Mindhunter combines fact and fiction, though at heart it is based on a true story. By Laura Jane Turner Is 'Mindhunter' on Netflix based on a true story? The show’s main protagonist Holden Ford is loosely based on former FBI special agent John E. Douglas, who was one of the bureau’s first criminal profiles. Look back at the careers of former FBI agents John Douglas and Robert Ressler to see if the details match up. Mindhunter's Ed Kemper – his true story, according to the FBI agent who interviewed him John Douglas, the basis of Holden Ford, speaks to us exclusively. Mindhunter, Netflix’s newest crime series, follows a duo of FBI agents as they study the methods and motivations of serial killers in the 1970s. The hit Netflix series Mindhunter takes the true stories of some of the most horrific serial killers and serial rapists of the past several decades and weaves them into a framework to explore the formation and growth of the F.B.I.’s special investigative unit, specifically tasked in the 1970s with hunting down these kinds of violent serial offenders. Mindhunter season 2: Horrifying true story behind the actions of Brian Tench Mindhunter season 2 took a deep dive into the troubles of the Tench family as the Netflix drama focused on a …

The True Story Behind Mindhunter’s Atlanta Child Murders By Brian Tallerico Wayne Williams (left), and Christopher Livingston as Wayne Williams in Mindhunter (right) .