Talking with Psychopaths: A Journey into the Evil Mind

by Christopher Berry-Dee

A CHILLING EXPLORATION INTO THE PSYCHE OF REAL-LIFE KILLERS

For decades, renowned criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee has interviewed imprisoned, infamous serial killers and now he peels back the curtain, engaging with the psychiatrists tasked to understand their deviant minds.

As Berry-Dee dives deeper than ever before, he uncovers a disturbing the utter lack of remorse displayed by these individuals is often more horrifying than the crimes they’ve committed. Even more alarming, psychoanalysts admit that these murderers have an insidious ability to mask their true nature behind a facade of normalcy. Their behavior defies comprehension, even to the professionals who spend their livelihoods studying these aberrant minds.

  With gripping narrative and a wealth of research, Talking with A Journey into the Evil Mind analyzes the darkest corners of the human brain. As Berry-Dee recounts his interviews, he exposes each layer of deception, seeking the best path to find the truth behind a psychopath’s mask.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

Published February 29, 2024

About the author

Chris was a former Royal Marine intelligence officer. He is now a criminologist who has interviewed over 30 serial killers.

Reviews

[John Kendall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a good book. Would’ve preferred more in depth analysis on the killers, but this was interesting. Also annoying to read when they’d be let go or released early.

[Pav · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m not sure what the point of writing this book was. The title is talking with psychopaths. There was not much of that. The book has no structure at all. Author keeps repeating some things and refers to his earlier books. Best part was in last main chapter about JR. We went through a bunch of uninteresting infos on how these murderers are caught etc., and then I was expecting to read how he and Prof Leigh were talking to this guy. And what do I read? Oh sorry. I cannot write more here due to word limit. 🧐
And there are often typos. No one seemed to bother proofreading this properly. I’d suggest you skip this book.

[Hannah Kemp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Information, Terrible Organization

The information was very interesting but the sequence of the chapters was very difficult to follow. Some of them do not have a linear timeline and end up jumping back and forth frequently. I think it reads more like a conversation with the author that has not been rearranged for a book’s layout. I found this distracting from the information and made it hard to remember what was happening.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, I found this book to be more of a platform for promoting the author's other works than a deep dive into the subject matter. Given the title "Talking with Psychopaths," one would expect a detailed exploration of the author's actual conversations with psychopaths, but instead, the book offers little more than a handful of quotations.

[Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting read. The disclaimer at the beginning is very true there is stuff that will really upset and in some cases probably sick due to some of the crimes committed. Certain parts did feel a bit like an advert for some of the authors other titles but still very interesting.

[Joey Britnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Beverley Wardrope · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found there to be too much unnecessary author chat and not enough from the subjects he interviewed.