The Profiling Evil Podcast delves into unsolved criminal cases from around the world, peeling back the layers of human behavior to reveal what drives evil. We look into the mind of the predator—their motivations, their victim selection, and the patterns that expose them. Each episode goes beyond headlines, examining how investigators identify red flags, connect the dots, and capitalize on the very errors offenders believe will never be found.Your host, Mike King, brings over four decades of experience in criminal justice and behavioral analysis. A retired law enforcement executive, Mike served as Chief of Staff to Utah Attorney Ge...
Latest episodes
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31 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 3: How Predators Hunt Victims
Episode three of Mapping Evil, recorded in Australia with Tori Shepherd, is all about location, location, location, and how sexual predators use it to isolate their victims. Mike s…
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30 min
Beaten in Bed, Shot on Kalar Road, Bludgeoned in Welland. Niagara's Cold Cases | Profiling Evil
Three men. Three murders. Decades without answers. I’m in the Niagara Falls region of Canada where I just finished one of our Psychology of Cults speaking tour stops last night. Ye…
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27 min
Leila Salem Was on Zoom Call When Murdered Live | Profiling Evil
Leïla Ben Salem, a 45-year-old mother who worked for the Canadian Revenue Agency was killed inside her Montreal apartment while she was taking part in an online work meeting. Polic…
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29 min
Matthew Farwell Trial. Did Sandra Birchmore’s Pregnancy Expose Years of Abuse? | Profiling Evil
The federal murder trial of former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer Matthew Farwell has entered its second week, and testimony from October 19 and 20 has exposed more distu…
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35 min
Pathway to Murder? Luigi Mangione and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Manifesto’s | Profiling Evil
Ted Kaczynski spent nearly two decades terrorizing America with a bombing campaign aimed at people he believed represented industrial and technological power. Luigi Mangione, the m…
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27 min
The Ant Hill Kids. How Canadian “Messiah” Roch Thériault Turned Followers into Victims
I’m in Ontario as we get ready to open The Psychology of Cults tour in Richmond Hill. Today I want to examine two Canadian criminal cases that couldn’t look more different on the s…
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37 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 2: How Cults Control, The Spider's Web
In episode two of Mapping Evil, recorded in Australia with journalist Tori Shepherd, we pull apart the spider's web of cult control, starting with Mike's own case: the Zion Society…
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44 min
MAPPING EVIL Episode 1: Route of All Evil
Welcome to Mapping Evil, the special 13-episode Profiling Evil series recorded in a studio in #Australia, where I'm joined by award-winning journalist #ToriShepherd. In this first…
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20 min
David Prevatte Mistrial! Jurors Accused of Misconduct. Trial Collapses | Profiling Evil
After ten days in court, the murder trial of David Prevatte has ended in a mistrial, and the circumstances surrounding that decision raise serious questions about jury misconduct a…
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40 min
The Hunt for El Chapo! Joaquín Guzmán’s Rise to Power, His Escapes, and Capture | Profiling Evil
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán rose from poverty in the mountains of Sinaloa to lead one of the most powerful drug-trafficking organizations in modern history. This episode follows that…
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28 min
Did Ex-Cop Matthew Farwell Murder Pregnant Sandra Birchmore | Profiling Evil
Opening statements are done and the federal trial of former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is underway. He’s charged with strangling 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and stag…
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44 min
David Prevatte Attorney Stopped 5 Times During Closing Argument in Murder Trial | Profiling Evil
Closing arguments began today in the trial of David Prevatte, charged in the 2017 death of his five-year-old niece Paitin Fields. Let’s explore the prosecution and defense closing…
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22 min
Judge Drops Rape Charge Against David Prevatte. Paitin Fields Case Goes to Jury | Profiling Evil
Nine years after five-year-old Paitin Fields was found dead in 2017, her uncle David Prevatte is standing trial in North Carolina, charged with her murder. In this episode, we’ll w…
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43 min
The Canal Murders, Season 6 of American Nightmares Takes Us to Phoenix | Profiling Evil
Season 6 of American Nightmares is coming, and this time the story moves to Phoenix, Arizona, for a case known as The Canal Murders. In this special bridge episode between Season 5…
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43 min
The Killing of Faith Hedgepeth. Is Miguel Oliveras Guilty of Murder? | Profiling Evil
14 years after a 19-year-old college sophomore named Faith Hedgepeth was found beaten to death in her apartment, the trial of Miguel Salguero-Olivares is finally underway. A jury s…
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29 min
Judge Hammers Caleb Flynn with Life Without Parole, the Final Nail in His Coffin | Profiling Evil
An Ohio judge just sentenced Caleb Flynn to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the aggravated murder of his wife Ashley, the mother of his children. The court sta…
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31 min
Paitin Fields’ Grandparents Tell What Happened Inside House with David Prevatte | Profiling Evil
A five-year-old girl who had been sick over the weekend was put to sleep on a couch next to her seven-year-old sister. A few hours later, that sister awoke her grandparents, tellin…
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22 min
Caleb Flynn Steps into Hell on Earth | Profiling Evil
Caleb Flynn just stood before an Ohio judge to be sentenced for the murder of his wife Ashley, and for the first time in eight months, he opened his mouth. What came out was ten mi…
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42 min
9 Years to Murder Trial. Did David Prevatte Murder 5-Year-Old Niece Paitin Fields? | Profiling Evil
Five-year-old #PaitinFields was carried into a North Carolina emergency room in November 2017 with injuries that doctors immediately recognized as suspicious. Medical examinations…
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19 min
Did Judge Waste Everyone’s Time Bringing Caleb Flynn in Court to Register Him as a Violent Offender? | Profili…
Caleb Flynn was back in court just two days after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. But this wasn't sentencing. The Judge brought Flynn in to advise him abo…