The serial killer catcher: Fascinating true story of woman who hunted down and caught dozens of brutal murderers for the FBI Published: 18:28 BST, 15 June 2024 | Updated: 18:32 BST, 15 June 2024 e-mail View comments A three-episode Hulu true crime docuseries is set to tell the story of serial killer profiling - and the woman who changed the way murderers were hunted down forever. Dr. Ann Burgess, 87, was working as a psychiatric nurse specializing in rape victimology in the 1970s when she was recruited by the FBI to help them understand the minds of violent sexual offenders and killers in order to catch them.
Burgess' story of how she revolutionized serial killer profiling - whilst raising four children - will be shared in the upcoming Hulu series, Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer, made by executive producers Elle and Dakota Fanning . In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, the sisters said they wanted share the story of an 'unsung female hero' for the first time. 'It's deeply empathetic towards victims and their loved ones, a real journey through the lens of the psychology of profiling, and ultimately a galvanizing message,' the Fanning sisters said in the statement.
Dr. Ann Burgess' story of how she revolutionized serial killer profiling will be shared in the upcoming Hulu series, Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer, made by executive producers Elle and Dakota Fanning. Dakota and Ann are pictured with the series' director, Abagail Fuller Burgess was working as a psychiatri.
