FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit is one of the best-known and most important units within the bureau. The use of profiling and psychology to apprehend criminals has revolutionized how we understand and identify them. It has also been the subject of popular TV shows, such as Criminal Minds and Mindhunter, and movies like The Silence of the Lambs. However, it is not without controversy. In fact, there are some people who think it doesn’t work at all. Learn about the development of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit and how agents utilize profiling and behavioral analysis to catch criminals on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Newspaper.com Go to Newspapers.com to get a gift subscription for the family historian in your life! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The FBI's behavioral analysis unit is one of the best known and most important units within
0:05.0	the Bureau. The use of profiling and psychology to apprehend criminals has revolutionized
0:10.1	how we understand and identify them. It's also been the subject of popular TV shows, such as
0:14.9	criminal minds and mine hunter, as well as movies like Silence of the Lambs. However, it is not without
0:20.1	controversy.
0:23.4	In fact, there are some people who think it doesn't work at all.
0:27.8	Learn more about the development of the FBI's behavioral analysis unit and how agents utilize profiling and behavioral analysis to catch criminals
0:31.7	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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