Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers

John E. Douglas · Mark Olshaker

Feb 2019 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Danny Campbell

About this audiobook

In Obsession, John Douglas once again takes us fascinatingly behind the scenes, focusing his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking, and sexual murder through such cases as Ronnie Shelton, the serial rapist who terrorized Cleveland; and New York's notorious "Preppie Murder."

But Douglas also looks at obsession on the other side of the moral spectrum: his own career-long obsession with hunting these predators. Douglas shows us how we can all fight back and protect ourselves, our families, and loved ones against the scourge of the violent predators in our midst.

The first step is insight and understanding, and no one is better qualified to penetrate Obsession than John Douglas.

Ratings and reviews

beginning was good but the last two chapters went on and on about laws and legislation and was really boring, I didn't get this book to read about foundations and supreme court rulings. so this book started out real strong but ended so bad that I skipped almost all of the last chapter cuz I just couldn't deal w it anymore. The buffalo bill chapter was good but he left alot out and condescended alot of stuff that would have been really good if he told more of those stories in full instead

Great book. Very difficult topic. I have read and listened to a lot of horrible things. This was hard.

About the author

John E. Douglas is a former FBI special agent, the Bureau’s criminal profiling pioneer and one of the creators of the Crime Classification Manual. He is currently a consultant on criminal investigative analysis and the author, with Mark Olshaker, of Journey Into Darkness, The Anatomy of Motive, The Cases That Haunt Us, and Law & Disorder, among others.

Mark Olshaker is a novelist, nonfiction author, and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. He has written and produced numerous documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated PBS NOVA program Mind of a Serial Killer.