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 podc...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 41:56
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Scott Peterson, the California man convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Laci on…
Sep 28, 2026 · 5:18
Lauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then…
Sep 22, 2026 · 59:02
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse who strangled her three…
Sep 15, 2026 · 43:15
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother whose apocalyptic religious beliefs concealed the…
Sep 8, 2026 · 49:23
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 UnitedHealthcare CEO…
Sep 1, 2026 · 39:58
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 Angeles…
Aug 25, 2026 · 49:53
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 1985 into a…
Aug 18, 2026 · 56:06
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Herb Baumeister, the Indianapolis thrift store owner whose sprawling Fox Hollow Farm…
Aug 11, 2026 · 47:13
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 weeks in…
Aug 4, 2026 · 55:07
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, young women…
Jul 28, 2026 · 48:54
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 children at…
Jul 21, 2026 · 55:04
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 1991, young…
Jul 14, 2026 · 53:43
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 actions…
Jul 7, 2026 · 50:35
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 1960s, a…
Jun 30, 2026 · 49:28
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 decades,…
Jun 23, 2026 · 52:35
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 over the…
Jun 16, 2026 · 48:00
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 9, 2026 · 41:53
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 lethal dose…
Jun 2, 2026 · 48:00
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 12th, 1978,…
May 26, 2026 · 47:10
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 days in…
May 19, 2026 · 48:54
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 Killer. For…
May 12, 2026 · 49:13
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 the…
May 5, 2026 · 47:04
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Carl Panzram, one of the most brutal and unrepentant criminals in American history. In the…
Apr 28, 2026 · 45:46
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Brenda Ann Spencer, the teenager behind one of the earliest school shootings in modern…
Apr 21, 2026 · 46:07
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the man who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Shortly after…
Apr 14, 2026 · 53:53
30 years after ""The Unabomber's"" arrest, Ted Kaczynski's ideas are more alive than ever, cited by killers like Luigi Mangione, debated by philosophers and celebrated by people…
Apr 7, 2026 · 49:00
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Luka Magnotta, known as the Butcher of Montreal. In the spring of 2012, a shocking video…
Mar 31, 2026 · 49:25
In the second half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong picks up where the nightmare left off. After escaping custody twice, Ted Bundy…
Mar 24, 2026 · 53:21
In the first half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial…
Mar 17, 2026 · 47:33
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the shocking murders of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner. Candice…
Mar 10, 2026 · 43:29
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian-era poisoner who used arsenic to systematically eliminate…
Mar 3, 2026 · 51:54
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Westley Allan Dodd, a serial child killer who terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the late…
Feb 24, 2026 · 45:05
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Chris Watts, the seemingly devoted husband and father who killed his pregnant wife, Shanann,…
Feb 17, 2026 · 39:03
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unpacks the disturbing case of Janie Lou Gibbs, a churchgoing mother whose quiet devotion masked a deadly secret. In 1960s…
Feb 10, 2026 · 45:22
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the devastating murder of Playboy model and rising star Dorothy Stratten by her estranged husband, Paul Snider,…
Feb 3, 2026 · 46:40
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Donna Adelson, a domineering and deeply enmeshed mother whose obsessive need for control…
Jan 27, 2026 · 48:35
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Arthur Gary Bishop, a devout Mormon and trusted member of his Utah community whose outward…
Jan 20, 2026 · 40:03
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the tragic and highly publicized case of John Thomas Sweeney, whose obsessive control and escalating violence led…
Jan 13, 2026 · 43:59
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unpacks the disturbing case of Karla Faye Tucker, a woman whose early life of addiction, sexual exploitation, and chaos…
Jan 6, 2026 · 50:43
In this encore episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Dennis Rader, also known as BTK. Over 17 years, Rader tortured and murdered 10…
Dec 30, 2025 · 31:06
In the second half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong answers questions from listeners about her time in the FBI and her countless…
Dec 23, 2025 · 35:07
