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Profiling Evil

Profiling Evil

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The Profiling Evil Podcast delves into unsolved criminal cases from around the world, peeling back the layers of human behavior to reveal what drives evil. We look into the mind of the predator—their motivations, their victim selection, and the patterns that expose them. Each episode goes beyond headlines, examining how investigators identify red flags, connect the dots, and capitalize on the very errors offenders believe will never be found.

Your host, Mike King, brings over four decades of experience in criminal justice and behavioral analysis. A retired law enforcement executive, Mike served as Chief of Staff to Utah Attorney General Jan Graham and Weber County Attorney Reed M. Richards. He began his career at the Ogden Police Department, where he worked patrol, motor enforcement, and SWAT before moving into investigations where he led task forces that hunted serial predators and violent offenders.

Mike’s expertise earned him national recognition. He served as co-chair of the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) National Advisory Board, directed UTAP, the Utah Criminal Tracking and Analysis Project, and supported intelligence operations during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

After retiring from public service, Mike joined the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), where he spent years consulting with police agencies around the globe on intelligence gathering, emergency communications, and major event management. In 2024, he retired again, this time to focus full-time on Profiling Evil and its growing community of true crime investigators, students, and enthusiasts.

Mike is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and adjunct professor, as well as a visiting scholar at multiple universities. He’s authored several acclaimed works on crime and human behavior, including:

· Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

· Deceived: An Investigative Memoir of the Zion Society Cult

· She Knew No Fear

· Who Killed King Tut?

· Predators: Who Are They and How Do We Stop Them?

· Profilers

Mike’s investigative insight and behavioral expertise have been featured on Court TV, NewsNation, Law & Crime Network, Dr. Phil, History’s Greatest Mysteries, and 60 Minutes Australia, where his calm, analytical style helps audiences understand the why behind the world’s most chilling crimes.

At @ProfilingEvil, you’ll find deep dives into real investigations, expert analysis of offender behavior, and lessons in situational awareness and safety. It’s more than storytelling, it’s about learning how to recognize, understand, and ultimately disrupt evil.


Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: @ProfilingEvil

Learn more at www.ProfilingEvil.com

Email Mike at: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com



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  • Why Austin Thompson Should Die in Prison | Profiling Evil

    Why Austin Thompson Should Die in Prison | Profiling Evil
    Feb 17 2026

    In October 2022, fifteen-year-old Austin Thompson launched a violent rampage in a quiet Raleigh neighborhood, killing five people including his own brother and a police officer. Now eighteen, Thompson has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and faces sentencing through a mandatory Miller hearing, an extraordinary legal process reserved for juveniles who commit the most serious crimes. In this episode, we walk through exactly what Thompson did, how the violence unfolded, why his guilty plea changed the legal path forward, and what a Miller hearing is designed to determine. Most importantly, I explain why (based on behavior, planning, brutality, and persistence), I believe the State is appropriately asking for life in prison without parole.

    #AustinThompson #NicholeConnors #LynnGardner #GabrielTorres #MaryMarshall #SusanKarnatz #RaleighShooting #MillerHearing #JuvenileJustice #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #VictimsMatter #LifeWithoutParole

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  • Nancy Guthrie update! The Glove Isn’t a Smoking Gun – Yet! | Profiling Evil

    Nancy Guthrie update! The Glove Isn’t a Smoking Gun – Yet! | Profiling Evil
    Feb 16 2026

    This case has generated a kind of attention that can either help solve it or smother it. The latest wave of headlines is all about a glove recovered roughly two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson-area home, with the FBI saying the glove contains a DNA profile and “appears to match” the type of gloves worn by the masked subject in the porch video. That one phrase appears to match has been stretched by the media ecosystem into certainty, even though the publicly confirmed facts are still narrow and the lab work is still moving through verification and database steps. In this episode, we’ll walk through what is actually confirmed, what still isn’t public, and what has to happen scientifically and legally before anyone should be talking like this glove “solves” anything. We’ll talk glove comparison reality, touch DNA limits, contamination controls, elimination sampling, CODIS meaning (and what it doesn’t mean), and why clickbait certainty can blow up tips, distort witness memory, and erode trust in an investigation that needs the public’s help.

    #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #MissingPerson #Abduction #Tucson #Arizona #FBI #PimaCounty #DNA #Glove #CODIS #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #CourtTV #LawAndCrime #NewsNation #FoxNews #ABC15 #Reuters #AssociatedPress #PeopleMagazine #TheGuardian #GIS #Esri #CrimeMap #ArcGIS

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  • Nancy Guthrie, Organized Fantasy, Unpolished Execution | Profiling Evil

    Nancy Guthrie, Organized Fantasy, Unpolished Execution | Profiling Evil
    Feb 14 2026

    Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old widow from the Tucson area, remains missing nearly two weeks after being abducted from her home. Public ransom deadlines have come and gone. Surveillance footage has been released. Gloves have been recovered a mile from the scene and reportedly inside the residence. Height estimates have narrowed. The suspect description is out. Yet the central question remains: Who did this and what does the behavior reveal? Over the last several days, I’ve appeared on Fox News, CourtTV, NewsNation, MSN, and NewsMax discussing the suspect’s behavior, the ransom structure, the firearm carry method, and what the evidence might actually mean. Let’s take a disciplined, analytical look at the porch video, the holster anomaly, the gloves, the demographic probabilities, the tip triage system, and the apparent friction between agencies. Is this a professional kidnapper or someone aspiring to look like one? How should we interpret the glove evidence, and what does the geography of southern Arizona mean for concealment and case resolution?

    #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #FindNancy #MissingPerson #Abduction #Tucson #Arizona #RioRico #FBI #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #Newsmax #FoxNews #CourtTV #MSN #CrimeNews #SuspectVideo #RansomNote #Bitcoin #CrimeInvestigation #Esri #GIS #ArcGIS #CrimeMap #CrimeAnalysis #Police #Pima

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