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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
*** Yellow teeth bared, he raised the knife in a jerky automaton-like flourish as putrid sweat dripped from his stringy reddish black hair… Is this what you think of when you picture a sociopath? If so, you’re not alone. This is how pop culture often portrays dangerous and dishonest people– in hockey masks, dragging one […]
Read More What a Sociopath Looks LikeYes, pun intended. This past week I’ve been learning more about Barry H. Landau (he’s especially important; get the H in there). As the Washington Post called him, he’s the “the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia” who was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for stealing historical documents. From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/barry-landau-collector-of-historic-documents-gets-7-year-term-for-thefts/2012/06/27/gJQAizMj7V_story.html:
Read More Cookie Cutter Sociopath?WordPress.com blogger annotoole posted the first video listed below today. After I watched it, I realized that a well-known author has posted a whole series of videos to arm the public against manipulative and abusive people. (Sarah! When did you do this? These are brilliant! What a fun and interesting way to help people avoid […]
Read More Defeat the Vampires!Today three news stories caught my attention because all involve murder suspects who have shown no real remorse for the crimes they are suspected of. First, Joran van der Sloot has said that he will enter a plea in Peruvian court that equates to temporary insanity. He is accused of murdering Stephany Flores in a […]
Read More Psychopathy in the NewsThis week’s CSI episode was riveting even with Justin Bieber guest starring as a less than convincing troubled teen/domestic terrorist. There are not many episodes that are worth rewinding the show immediately to watch segments again, but this one was. Besides the explosive subplot in which Bieber’s hair actually wound up a bit messy, Targets […]
Read More MAOA-L on CSIYesterday the Everett Herald published a story titled “The secret of the Halloween murder: For 75 years, a murder victim’s daughter didn’t know who shattered her family.” http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20101031/NEWS01/708269848/1122 Eric Stevick has written a fantastic piece detailing the 1934 murder of an Everett, Washington bakery owner by a cold, calculating criminal. William Buehrig was shot dead […]
Read More Portrait of a SociopathLast night on ABC, a Nightline Prime episode titled “Secrets of Your Mind” aired. I came upon it just as I reached for the remote to turn the TV off. It was a thought-provoking show that sparked an interesting water cooler conversation today. Unfortunately, the show furthered a common myth about psychopaths, that “psychopath” is […]
Read More Psychopaths/SociopathsWill you, I pray, demand that demi-devil Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body? -Othello While reading a legal newsletter I subscribe to this week, I came across an article about Iago, the villain in Shakespeare’s Othello. Dallas lawyer Michael Maslanka asked What Can Lawyers Learn From ‘Othello’?
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