Encore: The Path to Profiling: Part II

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In part 2 of this 2 part episode, former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong discusses how she joined the FBI and started as a profiler.

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0:00.0	Hey, Killer Psychey fans, curious what makes a killer tip?
0:04.3	Wondery Plus gets you early access, exclusive episodes with even deeper dives, and zero ads.
0:11.9	Start your free trial of Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:19.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. Please be
0:26.5	advised.
0:34.7	I do a lot of public speaking, and some of it is on college campuses.
0:39.3	Usually, one of my questions from the audience is, how can I be you?
0:44.3	And the answer is, well, you can't.
0:46.3	You can only be you and take your own path.
0:49.3	But if a person means that they want to be a criminal profiler,
0:53.3	the first thing I do is take
0:54.9	off their rose-colored glasses.
0:57.4	It is not Hollywood.
0:59.5	Hollywood would have you think that being a profiler is a glamorous life and being flown
1:04.5	around in FBI jets and solving cases in a week.
1:09.0	Well, this is just not reality.
1:12.2	Being a profiler is hard work, long hours, and we use commercial airlines.
1:19.2	Cases are not solved overnight.
1:22.4	There can be a lot of trial and error.
1:25.2	The first profile that I did was, well, 90% accurate, but that 10% was a major
1:31.8	10%. In fact, it was probably the most important part of the profile, but we still got our guy.
1:38.8	When we develop a profile of an unknown offender, it is similar to an artist's composite sketch. A profile is a
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