In the first half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong answers questions from listeners all about the human psyche and her time as a…
Dec 16, 2025 · 38:47
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the heartbreaking murder-suicide of Phil and Brynn Hartman, whose seemingly charmed life masked a growing storm.…
Dec 9, 2025 · 42:10
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong unravels the horrifying case of Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood, also known as the “Lethal Lovers.” Inside the walls of a…
Dec 2, 2025 · 46:48
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Elliot Rodger, the self-described “supreme gentleman” whose violent resentment toward women…
Nov 25, 2025 · 47:50
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the horrifying case of Katherine Knight, the first woman in Australian history to be sentenced to life in prison…
Nov 18, 2025 · 46:42
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the shocking case of Ali Abulaban, known online as “JinnKid,” and later, as ""The TikTok Murderer."" In October…
Nov 11, 2025 · 48:25
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Ed Kemper, known as “The Co-Ed Killer.” In the early 1970s, young women began vanishing…
Nov 4, 2025 · 49:21
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the infamous case of Bryan Kohberger. In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered…
Oct 28, 2025 · 48:16
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the murders of 14 year-old Libby German and 13 year-old Abigail Williams. After five years, Richard Allen has…
Oct 21, 2025 · 35:19
In part 2 of this 2 part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong discusses how she joined the FBI and started as a profiler. Be the first to know about…
Oct 14, 2025 · 38:20
In part 1 of this 2 part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong discusses how she joined the FBI and started as a profiler. She revisits some of the cases…
Oct 7, 2025 · 38:56
In the second episode of our two-parter, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong continues the case of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, a mother-son duo whose criminal…
Sep 30, 2025 · 49:17
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong walks us through the sinister activities of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, a mother-son duo whose criminal exploits shocked the…
Sep 23, 2025 · 31:32
In the second half of this two-parter, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Harold Frederick Shipman: The Original Dr. Death. A prominent…
Sep 16, 2025 · 43:43
In the first half of this two-part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Harold Frederick Shipman: The Original Dr. Death. A…
Sep 9, 2025 · 44:42
In the second half of this two-parter, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs deeper into the crimes of Brian Dugan. Having worked on this case personally,…
Sep 2, 2025 · 50:11
In the first half of this two part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong revisits the crimes of Brian Dugan. Having worked on this case personally,…
Aug 26, 2025 · 42:53
In the second half of this two-part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong continues to explore the case of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, two young men…
Aug 19, 2025 · 37:18
In the first half of this two-part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, two young men who murdered…
Aug 12, 2025 · 53:20
In the second half of this two-parter, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs deeper into the case of Cindy White. We learn the real reasons that 18 year old…
Aug 5, 2025 · 37:53
In the first half of this two-parter, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Cindy White. 1n 1975, 18 year old Cindy set a fire that took the…
Jul 29, 2025 · 40:40
In the first half of this two-part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Susan Polk. When she was just 15, a troubled and lonely…
Jul 22, 2025 · 48:03
In the season finale of Killer Psyche, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the infamous case of David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam.” Between 1976 and…
Jul 15, 2025 · 35:49
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong sits down with bestselling author Michael Connelly and veteran LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts to discuss Ballard, the new…
Jul 8, 2025 · 51:34
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with Wall Street Journal national affairs reporter and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bauerlein to…
Jul 1, 2025 · 56:28
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong delves into the heartbreaking case of Andrea Yates. On a summer morning in 2001, inside the quiet Houston home she shared…
Jun 24, 2025 · 48:13
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the chilling case of Gertrude Baniszewski. In the fall of 1965, behind the walls of her modest Indiana home,…
Jun 17, 2025 · 49:16
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Harry Thaw, the wealthy heir who gunned down architect Stanford White in front of hundreds of…
Jun 10, 2025 · 48:45
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the chilling case of Judy Buenoano, a woman who earned the nickname “The Black Widow of Florida” after a string…
Jun 3, 2025 · 46:24
