Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer, a fascinating new perspective on the woman whose crime hunting innovations changed history. To stop serial killers, psychiatric nurse and professor Dr. Ann Burgess must first learn to think like one. With unprecedented access to the mastermind behind the development of modern serial-killer profiling, the series tells Burgess' tenacious story and her compassion for victims which puts her at the center of America's most infamous true-crime cases. From the widely known Ed Kemper and Ted Bundy to lesser-known cases like the Ski Mask Rapist, Burgess investigates and studies the damaged psyches of victims and their attackers, putting two halves of the same story together to catch a killer. Largely an unsung heroine until now, Dr. Burgess impacted not only the FBI, she also radically championed the plight of women in America.

Series details

• Title: Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2024-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 43 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 76280
• IMDb ID: tt27629275
• TVDB ID: 450011

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-07-11; final listed air date 2024-07-11; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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