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Profiling Killers: From South Africa to Scotland Yard

Profiler: True Crime Africa
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Psychologist. Intelligence specialist. Co-author of Killer Stories. This week, Paul and Gerard sit down with Brin Hodgskiss for a heavyweight conversation on the dark art of criminal profiling — from Johannesburg to the UK. Brin’s career spans burglary to terrorism, serial rape to murder, with 15 years in British law enforcement after starting out in SAPS. Now with the NHS, he brings that same insight to storytelling, consulting on the psychology of narrative and transformation. We get into: Profiling: SA vs UK — what’s different, what worksThe inner monologues of serial offendersInterviewing violent criminals (hint: it’s nothing like Netflix)How story drives both crime and rehabilitationWhat police psychology can teach us outside the interrogation room🎧 Killer Stories: Conversations with South African Serial Murderers is out now. Coming Next Week: Farm Murders, Fear & FactsWe’re live with Chris de Kock — former SAPS head of Crime Information Analysis — cutting through the noise on rural violence. We unpack: What the stats on farm murders really sayThe roots of the “white genocide” mythWho’s most at risk of violent crime in SAHow SAPS is shifting its rural crime strategy 📺 Watch it live on YouTube | Tues 27 May, 8PM CAT on Youtube Support Profiler Africa Join our Patreon: patreon.com/profilerafricaBecome a YouTube Member for bonus contentDrop a Super Like and we’ll shout you outFollow & Subscribe📱 Instagram | Twitter | Facebook🎙️ Spotify | Apple Podcast🌍 plotshiftcrime.co.za 💬 Got a question for Gerard or our guests? Email us: profilerafricainfo@gmail.com

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