WHAT MAKES A MAN EVIL?
Inside the
CRIMINAL MIND
A gripping exploration of the
psychological machinations and
immoral behaviour that define the
most wicked criminal types.
6 x 52 min.
“I just liked to kill, I wanted to kill.”
Ted Bundy. Serial Killer
Inside the
CRIMINAL MIND
6 x 52 min.
WHAT MAKES A MAN EVIL?
• Inside the Criminal Mind - A gripping exploration exposing the psychological machinations and immoral
behaviour that define the most nefarious criminal types.
• Every episode of this 6x52 minute series delves into the ardent backgrounds of infamous criminal's and with
commentary from world leading experts, a cognitive profile is created allowing the audience to not just
understand but recognise the psychology that creates the most fearsome types of criminal.
MAIN CONCEPT
Like it or not, we've all thought about committing a crime, often more disturbing than we'll ever admit; hurting someone
physically, emotionally or financially. These thoughts have little consequence until they become action. That's the difference
between our's and the criminal mind.
From a point of view rarely seen on television, “Inside the Criminal Mind” is a documentary series like no other.
Delving into the psychology of the most heinous criminal types and through case studying infamous miscreants, each
episode creates an overall profile not only educating but stimulating to satiate the audience's ever increasing morbid
curiosity. A real psychological exploration in the criminal brain.
“Inside the Criminal Mind” interviews industry experts including FBI, criminologists and psychologists, probing criminal's actions revealing
what they did as a product of who they are, determined by what they experienced leading to the evil events they created.
Some of our guests:
Patrick J. Mullany is a former FBI instructor at the FBI Academy. Howard Teten and Mullany pioneered FBI's offender profil-
ing as they designed a method for analyzing unknown offenders in unsolved cases. Author of the book Matador of Murder.
Dr. Kostas A. Katsavdakis, is a Licensed Psychologist and Diplomate in Forensic Psychology with the American Board of
Professional Psychology. He has extensive experience in Forensic Evaluations, the Clinical Assessment and Treatment of
juveniles and adults and Threat Assessment and Management.
Peter Frankel, Esq., is an attorney in New York, NY. 28 years experience in Criminal, DUI-DWI, Felony, Misdemeanor. One
of the top criminal defense lawyers in NYC.
By combining original footage and Re-enactments reconstruction of dramatic events “Inside the Criminal Mind” enlightens
the viewer as to what enables a perpetrator to move beyond guilt and remorse while taking the horrific actions granting
them the infamy they now possess.
EACH EPISODE INCLUDES:
1. Psychological profile of criminal types.
2. Backgrounds of infamous criminals and what they did.
3. Interviews with FBI, criminologists, psychologists and other experts.
4. Dramatic reconstructions of impactful moments concerning the criminal subject.
5. A deeply exploration for the audience as to what creates a criminal mind.
CONTENT
• Re-enactments of the most important psychological key moments leading a mind to the cruel crime.
• Selections of impeccable and rarely viewed stock footage.
• Interviews with industry leading professionals.
Inside the
CRIMINAL MIND
6 x 52 min.
EPISODE STRUCTURE
Act 1: The definition and description of the episode's specific criminal type. The beginnings of a psychological
profile.
Act 2: The exploration of the specific characteristics that constitute the episode's criminal type through studying
the actions and backgrounds of famous criminals.
Act 3: A diagnosis of the criminal type, summarising the entire episode and completing a profile that enlightens
the audience as to why these people do what they do, highlighting the difference between them and the criminal's
mind.
EPISODE 1: SERIAL KILLERS
Many of the world's most famous murderers have entered the collective cultural consciousness. Through people's
morbid fascination, their mass slayings have granted them pop cultural status. This episode examines the psychology and terrifying actions of serial killers; those who kill on multiple occasions to gratify their own desires.
The actions of these men continue to horrify to this day, we will examining their dark and twisted acts we can
begin to learn what's inside the serial killer's mind. We will explore the criminal mind of a serial killer within his
own brain, analyzing all the steps leading from childhood, adolescence, adulthood until the first murder and consequently the number of murders that determine a serial killer.
