In this virtual discussion, Dr. Katherine Ramsland recounts her most memorable interactions with serial killers — a Pied Piper, two Coed Killers, a Candy Man’s handyman, and BTK, among others, have left their marks on her research and writing, both fiction and nonfiction.

Dr. Katherine Ramsland taught forensic psychology and criminology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania, where she was the Assistant Provost. She has appeared as an expert in criminal psychology on more than 250 crime documentaries and magazine shows, is an executive producer of Murder House Flip, and has consulted for CSI, Bones, and The Alienist. The author of more than 1,800 articles and 73 books, including The Forensic Science of CSI, The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds, How to Catch a Killer, The Psychology of Death Investigations, The Serial Killer’s Apprentice, and Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer, she was co-executive producer for the Wolf Entertainment/A&E four-part documentary based on the years she spent talking with Rader. Dr. Ramsland consults on death investigations, pens a blog for Psychology Today, and is currently writing a fiction series based on a female forensic psychologist who manages a private investigation agency.  Dead-handed is book #3.

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This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and held in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library, the Ashland Public Library, and several NH and MA libraries.

If you’d like to purchase a signed copy of any of Katherine’s books, you can do so through Aesop’s Fable.  In the “notes” section of checkout, write that you would like the book signed.