Anatomy of a Stalker

A crime of pattern

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Episode notes

What does a stalker look like to you? Can you see them? Do they look familiar?


Journalist Ruchira Sharma sets out to discover what stalking actually is, and delves into the five typologies of stalking: rejected, intimacy seeking, incompetent, resentful, and predatory. What drives each of these cases? Is it obsession, or something else?


Speaking to forensic psychologist Dr Rachael Wheatley, Ruchira lands on a new goal: to find a stalker herself.


Anatomy of a Stalker is a Crime+Investigation Original Podcast by Cue Podcasts.


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Archive Credits:

9 News Australia

CBS New York

CBS News


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