Kemper on Kemper: Inside The Mind of a Serial Killer

S1/EP1 Experts explain the twisted motivations behind "Co-Ed Killer" Ed Kemper's gruesome murders.

S1/EP1 Harold Cartwright recounts defending serial killer Ed Kemper.

S1/EP1 Listen to serial killer Ed Kemper explain why he murdered his own mother and "humiliated" her corpse.

S1/EP1 Profilers realized they could use their strategies from interviewing Kemper to figure out how other serial killers tick.

S1/EP1 Two roommates were Ed Kemper's first victims.

S1/EP1 Kemper explains when he decided to kill his mother.

S1/EP1 Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mother. Former FBI agent John Douglas takes us through his extensive interviews with Kemper, which became the backbone of modern criminal psychology.

S1/EP1 FBI Special Agent John Douglas and FBI consultant Ann Burgess from the FBI Behavioral Science Unit discuss how interviewing Ed Kemper in prison helped the team innovate ways to investigate serial killers.

S1/EP1 Serial killer Ed Kemper socialized with police officers at local bars while he was also killing. FBI Special Agent John Douglas and others discuss Kemper’s fascination with law enforcement and how he sought power over others.

S1/EP1 At an early age, serial killer Ed Kemper displayed disturbing behavior. Experts discuss Kemper’s obsession with death and the morbid role-play games he played with his sisters.

S1/EP1 Serial killer Ed Kemper claimed that his mother was an abusive parent. Special Agent John Douglas and Anne Burgess, formerly of the FBI, and Louis Schlesinger, PhD. discuss Kempers love-hate relationship with his mother.