When a shocking crime occurs, people ask “Why?” Was it about power, ego, or revenge? On Killer Psyche, retired FBI agent Candice DeLong draws on her decades of experience to reveal why these murderers and criminals committed these heinous acts. She will reveal fascinating new details about what drove these people, including cases she was close to. Candice will share specific psychological methods and profiling techniques that experts use to understand the deepest part of the most complex, fascinating, and twisted minds, from the Unabomber to Alex Murdaugh to Mary Bell. Winner of the 2025 Bronze Signal Award for True Crime podcasts.
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Lori Vallow Daybell
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother whose apocalyptic religious beliefs concealed
Sep 15 43 min
Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty: What Happens Now? - A Conversation with Josh Ritter
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong breaks down the stunning legal turn in the case of Luigi Mangione, the man who admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcar
Sep 8 49 min
Richard Ramirez Part 2: An Interview with Frank Falzon
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong revisits the case of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, through the eyes of the man who cracked it. While Los Ange
Sep 1 39 min
Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the terrifying case of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer and sexual predator who turned the summer of 198
Aug 25 49 min
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Aug 24 6 min
Herb Baumeister - The Fox Hollow Farm Killer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Herb Baumeister, the Indianapolis thrift store owner whose sprawling Fox Hollow Far
Aug 18 56 min
Catherine Birnie & David Birnie - The Moorhouse Murders
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of David and Catherine Birnie, the Australian couple who terrorized Perth over five we
Aug 11 47 min
Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer. Beginning in the summer of 1982, you
Aug 4 55 min
The Murder of Jennifer Dulos
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unravels the disturbing disappearance of 50-year-old mother of five, Jennifer Dulos. After dropping off her childre
Jul 28 48 min
Jeffrey Dahmer - The Milwaukee Monster
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the horrifying case of Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most infamous serial killers. Between 1978 and 199
Jul 21 55 min
ENCORE: Revisiting Alex Murdaugh - A Conversation with Valerie Bauerlein
After a stunning reversal, in May, 2026, Alex Murdaugh was granted a new trial for the murders of his wife and son, after the South Carolina appeals court ruled that the
Jul 14 53 min
Albert DeSalvo: "The Boston Strangler"
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the infamous case of Albert DeSalvo, the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler. In the early 196
Jul 7 50 min
John Edward Robinson: The Internet's First Serial Killer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of John Edward Robinson, known as the internet's first serial killer. For nearly two d
Jun 30 49 min
Pam Hupp: "The Killer Next Door"
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the shocking case of Pam Hupp, a Missouri woman whose web of lies, manipulation, and greed would unravel o
Jun 23 52 min
Oscar Pistorius: The "Blade Runner" Killer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic sprinter known worldwide as the ""Blade
Jun 16 48 min
Kouri Richins: The Grief Author Killer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Kouri Richins, the Utah real estate agent who poisoned her husband Eric with a leth
Jun 9 41 min
Sid Vicious & the Murder of Nancy Spungen
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sid Vicious and the unsolved murder of Nancy Spungen. On the morning of October 12t
Jun 2 48 min
Joanna Dennehy - The Kill Bill Murderer
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the chilling case of Joanna Dennehy, a brutal serial killer inspired by the film Kill Bill. Over just ten
May 26 47 min
Rex Heuermann - The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer: A Conversation with Josh Ritter
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the stunning guilty plea of Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect known as the Gilgo Beach Serial Kille
May 19 48 min
Michael Gargiulo: The Hollywood Ripper
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Michael Gargiulo, known as the Hollywood Ripper. For more than a decade, women in t
May 12 49 min
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This used to be my all-time favorite podcast that I would look forward to every week. I love the in-depth analysis of the killers, but I hate all the interviews lately. I realize it’s free and Candace can do whatever she wants, and I’m sure some people enjoy that, but it is a big disappointment for me. I wish she’d go back to the original format.
MRE131 · Dec 2024
I love your show! I’ve always had an interest in “Why they do it”
I am so glad you have an episode on Danny Rolling. I wrote my undergraduate capstone project on him and Nathaniel Code (another Shreveport serial killer). His diary is absolutely insane to read!
Fabulous insight! Thank you for taking the time to do this show!
Rs3314 · Nov 2024
This is a perspective you can’t get anywhere else. Psychiatric insight, high level law enforcement insight and profiling too, a triple win!
Andygirlll · Nov 2024
I absolutely love this podcast it’s so different then other true crime podcasts I’ve listened to I love the insight on why Candice thinks these people did these things in the beginning I wasn’t willing to pay to listen to the wondery+ episodes but the more and more I kept I listening I was hooked and I’m glad I did
candleholiday · Oct 2024
I used to love this podcast. It was informative, and Candace would tell a riveting story followed by an analysis of the killer. Now it has fallen into the content trap of guest interviews, like so many once-good podcasts do. We listen to podcasts for the HOST to tell us a STORY. Not to listen to people talk to each other about a story. PLEASE go back to your original format! Why change a successful thing???
Rachel P849 · Nov 2024
I am a long time listener. This is the 2nd time this highly distracting background music has been introduced. Please stop - this makes it impossible to listen. This does not add anything positive to the podcast. It diverts attention from Candice’s excellent analyses. I’m hopeful this is also a failed experiment in audience reaction.
imarchon · Nov 2024
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