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the puzzling and polarizing case of Michael Peterson, the novelist accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen, after…
May 27, 2025 · 49:15
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the chilling case of Donato Bilancia, dubbed “The Monster of the Riviera.” Over a span of just seven months,…
May 20, 2025 · 51:06
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the chilling case of Christopher Dorner, a decorated Navy veteran and former LAPD officer who waged a deadly…
May 13, 2025 · 48:50
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the controversial case of Candy Montgomery. In 1980, Candy was accused of committing the brutal axe slaying of…
May 6, 2025 · 43:23
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Goidsargi Estibaliz Carranza Zabala, also known as the “Ice Cream Killer.” To the outside world, she…
Apr 29, 2025 · 39:50
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with Law & Crime host and NewsNation legal contributor Jesse Weber to discuss the headline-dominating case of Luigi…
Apr 22, 2025 · 49:28
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong delves into the case of Phil Spector. Once a legendary music producer known for his unique use of sound, Spector slowly…
Apr 15, 2025 · 47:30
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the chilling case of Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in United States history. For nearly four…
Apr 8, 2025 · 48:52
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of Leonarda Cianciulli, “The Soap-Maker of Correggio.” Between 1939 and 1940, Leonarda – a popular…
Apr 1, 2025 · 50:08
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of Christopher Wilder. In 1984, Wilder went on a terrifying cross-country rampage that lasted 47 days…
Mar 25, 2025 · 43:44
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Pedro Alonso López. In the late 1970s, López terrorized young girls across Colombia, Peru, and…
Mar 18, 2025 · 51:28
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of mother-son duo Barbara and Antony Baekeland. Behind the facade of a beautiful socialite and doting…
Mar 11, 2025 · 46:47
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Albert Fish. Though he appeared harmless, Fish was anything but; his crimes were fueled by a…
Mar 4, 2025 · 51:09
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Aaron Hernandez. Once a rising NFL star at the top of his game, Hernandez’s legacy took a dark turn…
Feb 25, 2025 · 51:34
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong delves into the chilling case of Shelly Knotek, a woman who hid monstrous cruelty behind a facade of kindness. For years,…
Feb 18, 2025 · 42:03
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the infamous case of John Wilkes Booth. Once recognized for his charm, good looks, and talent, Booth cemented…
Feb 11, 2025 · 52:50
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Andrew Cunanan. In 1997, Cunanan infamously murdered iconic fashion designer Gianni Versace at his…
Feb 4, 2025 · 49:41
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of Linda Hazzard, also known as the “Starvation Doctor.” Deluded by her belief that fasting cures all…
Jan 28, 2025 · 52:08
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Robert Durst, the infamous New York real estate heir turned convicted killer. From the disappearance…
Jan 21, 2025 · 52:13
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Harvey Glatman, also known as the “Glamour Girl Slayer.” In the late 1950s, Glatman lured aspiring…
Jan 14, 2025 · 54:17
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the case of Nancy Kissel, also known as the “Milkshake Murderer.” In 2003, Nancy brutally murdered her wealthy…
Jan 7, 2025 · 49:54
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Charles Manson. In 1969, Manson orchestrated the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in Los Angeles,…
Dec 31, 2024 · 44:25
Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs deeper into the case of the Anthrax Murders and the involvement of suspect Dr. Bruce Ivins, a microbiologist for the…
Dec 24, 2024 · 54:32
In this special episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the case of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO…
Dec 17, 2024 · 27:30
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with award-winning novelist Laura Lippman, author of the bestselling novel Lady in the Lake and the Tess Monaghan…
Dec 10, 2024 · 40:57
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of John Cooper, also known as the “Bullseye Killer.” In the ‘80s, Cooper committed two double murders in…
Dec 3, 2024 · 31:10
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with attorney and former public defender Kate Hardie to discuss the trial of Sarah Boone. In 2020, Boone was charged…
Nov 26, 2024 · 38:26
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with famed attorney and legal analyst Marcia Clark to discuss the case of Nicola Gobbo, the subject of the new…
Nov 19, 2024 · 40:17
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the case of Peter Tredget. Starting at the age of 12, Tredget terrorized the English city of Hull by setting a…
Nov 12, 2024 · 26:25
In the second half of this two-part episode, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong continues to explore the case of cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr.,…
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