Dr. Scott Bonn, a criminologist who's made a career studying the minds of serial killers, leads this two-hour deep dive into criminal profiling at The Space. The evening flips the typical true crime format—instead of just hearing about cases, you're actually working through the profiling process yourself. Bonn uses real cases from notorious serial killers to demonstrate how law enforcement builds behavioral profiles, identifying patterns and psychological signatures that help track down perpetrators.
The presentation mixes lecture with multimedia elements and interactive segments where you can apply what you're learning to actual investigative scenarios. It's less about the gore and sensationalism that saturates true crime content and more about understanding the methodology behind catching these criminals. The intimate setting of The Space's 3000 square foot performance venue creates the right atmosphere for this kind of material—close enough to feel engaged, large enough to maintain some comfortable distance from the darker subject matter. For anyone who's ever listened to a true crime podcast and wondered about the actual science behind profiling, this is essentially that curiosity brought into a room with someone who really knows the field.