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Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Roy Hazelwood (Author), Stephen G Michaud (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator),
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The Evil That Men Do introduced listeners to the lifework and the techniques of FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood. Now, in Dark Dreams, Hazelwood - writing with best-selling author Stephen G. Michaud - brings us deep into the minds of his prey, the world's most dangerous sexual criminals, and reveals the extent to which these individuals permeate our society.

Profiler Roy Hazelwood is one of the world's leading experts on the strangest and most dangerous of all aberrant offenders - the sexual criminal. In Dark Dreams he reveals the twisted motives and thinking that go into the most reprehensible crimes. He also catalogs the innovative and remarkably effective techniques - investigative approaches that he helped pioneer at the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit - that allow law enforcement agents to construct psychological profiles of the offenders who commit these crimes.

Hazelwood has helped track down some of the most violent and well-known criminals in modern history; in Dark Dreams he takes listeners into his world - a sinister world inhabited by scores of dangerous offenders for every Roy Hazelwood who would put them behind bars.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 17 minutes
  2. Author
    Roy Hazelwood, see all
  3. Narrator
    Joe Barrett
  4. Audible release date
    October 11, 2016
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B01LYZ1SKY
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 17 minutes
Author Roy Hazelwood, Stephen G Michaud
Narrator Joe Barrett
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Audible.com Release Date October 11, 2016
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01LYZ1SKY
Best Sellers Rank #34,324 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#11 in Criminal & Forensic Psychology
#180 in Murder True Crime
#197 in Medical General Psychology

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Customers find the book well-written and engaging. They find it insightful and educational, providing valuable information from various studies. Readers appreciate the true crime genre and the author's explanation of serial killers and sexual predators. Overall, it serves as a useful primer for learning about violent crimes from a behavioral perspective.

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Customers find the book easy to read and well-written. They say it's a quick, easy read with terms they understand. The book is especially appealing for readers with short attention spans who easily grow bored with true stories.

"..."why", as much as can be explained, in this fascinating, well-written book...." Read more

"It's well written and informative, but the subject is ugly. I would like to think I don't have any triggers, but this book is gruesome." Read more

"...His writing is to the point and intensely personal because these are vignettes of cases he personally participated in...." Read more

"...is great, if you like reading about profiling in general it will be great read; lots of inside looks into how Roy started his methodology and studies..." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful and educational. It provides information from various studies and goes into the science and statistics of crimes and the minds of criminals. The book is an interesting read from the perspective of profilers and a must-read for true crime enthusiasts.

"...Enjoyed is perhaps the wrong word. I find forensics & behavioral analysis fascinating tools...." Read more

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"It's well written and informative, but the subject is ugly. I would like to think I don't have any triggers, but this book is gruesome." Read more

"...and 16 years in the BSU making it a very fast moving, gripping,educational read...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's crime story. They find it informative and helpful for understanding serial killers and sexual predators. Readers describe it as a primer on criminal behavior and a must-read for crime enthusiasts.

