234: Serial Killer David Meirhofer & the Birth of FBI Profiling w/ Ron Franscell - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On June 25th, 1973, Suzie Jaeger was abducted from her tent while camping with her family in Montana. The FBI was baffled by the mystery, until two agents began using new profiling techniques to narrow in on a local oddball named David Meirhofer.

Assisting them was Suzie's brave mother, Marietta Jaeger, who over a series of phone calls with the killer was able to provide invaluable clues that helped lead to Meirhofer's arrest and confession. And he would confess not only to Suzie's murder, but the murder of three other people as well.

My guest is bestselling author Ron Franscell. His new book is called "ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling".

More information about the author and his work can be found here: https://ronfranscell.com/

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1:00.4	On this episode of Most Notorious, a murderer stalks southwestern Montana in the late 1960s
1:07.6	and early 1970s. The lawyer is not only astounded, but so is the prosecutor when the defense
1:15.9	lawyer comes to him and says, how about if you take the death penalty off the table and we confess to two more killings?
1:45.9	Welcome everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast. This episode involves the murder of a child.
1:57.9	And listener discretion is advised. I am so pleased to have as my guest today on his second visit to Most Notorious, Ron Fransell.
2:09.9	He is the acclaimed author of 18 books, including the International True Crime Best Sellers, The Darkest Night, and the 2017 Edgar Finalist, Morg, A Life in Death.
2:24.9	His debut book Angel Fire was listed by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West.
2:35.9	Allison Gerald, a homicidal love story. One of his more recent books was the subject of our Most Notorious Interview back in 2019.
2:46.9	And he is here today to talk about his newest book titled Shadow Man, an elusive psycho killer and the birth of FBI profiling.
2:58.9	Great to have you back on. Thank you for joining me once again.
3:02.9	Eric, thank you for having me. I'm privileged to have a little more time with you.
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