I had the pleasure last month to meet Jimmy Hatch for the second time in several years. He's a decorated, wounded Navy Seal vet.** He started Yale four years ago as a "nontraditional" student at age 52. He stood out on campus because of his age and definite real world prep as opposed to the often prep-school prep of his much younger young classmates. Hatch came to the attention of a trio of Yale classmates who run a monthly zoom forum featuring interesting people to showcase. … [Read more...]
Jena Friedman’s on her ‘True Crime Story: Indefensible’ show.
My last post was about someone who has endorsed my forthcoming Privileged Killers book which probes how savvy wealthy or "gifted" people often get mere slaps on the wrist for heinous murders. The endorser, Elie Honig, a former Federal and State prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, authored his second book last year, Untouchable. Untouchable Honig shows how the rich and powerful use the justice system to their own benefit and rarely have to pay a price. Of course he writes about Trump … [Read more...]
UNTOUCHABLE and PRIVILEGED KILLERS
During the run up to the publication of Privileged Killers early next year, I've received many nice endorsements. They're also called "Advance Praise" which publishers solicit and put in the opening pages of many books. Advance Praise For Privileged Killers. I've received "blurbs so far from criminologists, sociologists, true crime writers, and criminal justice personnel so far. An example is the one from the last category: "When it comes to crime writers, you've got your wannabes … [Read more...]
Reasons you fell for a psychopath
When we picture a sociopath in our head, we often conjure up dangerous people like Ted Bundy or the Silence of the Lamb character Hanibal Lector. But sociopathy—or antisocial personality disorder (ASP)—exists on a spectrum, and certainly not all sociopaths are killers. And of the estimated 3.8% of Americans that meet the condition’s diagnostic criteria, most are men. Odds are long then that you might've fallen for a sociopath. But if you did, what are the feasons you fell for a … [Read more...]
A Sadistic or Psychopathic Personality – the Difference.
Mark Travers** has written an article about the whether someone is a sadistic or psychopathic personality. Here's the gist of it; Sadistic or Psychopathic Personality "Dark personalities come in different shades. Here’s how to discern various maladaptive personality types. For most people, the term “bad guy” is sufficient to describe the suite of personality traits that can put us on “high psychological alert.” But, for psychologists, that’s just a starting point. Terms such as … [Read more...]
The new Frida Kahlo. Are Appearances Deceiving?
If my prior post showed skepticism about the latest self-reinvention of Paris Hilton, then this post is different. I invite you to learn about the private life of well-respected Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. After you learn some of the against-type characteristics of the artist's personal life, reflect on whether Kahlo’s unconventional life seems more real and honest than Hilton’s. BTW, search my website for other posts about "appearances being deceiving," like my blog about President … [Read more...]
The new Paris Hilton. Are Appearances Deceiving?
One of the themes in this website is "Appearances can be deceiving." In one blog I wrote about the deceptive appearance of President John F. Kennedy. In my last blog I tried to show (and explain to a degree), Paris Hilton's "Barbie" doll phase. We'll look at a number of statements excerpted from a Harper's Bazaar magazine article below. Then you can have a go at sorting out what's going on with Hilton whose autobiography, Paris, The Memoir, came out in March of this year. Is … [Read more...]