The Profiler
with Kerry Daynes
The Profiler is a true crime podcast about UK murder cases — and the psychology behind them. I'm Kerry Daynes, forensic psychologist. Each week, I take you inside a case and tell you what the evidence doesn't.
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I filmed an exclusive interview going deeper into some of the cases we cover in the series. The details that didn't make the edit. The questions I'm still asking. The psychological threads I want you to be able to see.
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ABOUT THE PROFILER
The show. The psychologist. The cases
I've spent two decades working at the darker end of human behaviour. I've sat across from people who've done terrible things and tried to understand how they got there. What the evidence shows, what the psychology explains, what the justice system never quite manages to convey.
True crime, as a genre, doesn't always do that. It gives you the crime. The investigation. The verdict. What it rarely gives you is the interior — the mind that planned it, the social world that enabled it, the warning signs that were missed or ignored.
The Profiler is my attempt to change that.
Each episode tells the full story of a UK murder case from the last thirty years — the investigation, the forensics, the trial, what happened after. But at key moments throughout, I step outside the narrative and give you my professional psychological read. What was this person's psychology? What were the early warning signs? What does the way this crime was committed tell us about the perpetrator? And what does any of it tell us about ourselves?
Many of these killers are still alive. Some are in prison; some have been released. Some of these cases have details that have never been reported publicly. We're not recycling old true crime content — we're going deeper into stories that deserve more than they've been given.
I don't believe in monsters. "Monster" is a word we use when we want to stop thinking. I want you to keep thinking — even when it's uncomfortable. Especially when it's uncomfortable.
ABOUT KERRY DAYNES
Forensic psychologist, author, broadcaster
I'm a consultant forensic psychologist. For the last twenty years, I've been working within the UK criminal justice system — assessing and treating individuals convicted of the most serious offences: murder, sexual violence, terrorism. I've provided expert testimony in court. I've advised police, prisons, and probation services. I've worked on cases that never made the headlines and cases that never left them.
I'm the author of two books. Dark Side of the Mind is an account of my experiences working with criminal minds — what I've learned, what has stayed with me, what the work has cost. What Lies Buried goes further: a deeper investigation into the psychology of violence and the social conditions that produce it. My third book is in progress.
You may know me from the Warner Bros/ Discovery series Faking It: Tears of a Crime, where I analyse the behaviour of people in police interviews — real cases, real suspects, real questions about what we reveal when we think we're hiding.
The Profiler is different from anything I've done before. It's longer-form, more personal, more willing to sit with the uncomfortable questions. It's the kind of show I've wanted to make for years.
PRODUCED BY SHEARWATER MEDIA
Executive Producers Steve and Jeff Anderson, and BAFTA-nominated documentary editor, Rob Warner are the production team behind The Profiler. All three worked with Kerry on the Discovery series, Faking It.