About this episode

Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon discusses his experiences with notorious serial killers through decades of correspondence and interviews.

My guest this week is forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon. He shares stories from decades of correspondence, prison visits and interviews with some of America’s most notorious killers, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. His memoir is called "That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers". The author's website: ⁠https://jeffreysmalldon.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon

Topics covered

• forensic psychology
• serial killers
• interviews
• true crime
• criminal psychology

Keywords

• forensic psychologist
• serial killers
• Charles Manson
• Ted Bundy
• John Wayne Gacy
• interviews
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Ewe Media, megaphone.fm, jeffreysmalldon.com

Books & works: That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers

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