What Leads Seemingly ‘Normal’ People To Take The Lives Of Others Time And Again? A Criminal Profiler Explains

She saw the tiny skeleton hands of a little boy. “I wondered who had held the hand of that little boy… And what would the mother have given to hold that little hand just one more time?”

Micki Pistorius has spent decades hunting and helping to catch dozens of notorious and sadistic criminals during her decades-long career. Among them: serial predators, stalkers, people threatening the president, and even a cannibal. But her first-ever investigation is still firmly etched into her soul.

In this exclusive interview, the world-renowned criminal profiler and author shares her journey, and takes us deep into the minds of the “normal” people who walk among us, silently preying on their next victims.

“I’ve always wanted to be a writer… I became a profiler by accident”

Criminal profiler, Micki Pistorius, has helped catch more than 25 serial killers (Credit: Helen Cilliers)

Ask any little girl what they want to be when they grow up and you might hear responses like a doctor, a lawyer, an artist, a ballerina, an engineer, or a professional athlete. It was no different for a young Micki Pistorius, who was raised in the conservative 70s and 80s. “I have always wanted to be a writer,” Pistorius told Bored Panda during our interview. But life had other plans.