Westley Allan Dodd: The Child Predator of the Pacific Northwest
Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Westley Allan Dodd, a serial child killer who terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s. Beneath his quiet, unassuming exterior lurked violent fantasies he meticulously documented, revealing a calculated escalation from voyeurism and assault to murder. As Dodd’s compulsions intensified and his need for control deepened, he carried out crimes that shocked communities and exposed the limits of rehabilitation. Candice explores the psychology of a sexual sadist, the warning signs that preceded his attacks, and how his own chilling confessions provided rare insight into the mind of a predator.
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| 0:00.0 | A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. |
| 0:08.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:25.6 | In the wild, predators do not pretend. A lion does not lie to the gazelle and a shark does not negotiate with the seal. |
| 0:32.6 | They do not need to because their purpose is written into their bodies, into teeth and muscle and instinct. |
| 0:41.4 | They hunt because they must, and there is no cruelty in it, no deception, no pleasure taken |
| 0:48.8 | beyond survival. When a lion takes down its prey, it is not personal, and it is not planned in secret |
| 0:57.6 | or rehearsed. It is immediate. Nature's predators are visible. You can see them coming, sometimes too |
| 1:08.7 | late, but never without clarity. |
| 1:12.2 | They do not hide behind kindness. |
| 1:14.6 | They do not borrow trust. |
| 1:16.9 | They do not call themselves something they are not. |
| 1:21.0 | Human predators are different. |
| 1:23.3 | They blend in. |
| 1:24.7 | They wait. |
| 1:26.0 | They learn how to look safe. |
| 1:28.9 | They rely on silence, on confusion, on disbelief, and on the spaces where adults are not watching, |
| 1:38.2 | and children do not yet have the language to explain what is happening to them. |
| 1:44.6 | And some of them do not just hunt once. |
| 1:48.5 | These predators practice. |
| 1:51.1 | Test boundaries, retreat, adjust, and come back smarter and more deadly. |
| 1:57.9 | Wesley Allen Dodd was one of those predators. For years he moved through |
| 2:03.3 | neighborhoods, parks, arcades, anywhere children drifted just far enough from supervision. |
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