Mind Games

Inside the Serial Killer Phenomenon

By: Paul Harrison

Narrated by: David Holt

Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Mind Games is leading profiler Paul Harrison's unique experiences dealing with the worst offenders incarcerated in the global criminal justice system. It will shock, surprise and astound the listener.

Paul Harrison has a unique set of skills and experiences based upon his life in the British police service and later as a crime writer.

Now, for the first time ever, you can listen to his gripping experiences as a profiler dealing with the world's most notorious serial killers and violent offenders.

Mind Games is a forensic examination of the psyche of the world's most vicious and evil offenders in their own words, just as they related it. It's an exploration into the darkest recesses of the criminal mind and possibly the most in-depth examination of the serial killer phenomenon ever published.

Cover credit: Ben Thomas Design

©2018 Paul Harrison (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

Interesting

It is an interesting book. I thought it would be more about the profilers than descriptions about the serial killers. He goes through all the “big” serial killers and some small ones I have never heard of, so I thought that was interesting.

Great read !

Excellent! Story and performance really great.
I would recommend this for a true crime junkies

Intriguing

This work is well written and really dives deep into the psyche of the serial killer. They aren't monsters, they are men (or women) who are predators and make terrible decisions that a "normal" person wouldn't make. They usually have terrible childhoods, but not always. What I became very aware of is that, at any time, I could be walking by one of these people on the streets and I would never know it. Humbling thought.

The other psychopath

Sociopaths/psychopaths and serial killers had always fascinated me. Perhaps I am a bit of a sociopath myself and thus the fascination. But it is also perhaps thus why I felt something was off about the writer from the beginning.. the preface and his introduction. I do not dwell in psychology but there was just something off.. his adamant claim that his rough childhood did not turn him into a serial killer, his claims of empathy towards convicted serial killers and his claims to further understand them.. which btw I did not encounter in the book. Inconsistency of his claims in between serial killers interviews and discussion.. everythign was just off. So by the second chapter I tried to search about this book and about the writer and i was not delusional... apparently this particular book has been recalled since there were allegations against the author that he had made up his interviews.
It was still a fascinated listen as from then onwards i listen in the intend to read the writer’s mind as in my opinion he is the other sociopath that he himself was trying to figure out while writing his semi fictional book

Did not finish

Did not finish this because the narrators voice was hurting my ears. Not trying to be mean, I just have sensitive ears.

wonderfully done 👏

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very good book.

the book highlighted many of the serial killer origin. the social, psychological, and mental illness factors that affected in producing serial killers. the book relies on interviews in general. there is no clinical research or observation.

Beautifully written

The narrator has a soothing voice, and the author shares a part of themself with the reader. Informative and thought provoking read.

too optimistic about the state of the system

Lots of interesting details on various killers and their backgrounds. Author is himself involved in the justice system so predictably, he's overly optimistic about the state of policing and the ability of the system to intervene in extreme cases. Still very much worth a read but take the pro-justice stuff with a heap of salt. Narrator occasionally repeats a line.

Good book

The fact that the author has a unique personal perspective adds to the value of his view on serial killers. There is some disturbing stuff in this book that I have never hear before. People are fascinated by their extreme and unusual behaviour, but at the end of the day they are very nasty people who have no sense of right or wrong.