How Female Serial Killers Actually Work | How Crime Works | Insider

Presented by the new Hulu original series "Furious" Candice DeLong is a former FBI agent and profiler. She has interviewed dozens of female killers and at least one convicted female serial killer, Vickie Dawn Jackson. DeLong joined the FBI in the 1980s after working as a psychiatric nurse, bringing her mental health background to her investigative work. During her 20-year career with the bureau, DeLong specialized in profiling violent offenders, particularly female killers. Among her notable career highlights, DeLong worked on high-profile cases involving serial offenders, including the tracking and arrest of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, in 1996. She played a role in major investigations such as the Tylenol poisoning copycat cases and assisted in high-stakes manhunts. After retiring from the FBI, DeLong authored a memoir and became a well-known figure in true crime television and podcasting. She hosts the podcast "Killer Psyche," which does deep dives on the psychology of killers and what drives them to kill. This episode contains a sponsored segment from Hulu. The new original series "Furious" is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. New episodes are available Mondays — watch here: https://www.hulu.com/series/5d4924b7-... For more from Candice DeLong: https://www.treefort.fm/series/killer... https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spec... Also read "A former nurse turned FBI profiler interviewed dozens of killers. She explains what the most dangerous ones have in common": https://bit.ly/4chpsfe 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Murder Methods 05:40 - The Motives 08:49 - The Crime Scenes 14:46 - The Profiling 18:54 - The Tracking 20:15 - The Arrest 22:17 - The Interviews 27:13 - Convictions 29:26 - Gender Differences 32:40 - Psychopathy 38:42 - The Backstory 45:30 - Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #FBIagent #serialkillercase #femalekillers #howcrimeworks #hulu #furious WATCH MORE "HOW CRIME WORKS": How Women's Maximum-Security Prisons Actually Work    • How Women's Maximum-Security Prisons Actua...   How Supermax Prisons Actually Work    • How Supermax Prisons Actually Work | How C...   How Sociopaths Actually Work    • How Sociopaths Actually Work | Authorized ...   Insider is brought to you by Business Insider is a global newsroom covering business, technology, innovation, and the economy. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com/?utm_... Sign up for our newsletters: https://www.businessinsider.com/subsc... Find Business Insider on Facebook:   / businessinsider   ... on Instagram:   / businessinsider   ... on X: https://x.com/BusinessInsider ... on TikTok:   / businessinsider   ... on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3VMNsyS... How Female Serial Killers Actually Work | How Crime Works | Insider