EPISODE 2: STAR KILLERS
Killing anyone takes a particular mindset but those who kill famous people are an entirely different breed. What
does it take to kill someone who will be missed by thousands, perhaps millions of people? This episode we explore
Mark David Chapman, the man who gunned down John Lennon. John Hinckley Jr. who attempted to assassinate
President Ronald Reagan to prove himself worthy of teen actress Jodie Foster's love. Victor Chang, famous Australian heart surgeon and medical inventor, murdered in an attempted extortion and Henry John Carpenter, friend
and killer of Bob Crane, the star of the TV's “Hogan's Heroes.” By exploring the obsession entrenched in the psychology of these people, we will expose what takes place inside the “Star Killer's” mind. We will see the most
important reasons that determine a murder to a well-known person.
Inside the
CRIMINAL MIND
6 x 52 min.
EPISODE 3: CYBER CRIMINALS
Our entire lives are online. Our financial records, criminal records and personal lives through social media are
easy pickings for those with the technological knowhow; the cyber criminal. Cybercrime now surpasses drug
trafficking as an illegal money maker, someone's identity is stolen every three seconds and cyber terrorism is
a common form of warfare. This episode explores Australian hacktivist Julian Assange who as a teenager infiltrated the world's most secured computer systems. The Barclay's Bank robbery where a man entered a North
London Bank, planted a device and with eight others stole over one million pounds. The rise of Indonesian
Cyber Crime between 2012 and 2015 when 497 suspects were arrested. South Korean Cyber Attacks against
the U.S. government, media and financial websites and Kevin Mitnick, the world's most wanted computer
hacker, now consulting on the computer security to some the world's most influential institutions. Exposing the
actions of these faceless outlaws with no borders, we can finally witness what happens inside the cyber criminal's mind.
EPISODE 4: CRIME LORDS
Some people are happy to do what they are told but others must call the shots, whatever the cost. This episode
focusses on the those who lead massive criminal organisations; the crime lord. By exploring the psychology of
infamous kingpins and mob bosses, this episode reveals what gives them the ruthless willingness to gamble
everything and take lives in their quest for control and power to essentially be “untouchable.” El Chapo, Joaquin
Guzman, Pablo Escobar, Bernado Provenzano, John Gotti. Through studying the lives and acts of these powerfully dangerous bosses, we can reveal whether they were born to be bosses or rose from abject poverty to rule as
we experience the mechanisms inside the crime lord's mind.
Inside the
CRIMINAL MIND
6 x 52 min.
EPISODE 5: KIDNAPPING
The unlawful taking of someone and holding them against their will is kidnapping, whether for ransom, political
gain, sexual obsession or child custody disputes. This episode examines the mindset human beings with the ability to deprive another of their freedom for their own person gain. Wolfgang Priklopil who kidnapped a ten year old
girl, holding her captive in his cellar for ten years. Ariel Castro who abducted three women. The Santa Ana
Kidnapping case where Isidro Merdano Garcia kidnapped and raped a fifteen year old girl. Joseg Fritzl who
kidnapped and abused his own daughter, holding her captive for twenty years while fathering her children.
Stephen Bradley the Australian who kidnapped and eventually murdered Graeme Thorne in an effort to ransom
his father's lottery win and the Boko Haram kidnapping of 300 Nigerian schoolgirls, who years later are still to be
found. By analysing those who perpetrate these twisted crimes, we can begin to comprehend their psychological
mechanisms, allowing the us to see inside the kidnapper's mind.
EPISODE 6: DEATH CULT LEADERS
A charismatic personality coupled with fringe beliefs, a messianic complex and an appetite for violence are but a
few of the common traits shared amongst death cult leaders. Charles Manson, David Koresh, Self proclaimed
messiah, Jim Jones the self proclaimed prophet Marshall Herff Applewhite and Warren Jeffs. While examining the
psychology of history's most notorious, we'll unravel the creation of their philosophies that lead to the death and
suffering of not just outside victims but their own followers as the we journey inside the death cult leader's mind.
Inside
the CRIMINAL MIND
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