Hunting in the Dark: The Complete Bryan Kohberger Story - From Criminology Student to Convicted Killer of Four Idaho Students

The shocking true story of how a criminology PhD student became one of America's most notorious killers.



Bryan Kohberger spent years studying the criminal mind, analyzing violent behavior, and researching forensic techniques. But on November 13, 2022, the hunter became the predator when four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their sleep—and the prime suspect was the very criminology student who had been learning how to catch killers like himself.

This is the definitive account of a case that stunned the nation and redefined our understanding of criminal psychology.

Hunting in the Dark provides unprecedented access to the complete Bryan Kohberger story, from his troubled childhood in Pennsylvania to his conviction for the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. Investigative journalist James G. Edwards II reveals how academic knowledge became a weapon in the hands of a killer who used his criminology education to plan what he believed would be the perfect crime.