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i'm julia cowley retired fbi agent and profiler and former special agent forensic
scientist with the tennessee bureau of investigation this podcast is about criminal profiling
this is certainly an unusual case i've never seen anything quite like this one with many serial killers it's the
killing part that they enjoy and once they've killed the person they're done not mark twitchell
action mark twitchell was an aspiring filmmaker [Music] i interviewed him for my book and we
corresponded for a number of years he wrote me probably 30 or 35 different letters up to about 350 pages of letters
in one letter a mark twitter wrote wrote back to me and this is what he said the
fact is society in general has a deep and profound fascination with the dark side of human nature
[Music] i do think mark twitchell was using the filmmaking as an outlet to live out his
fantasies and it ultimately wasn't enough for him and that's why his fantasies crossed into reality
i think mark twitchell believes that he is very smart very methodical very logical very level-headed much like
the character of dexter morgan and so i think he got ideas from the show i think he was drawn to the character
because that's what he wanted to be there's significant links to dexter he had a kill room set up with plastic
sheeting he had a table set up for his victims he had this kind of processing kit that was very similar to which
dexter uses [Music] never once did it cross his mind he'd ever be caught they aren't going to
catch me i'm too smart nothing's going to lead him to me [Music] our job is to put together the pieces of
the puzzle and in this case we had a written document there was this document titled sk confessions found in a deleted
form on mark twitch's laptop and it appeared to read like a diary this is the story of my progression into
becoming a serial killer and it documented blurring people off the internet his first victim was a man
named jill tetro i saw this lady she had blonde hair she's about five six she was very
attractive looking and what was her name her name was sheena sheena yeah i messaged her she
messaged me back how about we go to dinner in a movie i thought that was a great idea
she wouldn't give me the house number but she just sent me really really good directions on how to get there
he thought hey what's the worst that could happen [Music]

Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts reports Saturday, April 23 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Julia Cowley discusses Mark Twitchell's criminal profiling and his chilling methods as a serial killer.

Key points

Mark Twitchell: The Filmmaker Killer. An exploration of Mark Twitchell's life as an aspiring filmmaker turned serial killer.
The Dark Fascination. Twitchell believed society is fascinated by the dark side of human nature.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Society has a deep fascination with the dark side of human nature.

Mark Twitchell's perspective on society's interest in darkness.

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