075: Mary Ellen O'Toole - Serial Killers, Sexual Sadists
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent and former FBI profiler Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole, Ph.D., who is recognized as the FBI's leading expert in psychopathy, reviews the case of the Green River Killer Gary Ridgway, who was convicted of killing 49 women. Mary Ellen worked in the Bureau's prestigious Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) where she consulted on many of the FBI's highest profile and most complex cases, including homicides, kidnappings, sexual assaults, predatory behavior, child molestation and other crimes of violence. Her book Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us introduces the right way to assess people for everyday situations in our personal and professional lives, and how to make safer decisions about them and the situations they create for us.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 75 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases. We get to speak to |
| 0:16.8 | retired agent and former FBI profiler Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole, PhD, who served in the FBI for nearly 28 years. |
| 0:28.0 | For more than half of that time, Mary Ellen O'Toole worked in the Bureau's prestigious behavioral analysis unit, the |
| 0:37.0 | B-A-U, where she consulted on many of the FBI's highest profile and most complex cases including homicides, kidnappings, |
| 0:47.2 | sexual assaults, predatory behavior, child molestation, and other crimes of violence. |
| 0:54.0 | Dr. Mary Elinotool is recognized as the FBI's leading expert in psychopathy. |
| 1:01.0 | In this episode she talks about serial killers, sexual |
| 1:06.1 | sadus, and reviews the case of Green River Killer Gary Ridway, who was convicted of killing 49 women. |
| 1:17.0 | Post retirement, Mary Ellen O'Toole, is an internationally recognized forensic behavioral consultant and lecturer. |
| 1:26.0 | She makes frequent media appearances on major TV and radio affiliates |
| 1:32.0 | and has been interviewed in prominent newspapers and publications from around the |
| 1:37.9 | country. |
| 1:38.9 | In 2015, Dr. Mary L. No Tool was appointed director of the Forensic Science Program at George Mason |
| 1:46.8 | University in Fairfax, Virginia. |
| 1:50.0 | Her book, Dangerous Instincts, How Gut Feelingings Betray us, discusses the right way to assess people |
| 1:58.8 | for everyday situations in our personal and professional lives, and how to make safer decisions about them |
| 2:06.4 | and the situations they create for us. You can learn more about Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole by visiting her website, Mary EllenoToole.com. |
| 2:18.0 | This was an absolutely fascinating interview and I actually moved it up on the schedule because I |
| 2:25.8 | wanted to dedicate it to all of the authors and readers who attended Thriller Fest with me this past weekend. |
| 2:35.7 | For those of you who don't know what Thriller Fest is, |
| 2:40.3 | it is the world's largest conference for authors and fans of thrillers, crime fiction, |
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