EPISODE 2
THE ALGORITHM
Four years before Afrikka’s Death, reporter Thomas Hargrove took clues from the Atlanta child murders and the Green River Killer and created an algorithm to detect serial killers. His algorithm flagged Gary, Indiana as the site of an unusual number of strangulations. But how did this algorithm work, and what came of the findings?
Thomas Hargrove discusses the creation of the algorithm and Dr. Mike Aamodt talks serial killing stats. Finally, host Ben Kuebrich receives an unexpected phone call.
HOST
Ben Kuebrich
In 2020, during the start of quarantine, Ben Kuebrich heard about Thomas Hargrove’s algorithm. He was enthralled by the story: A man who spotted something dangerous lurking in the data, but then was ignored until it was too late. Previously Ben helped write and produce shows like Monster: DC Sniper, Monster: The Zodiac Killer, Broken Harts, and Science Vs. Before podcasting he worked in public radio and in neuroscience labs at MIT, Emory, and the University of Tokyo.
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