Today, in the spirit of all things unknown, I am going to be exploring the Sexual Sadism of Gary Ridgeway aka The Green River Killer.
Read moreEp: 277 - Can you Enter The Matrix..?
In this episode- psychology, technology, and medical experts discuss how feasible it is for the matrix to even exist. If we were to try to create the Martix today, what would that look like? And if you could, would you really want to?
Read moreEp: 276 - "Serial Squatters" & The Case of Jamison Bachman
What happens when your roommate moves in and refuses to leave? Jamison Bachman is the type of personality who gets into your home and terrorizes you from the inside out
Read moreEp: 275 - Introducing “Dr. Psycho" (formally Unpopular Culture)
We're Back!!!! Dr. Michael Drane announces the relaunch of the podcast, first episode to drop next week after the new year. We also catch up on how we've been this last year.
Read moreEp: 274 - Woman Eats Husband for Thanksgiving Dinner - Man Murders His Family During Thanksgiving
We're covering 2 shocking Thanksgiving cases in this episode: On Thanksgiving 1991. After being abused and sexually exploited for years Egyptian fashion model Omaima Nelson murdered her husband. After the brutal murder she mixed in his remains with Thanksgiving dinner. On Thanksgiving 2009. Paul Michael Merhige sudden executed his family at the dinning room table. Motives unknown.
Read moreEp: 273 - Unpopular Culture 5th Anniversary Special
Can you believe UPC is now 5 years old??!! On this anniversary show come hang out with us as we discuss current events and play games. Hosted by Professor Michael Drane of the Unpopular Culture Podcast.
Read moreEp: 272 - YOU Season 3: Psycho Analysis
Joe Goldberg and Love Quinn return for season 3 of You on Netflix. They are raising their baby in a plastic, suburban life. So normal, they even have a couple’s therapist. But Joe can't help but reach back to his former life. Let's get into the psychology of stalking and murder.
Read moreEp: 271 - Lust Murder (Reloaded) - The Psychology of Sex
Did you listen to "The House on Fox Hallow Farm"? A story about Herb Baumeister, the sexual strangulation-style lust murderer. This episode is an elaboration on the psychology of the different kinds of lust murder, including some infamous examples, and themes I've seen in my own forensic work.
Read moreEp: 270 - Therapy in the 20th Century: Part 2 (Preview)
In this week's episode, we explore how therapy has changed during the 20th Century, particularly in regard to behavioral therapies, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and other 3rd wave therapies. He also reviews the beginnings and current state of each.
Read moreEp: 269 - Fake Pregnancy Tests, Child Abductions, & Multiple Personalities - Psychology of Reddit
Our Reddit stories episode. How far will a stalker go to be close to their victim? A woman whose stalker broke into her house and waited for her in her car. As a joke, she left a fake positive pregnancy test in our drawer. When my husband found it, he thought I had been cheating on him.
Read moreEp: 268 - Stalkers and Deja Vu
We discuss the story of a woman who may have been stalked by her Uber driver. They review the different types of stalkers, as well as the data your Uber driver can get. While on the side of the road, a man drives by screaming. Years later.. you get into another car accident and THE SAME GUY drives by and shouts the same thing.. Is this Deja Vu? Coincidence? Or just bad memory.
Read moreEp: 267 - Therapy in the 20th Century: Psychoanalysis and Adlerian Theory (Preview)
We review how therapy has changed in the 20th century, around Freud and his contribution to the field, as well as Adler's contribution to our understanding of developmental psychology, and even defense mechanisms.
Read moreEp: 266 - Escaping Religious Trauma and Captivity
We meet with Geoffrey Wallis, author of 'A Voice From the Inside: Notes on Religious Trauma in a Captive Organization.' He shares his experience of leaving the Jehovah's Witness church, which he identifies as a captive organization, and the psychological and emotional trauma that ensued once he began to seriously question his beliefs and deconstruct from his religion.
Read moreEp: 265 - Voyeur Stalkers, Dead Bodies, & Fake Cops -The Psychology of Reddit
We are bringing you some stories we found on Reddit, and we’re gonna give yo psychological and technological impressions. Someone recorded a woman and her boyfriend having sex outside their window. What would you do if you were pulled over on a dark, desolate freeway...with no cellphone? How much wood is needed to hide a body,
Read moreEp: 264 - 7 Reasons for Cannibals: Part 3- The Psychology of Cannibalism (Preview)
This is Part 3 of his series on ‘7 Reasons for Cannibals.’ We review the previous ingredients before diving into identity confusion, inferiority, and psychosis. What makes a cannibal want to eat another human?
Read moreEp: 263 - 7 Motives for Cannibals: Part 2- The Psychology of Cannibalism
We discuss the motives for cannibals—part 2. We review 2 additional motives for cannibalism: Psychopathic Narcissism and Power & Thrill. We discuss Luka Magnotta from the Netflix Documentary ‘Don’t Fuck with Cats’ and Dorangel Vargas (aka the Hannibal Lector of the Andes).
Read moreEp: 262 - Satanism vs. Insanity: The Case of Nathan Brooks (Preview)
Marilyn Brooks was stabbed with both an axe and a knife. Terry Brooks was shot in the head three times. Nathan Brooks tried to get Ryan Brooks to come home in order to kill him along with his parents. After he killed his parents, he covered the house with satanic emblems and pentagrams.
Read moreEp: 261 - History of Mental Illness: 19th Century
We discuss mental health care standards, stereotypes and practices in the 1800s, the emergence of interventions we see and use today, outlandish diagnoses, and more!
Read moreEp: 260 - 7 Motives for Cannibals- Part 1 - The Psychology of Cannibalism
We all know what cannibalism is, but do we know WHY it exists? What drives a person to eat another person? The answers might surprise you. This episode is the first of a series where Prof. Michael Drane explores the many reasons why cannibals exist. Stay tuned for part 2!
Read moreEp: 259 - The Psychology of Medieval Torture - The Sadist, The Masochist & The Voyeur
We review different Medieval devices used during this time, the psychology of the sadist/masochist/voyeur, as well as some lesser-known cases like Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes, a masochist who allowed himself to be eaten by the Rotengerg Cannibal (a sadist) in Germany.
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