edge.

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(narrator) Robert Ressler has been on the
trail of this evil ever since

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he was nine years old.

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Catch me before I kill
more.

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I cannot control myself,
scrolled with lipstick on

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the wall by a desperate killer.

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Chicago.

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1946.

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A city gripped by fear.

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The chilling words of America's
first modern serial killer

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captured the imagination of the
entire country.

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Two women, brutally murdered,
found in carefully arranged

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settings.

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The killer had even bandaged the
mortal wounds as if ashamed

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of what he had done.

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(offscreen voice) It came into my head that I must
have done something,

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and I realized it must have been
a child.

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(narrator) The northwest side of
Chicago.

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This is where Robert Ressler
grew up.

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(Robert Ressler) So it's good to be back in
Chicago.

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Well, you know, it's been....

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(narrator) He still stays in touch
with his old friend,

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Phillip .. l Kozlofsk..

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Together they roamed the
neighborhood streets when

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they were boys.

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It was a long, hot summer when
the string of bizarre killings

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known as the lipstick murders
shook this city.

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The boys were so intrigued, they
formed their very own

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detective agency.

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Their mission?

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To catch the Lipstick Murderer.

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(Robert Ressler) The whole idea came from some
movie that we had seen where

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kids were detectives,

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and we decided we were going to do this.

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Could have been. Right, right.

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It was a lot of cloak and
dagger involved with this.

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You know, the kind of the false
beards and the dark glasses,

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which, of course, no proper spy
operation can be without.

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(narrator) But the games soon ended
when the killer struck again.

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Police found body parts
floating in the Chicago sewers.

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They identified the victim
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She had been snatched from
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and dismembered.

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It really paralyzed the city
of Chicago.

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It was a frightening aspect to
have a child taken from

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her bedroom in the dead of
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body parts found in sewers - of
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this guy confessing to all.

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The police arrest William Heirens,

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a 17-year-old student.

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He confesses everything.

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The Lipstick Murderer now has a
face.

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The Heirens' case had a
tremendous impact,

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in general, on people in
Chicago.

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In your case, it actually led
you to try to somehow gain some

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insight into the mind of this
person as to why he was doing it,

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and then this led to, led....