Joseph Paul Franklin is the subject of the former FBI special agent’s new book titled ‘The Killer’s Shadow’
EXCLUSIVE: John Douglas has sat down with some of the most infamous serial killers in history – but White supremacist shooter Joseph Paul Franklin was one murderer that truly left him disturbed.
“The victim could have been anyone,” the former FBI special agent told Fox News. “He targeted interracial couples, Jewish people, Black people. Just his attitude alone was disturbing. Many of the murderers I’ve interviewed, there’s usually a sexual bent to their crimes. Sometimes they’ll show emotion, even if it’s BS. But he was a different animal. I was hoping for a faint glimmer of remorse. Instead, he was always bragging, boasting, even trying to educate us on how he planned all his crimes.”
Douglas, whose work profiling serial killers inspired Netflix’s true-crime drama “Mindhunter,” recently co-wrote a new book focusing on Franklin titled “The Killer’s Shadow: The FBI’s Hunt for a White Supremacist Killer.” The 75-year-old, along with Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explored what caused Franklin to kill and how he was finally captured.
