Former homicide detective Pat Postiglione reviews portrayals of serial killers in movies and TV shows.
He analyzes the psychology and methods of serial killers as seen in “Silence of the Lambs,” starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins; and “Zodiac,” starring Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, and Mark Ruffalo. He talks about how to catch a suspect on the run in “True Detective,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson; and “Seven,” starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyenth Paltrow. He relates to cases he’s worked on to describe how to link a footprint to a suspect in “The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano, and Jeffrey Wright. He talks about the portrayals of real-life serial killers like Ted Bundy in “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” starring Zac Efron, Jim Parsons, and Lily Collins; and Jeffrey Dahmer in “Dahmer,” starring Evan Peters. He discusses how serial killers dispose of bodies in “Mindhunter,” starring Jonathan Groff. Finally, he details the best ways to collect evidence from a crime scene in “The Bone Collector,” starring Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, and Queen Latifah.
Pat Postiglione was a detective with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department for over 32 years. He helped solve around 75 cold cases as part of the department’s homicide cold case unit. With the homicide murder squad unit, he investigated the cases of six serial killers.
