Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 2017, Netflix aired its psychological crime thriller series Mindhunter. Based on the 1995 true crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, written by retired FBI agent John E Douglas and author Mark Olshaker, the series focuses on two FBI agents, along with a psychologist, who begin a research project on the psychology of killers in the 1970s. One of the most notable figures in the series is Edmund Kemper, a real-life serial slayer who cut short the lives of ten people over the course of almost a decade, during the 1960s and 1970s.
Both in real life and on-screen, Kemper can seem both approachable and easy-going, and unnervingly intimidating. While Mindhunter helped to spotlight Kemper’s horrific crimes, he is well-known in the true crime community for the terror he caused - and his openness when speaking about his crimes.
In this documentary, we aim to explore the life and crimes of Edmund Kemper, better known as The Co-Ed Killer.
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Early Life
7:00 A Walking Time-Bomb: The First Murder
14:31 Life After Prison
18:49 The Killing Year: 1972-1973
35:13 Kemper’s Arrest and Subsequent Trial
41:44 Mindhunter: Interviews and Assessments
49:36 The Aftermath
Listen on the go over at the MurderousMinds podcast: murderousminds.buzzsprout.com
Narrated by Top5s: youtube.com/@Top5s
Written & Researched by: Amanda Winters
🎧 Check out the "Hit The Lights" Podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Google and everywhere else you get your podcasts!
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6anlNMUERfwC7S0665z3wy
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Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS84MTIwMzkucnNz
Amazon Music: music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b9116ded-48d9-4f42-ab95-1a74d32c0c89/the-hit-the-lights-podcast
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In 2017, Netflix aired its psychological crime thriller series Mindhunter. Based on the 1995 true crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, written by retired FBI agent John E Douglas and author Mark Olshaker, the series focuses on two FBI agents, along with a psychologist, who begin a research project on the psychology of killers in the 1970s. One of the most notable figures in the series is Edmund Kemper, a real-life serial slayer who cut short the lives of ten people over the course of almost a decade, during the 1960s and 1970s.
Both in real life and on-screen, Kemper can seem both approachable and easy-going, and unnervingly intimidating. While Mindhunter helped to spotlight Kemper’s horrific crimes, he is well-known in the true crime community for the terror he caused - and his openness when speaking about his crimes.
In this documentary, we aim to explore the life and crimes of Edmund Kemper, better known as The Co-Ed Killer.
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Early Life
7:00 A Walking Time-Bomb: The First Murder
14:31 Life After Prison
18:49 The Killing Year: 1972-1973
35:13 Kemper’s Arrest and Subsequent Trial
41:44 Mindhunter: Interviews and Assessments
49:36 The Aftermath
Listen on the go over at the MurderousMinds podcast: murderousminds.buzzsprout.com
Narrated by Top5s: youtube.com/@Top5s
Written & Researched by: Amanda Winters
🎧 Check out the "Hit The Lights" Podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Google and everywhere else you get your podcasts!
🎧 Podcast Links:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6anlNMUERfwC7S0665z3wy
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-hit-the-lights-podcast/id1503579405
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS84MTIwMzkucnNz
Amazon Music: music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b9116ded-48d9-4f42-ab95-1a74d32c0c89/the-hit-the-lights-podcast
To submit any creepy personal stories or send in videos/photographs you may have caught over the years and can't explain, please email 👉 mystory@top5s.co.uk
Our other channels 👇
🦖 DinosaurDiscovery: DINOSAURS
youtube.com/channel/UCzNwK_O14PRYEm5LBiiOAgw
🪐 AccessAstronomy: SPACE & ASTRONOMY
youtube.com/channel/UCpbMdDya7ubh013QGe0JqHA/featured
🔎 ColdCaseDetective: TRUE CRIME
youtube.com/channel/UCdjslyNQupPSFxK_mSPcG-g?
🪖 WarsofTheWorld: MILITARY HISTORY
youtube.com/channel/UCB29sxIJ9PQIo0hCnIaOMbg
👽 DestinationDeclassified: ALIENS & UFOs
youtube.com/channel/UCfxuwHJ4cQHgf1ez7662_fQ
⚔️ MedievalMadness: MEDIEVAL HISTORY
youtube.com/channel/UCWoMpx18YeSVuI7ObqEk8eg
Thanks for watching.
DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are, or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, PLEASE email us before putting in a claim and we can resolve the issue immediately. We can be reach on this email: info@top5s.co.uk
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