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  • Carleenie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Informative & fascinating
    Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024
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    This author is the "co-founder" of sorts along w/John Douglas of the Behavioral Unit of the FBI. He has a different take on certain methodology vs Douglas. I have read books by both agents/authors & enjoyed all of them. Enjoyed is perhaps the wrong word. I find forensics & behavioral analysis fascinating tools. If you are also drawn to these subjects, you will want this book.
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  • Rather be at the Beach
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2013
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    Dark Dreams is written by Roy Hazelwood, one of the original criminal profilers in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As he and John Douglas traveled across the country, they would drop in on killers in local prisoners and, if they were willing, would interview them in detail about the "how" and "why" and anything else they would disclose about their murders, rapes and other crimes. They had the information organized and soon began to get a real feel for "getting in the minds" of these criminals. Roy Hazelwood shares some of those stories along with the "how" & "why", as much as can be explained, in this fascinating, well-written book. There is so much to be learned, and a lot of this can be translated into how you can protect yourself against a lot of these crimes which are crimes of opportunity. Well worth the read.
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  • ealovitt
    5.0 out of 5 stars For mature readers only
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2003
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    I started reading about serial killers after the sniper deaths in Washington D.C. and Maryland. "Dark Dreams" is an interesting and horrifying look into the minds of serial killers, mostly American, although there is the obligatory chapter on Jack the Ripper.
    In a previously read book, "Serial Killers" by Joel Norris, the author attempted both a psychological and biological profile of these murderers with emphasis on both nature and upbringing. Hazelwood and Michaud do not attempt to decipher the 'why' of serial killers in "Dark Dreams." They concentrate on the different types of 'how,' and what the 'how' reveals about the serial killer.
    For instance, one of the authors' major themes is the narcissism of serial killers. Many of them come to believe that they are too smart for the police to catch, and start taking unnecessary chances. Some even write taunting letters to the police, e.g. the Zodiac Killer, or commit a crime under the very noses of their pursuers. An example of the latter type of behavior was demonstrated by the stalker, Andrew Johnstone, who stole his victim's underwear out of a Salvation Army box that the police had under twenty-four hour surveillance. The authors point out that a safer method to obtain the same result would have been to steal his victim's bras off of her clothesline.
    A few other common characteristics of serial killers that the authors spend some time with are their ritualistic behavior, their employment of paid or compliant partners to 'practice' on, and their use of detective magazines as 'how to' manuals. A range of deviant behaviors including fetishism, necrophilia, sadism, masochism, and autoeroticism are touched upon although the authors concentrate on ritualistic sexual sadists as "the most resourceful, destructive, and elusive of all deviant offenders."
    One of the authors, Roy Hazelwood" also co-authored a book on "Autoerotic Fatalities" and "Dark Dreams" follows up on this theme and explains how profilers determine whether a particular death is suicide, homicide, or an unfortunate accident.
    How would you interpret the case where a teen-age boy's nude body was discovered hanging inside a vertical sewer pipe, his face covered in duct tape, and his grandfather's watch taped inside his mouth? Read the chapter on "Equivocal Deaths" and learn how FBI profiler and co-author, Roy Hazelwood determined exactly what had occurred.
    This book is a dark journey into the human mind, quite graphic at times, and should probably be stamped "For mature readers only."
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  • priya
    5.0 out of 5 stars kind find
    Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
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    Thank you so very much
    Very interesting
    Read about victims and their suspects and the murderer too tya- thank you all
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  • David
    3.0 out of 5 stars True crime
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
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    It's well written and informative, but the subject is ugly. I would like to think I don't have any triggers, but this book is gruesome.
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  • Jim Boccio
    5.0 out of 5 stars "UNSUBS From Hell"
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018
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    The Author details many cases in this book with his 22 year career at the FBI and 16 years in the BSU making it a very fast moving, gripping,educational read.While in the BSU (Behavioral Science Unit) they discovered only 3% of the mentally ill are responsible for sex crimes in fact many of the serial sexual murders and rapist are actually quite smart and well thought of by people they know but hide a dark and disturbing secret, another fact I found interesting is the FBI found that St.Augustines 5 steps to sin is just like the 5 steps to crime.In the past rape was considered a crime of passion which we all new was a lie as Hazelwood explains it a tool of aggression,assertion of power, expression of anger and actually serves non sexual needs his gratification comes from assertion of power and most are sodomites.The author and his cohorts also found that interviewing ritualistic killers was a wast of time and most are European white but the FBI theorizes that as minorities move up in class they will join the mix.The author served in Viet Nam and saw grotesque and brutal mutilations before becoming an FBI agent and concludes his book with a dire out look for the foreseeable future stating what was once considered taboo or even criminal is now acceptable for instance, body piercing was called sexually deviant now it fashionable, physically injuring some one during sex was criminal today Lawyers adjudicate it as rough sex, tying someone up was aberrant now its considered sex play all of that coupled with video cameras and the internet will make a more depraved and violent offenders and killers.The FBI has so thoroughly analyzed these people that I would say the only thing they are missing is look to the Bible for more clues they have already used St.Augustines views so look at Genesis chapter 6 giants and men of renown maybe they were men of infamy check body similarities or DNA its been long thought that it was the Satanic blood line who else would have little regard for another person? perhaps another species of man.
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  • Suzanne
    5.0 out of 5 stars 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
    Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2022
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    Mandatory reading for school! Very interesting book from a profilers perspective!🤗
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  • Daniela
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un buen libro
    Reviewed in Mexico on May 8, 2019
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    Llego en buenas condiciones muy bueno gracias.
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  • Grinderman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Roy Hazelwood, L.E legend.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2019
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    Brilliant look at the criminal mind and I find Hazelwood to be more illuminating than the other criminal profilers. It does include some strong, honest and therefore graphic sections but it is never sensationalist. I found myself highlighting whole tracts of the book with marginalia and it gave me the realisation why Hazelwood is rated so highly in the field. For those interested in true crime I would say this is a must read and is superior to the impressive Mindhunter by john Douglas.
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  • Shreshtha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amaxing must read
    Reviewed in India on February 19, 2019
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    Love this novel
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  • Leilani Biviano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down
    Reviewed in Australia on September 20, 2014
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    I found this book to be very informative and interesting. definitely a good read for anyone considering a career in criminal profiling.
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