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Remembering Henny Youngman.

We remember comedian Henny Youngman with a 1991 interview. He died yesterday from complications from the flu. He was 91 years old. (Rebroadcast of 10/17/91)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 25, 1998: Interview with John Douglas; Review of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's album "Dog Years in the Fourth Ring"; Obituary for Henny Youngman; Review of the television…
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Constructing a Criminal Profile.

Former head of the FBI's Serial Crime Unit, John Douglas. His new book is "Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back" (Simon & Schuster). For 20 years Douglas investigated serial murders for the FBI, and developed techniques to get criminals to talk, and to lure them into capture. He also pioneered criminal profiling. Many of his techniques have been adopted by police departments and prosecutors nationwide.

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