True crime podcasts have something that makes us hooked on them. It must be the mystery, the uncertainties that lie behind the killers and their murders, or it could be that reality that in many cases surpasses fiction itself. Whatever it is, the true crime podcast has reached another level with Psycholand. A podcast about serial killers. Or rather, a journey into psychology, the mind, and the circumstances that have surrounded some of the most famous serial killers in history. Psycholand is a podcast based on scholarship, wit, and connections to make (pop) connections.

Kiko Amat and Benja Villegas do not record in front of a ditch, they point to a filthy rag

and declare that they have found the conclusive evidence. They don’t enter abandoned houses without a flashlight and intend to do it when an owl flaps its wings. They do not claim to know who Jack The Ripper really was or where the Atlanta monster ended up. Psycholand is not that kind of podcast. In Psycholand, the hosts observe, study, and, if appropriate, joke about the grotesque and terrible phenomenon. They marvel, get angry, and, if appropriate, feel dizzy with the cases under study. A series of twelve chapters that reviews studies

by the greatest experts, but does not hesitate to coin new terms, dispel myths, and point out the forest behind the trees. This podcast is interested in canceled childhoods and the someone-is-going-to-pay-for-this; the amazing coincidences and the absolutely improbable (that in the end happens); the bad luck and innate malignity; violence, (twisted) love, humor. Paraphilias, killers, victims, instruments, hideouts, and at least one bongo appear. Psycholand is a podcast about serial killers like no other. 

Kiko Amat was born in Sant Boi de Llobregat, where he studied until he was 17 years old. There he began a carousel of jobs that ranged from waiter to salesperson, as well as working on an assembly line and being a security guard at a campsite. In 2003 he published his first novel, “The Day I Leave, I Won't Tell Anyone,” but it wouldn’t be until four years later that he would publish “Things That Go BANG” and then in 2009 the third “Breakers,” a trilogy about adolescence and youth, as he claims.

Benja Villegas owes his name to the Thing from the “Fantastic Four.” He is a jack-of-all-trades who has had time to dive into the comic book world as an illustrator, write two books, be part of several musical projects, make a documentary, shoot several music videos, co-host some podcasts, and be a father.