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Insanity in the courtroom: detecting Fakery – Part II

May 20, 2023 By Karl Leave a Comment

Voskerichian, among Berkowitz's murder victims. He faked insanity.

This blog is a continuation of last month's blog about insanity in court cases.A number of years ago, a New York courtroom tried  Pedro Hernandez for the murder of Etan Patz who was one of the first missing children to be featured on a milk carton.  The defendant said at one point that he put Etan inside a plastic bag and then inside a box and left him a block away from his home in an alleyway with some trash. He said the child was still alive when he abandoned him. He also denied that he had … [Read more...]

Insanity in court cases: Test, Fakery – Part I

April 22, 2023 By Karl Leave a Comment

passed insanity test.

As I worked on the footnotes for my soon-to-published Privileged Killers, I wondered how much the insanity test had changed recently. The case I write about in my book, one among a few homicides, showed how a killer got off easy using a mental illness defense. So, insanity is on my mind. In fact, I recently blogged about the speculation that Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the brutal Idaho stabbing deaths of four, might use mental illness as a defense. Definitions of Insanity. There’ve … [Read more...]

Visual-Snow Effects/Mental Illness-Defenses for Kohberger?

January 15, 2023 By Karl 2 Comments

Kohberger and Victims

MENTAL HEALTH – DEFENSES FOR KOHBERGER? "The ringing in my ears and the fuzz in my vision is simply all of the demons in my head mocking me " – statement attributed to the Idaho multicide suspect, Bryan Kohberger.   Allegedly visual snow plus tinnitus (ringing in the ears from an unknown source) bothered Kohberger enough that he once said he didn't want to live anymore. Allegedly, he also had drug use issues, especially with heroin, and was bullied for being overweight. There are … [Read more...]

Narcissist versus sociopath – which is it?

August 24, 2022 By Karl Leave a Comment

Narcissist versus sociopath?

  I've posted a number of blogs about fraudsters Anna Sorokin and Alexander Marc Hatton as well as pieces about the Casanova Scammer and the Tinder Swindler. It's about time now to try to figure out they can be differentiated. So, Narcissist versus sociopath. What're the differences? Using the following two lists, a leading London therapist, psychologist Mark Levrant, weighs in on the attempts to distinguish between the two. Narcissist versus sociopath - how to tell 'em … [Read more...]

Popular Culture and True Crime – Tutorial II – Murderabilia.

January 31, 2021 By Karl Leave a Comment

Murderabilia

  In a recent blog (go here), I discussed the furor created by the creation of serial killer trading cards* back in 1992. A similar controversy has erupted over the growing practice of collecting artifacts and even bits of hair from those involved in serial killings.           The controversy surrounding Murderabilia. It's an odd world where people collect and own bits of a stranger or infamous person, even if it's as innocent as a lock of … [Read more...]

Answering the question, Is the Joker a Psychopath?

May 10, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Joker a Psychopath?

I noted in a recent piece  that I'd deal with the question, is the Joker a psychopath? Of course, it matters a lot which portrayal of the Joker we're talking about. Sheltering in place has given many people  time to watch various movies. Of the many featuring the Joker, most have probably see Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight and/or Joaquin Phoenix's Joker. To keep things manageable, let's choose Ledger's version in The Dark Knight, knowing there's nothing ever definitive about a fictional … [Read more...]

The Psychopath and The Hare.

March 15, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

The Psychopath and the Hare lip is my way to addressing what's become an interesting debate among moviegoers. Even comic book aficionados have gotten into the act.  And so may you and I as so many of us are at home without  sports,  political rallies, and other live TV as a distraction. We've got time to watch movies like  Joker. The debate is whether Joaquin Phoenix, who won an Oscar for Best Actor, portrays the Joker as a psychopath or not? The Psychopath and The Hare … [Read more...]

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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% … [Read More...]

Sadistic or psychopathic personality

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 … [Read More...]

New Frida Kahlo

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, … [Read More...]

Appearances can be deceiving -Paris H

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 … [Read More...]

Appearances can be deceiving -Paris H

Paris Hilton – the First Human Barbie?

It's no surprise that Margot Robbie is playing the first human Barbie in her new movie. Her looks and stature make her a natural to portray Mattel's doll introduced in 1959.  But Paris Hilton, too, can resemble the most famous toy of all. And so Paris may've beaten Margot to the punch as the first … [Read More...]

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