John Cooper: The Bullseye Killer

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of John Cooper, also known as the “Bullseye Killer.” In the ‘80s, Cooper committed two double murders in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire in the UK. Throughout the following decade, Cooper would commit a series of other crimes, like burglary and sexual assault – but it would take nearly another decade for authorities to link him to the killings. Candice dives into the psyche of Cooper, exploring how his addiction to gambling and alcohol might have pushed him into a life of crime, and how his false sense of invincibility – like his decision to appear on a popular game show after committing a heinous crime – ultimately led to his downfall.

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0:19.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.6	Please be advised.
0:34.4	There is something about a killer who moves through life with a quiet, unstoppable precision
0:42.1	that can leave us breathless with fear.
0:46.8	The Cohen brothers captured this perfectly in their Academy Award-winning film,
0:52.0	No Country for Old Men, through their relentless villain Anton
0:57.7	Chagher. With a silent, calculating approach to death, Schigur operated with a terrifying
1:06.2	sense of purpose and an almost mechanical inevitability.
1:12.4	For him, each life he took was not a crime of passion or impulse.
1:18.2	It was a cold, transactional process, often determined by something as arbitrary as the flip of a coin.
1:28.8	Now imagine a real-life Anton Chaguer,
1:32.4	someone whose calm exterior hides an equally brutal psyche.
1:38.7	John Cooper, known as the bullseye killer, was not fictional, but his real life presence was just as terrifying
1:49.1	as Shigurs. Like Shiger, Cooper moved through the lives of unsuspecting people, leaving
1:57.8	destruction in his wake.
2:04.1	Cooper did not just rob and kill his victims.
2:11.8	He used manipulation, intimidation, and lastly domination to control them.
2:14.2	Just as Shiger did.
2:21.3	Cooper's killings were shockingly brutal, and he alluded capture for years, feeling invincible as he haunted the Welsh community. But unlike Shigur, Cooper's fault sense of
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