How to Spot a Serial Killer? | And other Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Profiler

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of identifying serial killers and the psychology behind their behavior.

👉 Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/profiler 👉 Become a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/@PROFILERAFRICA/join 👉 Subscribe to Profiler Africa for weekly episodes📩 Contact / sponsorships: profilerafricainfo@gmail.com Serial killers are often imagined as obvious — strange, isolated, visibly dangerous. In reality, the greatest danger lies in how ordinary they can appear. In this episode of Profiler Africa , Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne discuss why recognising serious offenders is so difficult — and why studying the psychology of killers is not about curiosity, but survival. Rather than analysing a single case, the episode explores how internal fantasy, control, and secrecy can exist unnoticed, sometimes for years, before becoming reality. The conversation examines: • why outward appearance tells us very little• how violent fantasy can remain hidden• what profiling is actually designed to detect• why “gut instinct” is unreliable• the difference between fascination and survival• why, as the episode concludes, it is the living you have to worry about This episode is analytical, evidence-based, and deliberately unsettling — because…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Llewellyn

Guest: Gerard Labuschagne

Topics covered

• serial killers
• profiling
• psychology of killers
• violence
• hidden dangers
• survival

Keywords

• serial killer
• profiling
• forensic psychology
• violence
• hidden dangers
• gut instinct
• fantasy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Profiler Africa, plotshift.co.za, YouTube, Buy Me a Coffee, profilerafricainfo@gmail.com

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