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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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  • Charlie Kirk Case Update, What the New Warrants Really Show | Profiling Evil

    Charlie Kirk Case Update, What the New Warrants Really Show | Profiling Evil
    Apr 28 2026

    Newly unsealed search warrants are giving us a much clearer picture of how investigators built the case after Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University. We’re learning more about the early confusion over a second possible suspect, the digital evidence investigators tried to pull and the surveillance trail that places Tyler Robinson on the roof above the event. We’ll talk about that alleged letter, and the messages prosecutors say point to planning and admission. Will all this expose why the defense is focused so hard on whether the state can prove which weapon fired the fatal shot?

    #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson #ErikaKirk #LanceTwiggs #UVU #UtahValleyUniversity #ProfilingEvil #TrueCrime #Crime #profiling #investigation #Forensics #Utah #murder #GIS #Esri #Maps #Mapping #CrimeMap

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  • Summer Wells, Five Years Later, What Still Makes Sense & What Doesn’t | Profiling Evil

    Summer Wells, Five Years Later, What Still Makes Sense & What Doesn’t | Profiling Evil
    Apr 25 2026

    Five years after Summer Moon-Utah Wells vanished from her home in Hawkins County, Tennessee, this case still remains unsolved. In this episode, we’ll take a fresh look at what the Summer Wells investigation is really about, what has actually happened in the last year, and what the strongest theories look like when you peel back the rumors, focus on the evidence and evaluate search science, child behavior, and investigative protocols. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the case remains active, the AMBER Alert remains active, and investigators are still working alongside the FBI and the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office. They have also made clear that there is still no publicly identified evidence of abduction but they are making it clear that they have not ruled out any possibility.

    Let’s walk through four major questions. First, what the Summer Wells investigation is really about. Second, what the main theories look like after five years, including abduction, trafficking, murder, accident or even natural causes death. Third, what search and rescue research says about how a five-year-old child can move, hide, become quiet, get disoriented, and remain hard to find even in an aggressive search. Fourth, what we can reasonably learn, and not overclaim, from watching Don Wells and Candus Bly over time, including the pressure of losing their other children to the state, the later reporting that they signed over rights to their boys, and the way grief, public suspicion, and repeated scrutiny can harden a family into a defensive posture.

    #SummerWells #SummerMoonUtahWells #FindSummerWells #DonWells #CandusBly #RonnieLawson #HawkinsCountySheriff #TBI #TennesseeBureauOfInvestigation #FBI #NCMEC #MissingChild #BeechCreek #Rogersville #TrueCrime #ProfilingEvil #GIS #Mapping #CrimeMapping #Esri #SearchandRescue

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  • Jason at the Door, Mental Illness or Too Much Fantasy? | Profiling Evil

    Jason at the Door, Mental Illness or Too Much Fantasy? | Profiling Evil
    Apr 21 2026

    A stranger shows up at a Fairfield, California home, talks through a doorbell camera while demanding to know where a daughter is. He claims to be “Harry Dresden,” a fictional character and when he doesn’t get his way, he forces his way inside while a pregnant mother and young child are hiding in the house. Let’s discuss the Jason Thomas Nichols case from a criminal behavior and investigative perspective, looking at home selection, proximity, dress, language, escalation. We’ll separate what is known from what is still unknown, and we’ll talk about what cases like this can teach all of us about awareness, boundaries, and reducing our own risk of being victimized by someone like this. Public reporting says Nichols lived behind the family’s home which might make this seem less random, until you look at a map.

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