19, 2017 of natural causes, was a master manipulator and cult leader, according to Vox. While there have been other serial killers depicted in Mindhunter, Charles Manson is almost certainly the most high profile. The murder and mayhem was a result of that." BTK Killer/Dennis Rader "I allowed these spirits through my own ignorance to control me. "I am absolutely convinced without a shadow of a doubt that I was demonically possessed and controlled," he told the paper back in 1999. Since then, Berkowitz has become a Christian and attributes the murders (only three of which he pled guilty) to being demon-possessed, the New York Times reported. He allegedly took orders from a black Labrador retriever, per the New York Times, whose owner was Berkowitz's neighbor, Sam. 44 Caliber to shoot his victims (he was initially known as the ".44 Caliber Killer") and writing bizarre letters, according to Time. Just 25 at the time, the serial killer was a formal postal worker and referred to himself as the Son of Sam. In June 1978, Berkowitz was given a 25 years to life sentence for killing six people in and around New York City, per the New York Times.
So before the series premieres, here's what these subjects looked like in real life.
And now that their research is finally paying off, they're able to gain access to killers with a higher profile - Charles Manson, most notably.Īs Entertainment Weekly pointed out, Damon Herriman has portrayed the '60s cult leader in both Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time.In Hollywood and now Mindhunter Season 2. This strenuous process involved speaking with convicted serial killers to find patterns in their behavior in order to prevent future killings. Season 1 followed Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), and Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) at the FBI's newly minted Behavioral Science Unit, where they paved the way for serial killer criminal profiling. And photos of the Mindhunter Season 2 serial killers in real life are proof of how close the Mindhunter producers stayed to the real life inspirations. The trailer promises that audiences will see Charles Manson and David Berkowitz, while also diving into the Atlanta Child Murders. While Season 1 followed serial killers like Dennis Rader, Ed Kemper, Monte Ralph Rissell, Richard Speck, Jerry Brudos, and Darrell Gene Devier, the FBI Behavioral Science Unit will get some new subjects in Season 2. After a nearly two-year wait, Mindhunter is returning to Netflix on Friday, Aug.