Wayback Wednesday: Programmed to Kill

Wayback Wednesday: Programmed to Kill

From A View from the Bunker by Derek Gilbert

April 8, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

The episode features an archival interview with Dave McGowan discussing his book 'Programmed to Kill'.

This week, we begin a series of episodes drawn from our archive of programs going back to 2009. One of our very first programs was an interview with the late Dave McGowan, author of the book Programmed to Kill. Originally released August 23, 2009 BY REQUEST, I’m pulling an interview from my archive of shows compiled during my time as a talk radio host for the mainstream media. A couple of days ago, a P.I.D. Radio listener suggested that we talk with researcher and author Dave McGowan. As it happens, back in June of 2007, I interviewed Dave about his disturbing book Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder . (I’m still amazed I was allowed to bring guests like Dave onto a fairly typical mainstream talk radio station. And we actually won our time slot for talk radio listeners!) You can read the first section of Programmed to Kill , the part that deals with what Dave calls “the Pedophocracy”, online. Find Part 1 by clicking here . If you’d like to buy a copy of Programmed to Kill , Amazon has it in stock . Follow us! X: @viewfrombunker | @sharonkgilbert | @derekgilbert Telegram: t.me/gilberthouse Substack: gilberthouse.substack.com YouTube: @GilbertHouse |…

People in this episode

Host: Derek Gilbert

Guest: Dave McGowan

Topics covered

  • interview
  • serial murder
  • politics
  • crime
  • pedophocracy
  • mainstream media

Keywords

  • serial murder
  • Dave McGowan
  • Programmed to Kill
  • interview
  • pedophocracy
  • talk radio

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Books & works: Programmed to Kill

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