We analyze the psychology behind the Jeffrey Epstein “Filthy Rich". Did he kill himself? Was it Murder? What kind of person would do this? Was he a psychopath? What was Ghislaine Maxwell's role.
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In this episode we discuss AMC’s “Breaking Bad”. We discuss all of the characters on the show but focuses on Walter White, the iconic character from AMC's "Breaking Bad". Was this just a midlife crisis? How evil is Walter White on the Scale of Evil? Does it change over time?.
Read moreEp: 161 - Scale of Evil (Part 8) Inadequate, Rageful Psychopaths - The Psychology of Murder
We look at level 13 on the scale of evil these are Psychopathic murderers with inadequate, rageful personalities.Ed Gein and Benjamin Nathaniel Smith as examples of these murderers. The Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was a convicted murderer and body snatcher.
Read moreEp: 158 - Manson Vs. Jones - The Psychology of Cult Leaders and Serial Killers (Preview)
We delve into what's the difference between a "Serial Killer" and a "Cult Leader". What is the psychological profiles of Jim Jones, and Charles Manson? We also discuss the differences between spree murder, and mass murder, using two of the most notorious villains in history.
Read moreEp: 156 - My Evil Twin 2 “The Silent Twins” - The Psychology of Twins and Psychopathic Behavior (Preview)
This is the fascinating case of June and Jennifer Gibbons, a.k.a "The Silent Twins. They were admitted to Broadmoor Hospital where they were held for eleven years. For most of us, our shadow is a metaphor for our darker side, a way to describe another part of us, but not for these ladies.
Read moreEp: 146 - Scale of Evil (Part 7) Cornered Killers - The Psychology of Murder
In May of 1977 a sadistic Mormon cult leader Ervil Lebaron orders his cult to walk into a clinic and gun down a rival cult leader. This is where our episode on the level 12 scale of evil begins- With a warning about what it means to follow your own killer down a path of weaponized religiosity. Michael drane, true crime, forensics, killer, dr. Michael Stone, gradation of evil, scale of evil,
Read moreEp: 142 - Scale of Evil (Part 6) Psychopathic "In The Way" Killers - The Psychology Of Murder
We review the case of Ismael Juarez Cisneros, a semi-psychopath "In The Way" killer who murdered his close friend in retaliation for informing to authorities. This is level 11 on Dr. Stone's Gradation Evil Scale.
Read moreEp: 141 - Scale of Evil (Part 5) "In The Way" Killers - The Psychology of Murder
Continuation of the series on Scale of EvilWe review the case of John List, a semi-psychopath "In The Way" killer who murdered his entire family to save their souls. Level 10 on Dr. Michael Stones Gradation of Evil Scale.
Read moreEp: 139 - Scale of Evil (Part 4) Semi-Psychopathic Jealous Lovers - The Psychology of Murder
We review Level 9 on the "Scale of Evil" with the case of Paul Snider, a semi-psychopathic killer who murdered Dorothy Stratten just as she was a rising star in movies and in Playboy Magazine.
Read moreEp: 125 - Scale of Evil (Part 1) Levels 1,2, and 3 (Self Defense Murder) - Reviewing Dr. Michael Stone's "Scale of Evil"
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Prof Michael Drane reviews Dr. Michael Stone's "Scale of Evil" using infamous cases. This episode looks at the first 3 levels of murder- Self Defense, Jealousy, & Companion Murders
Check out The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime. Copyright © 2019 by Michael H. Stone, MD, and Gary Brucato, PhD.
A Brief Description of The Scale Of Evil in This Episode
NOT EVIL
1. Justified Homicide
The least malevolent: Those who have killed in self-defense and do not show psychopathic features.
2. Jealous Lovers, Non-Psychopathic
Though egocentric or immature, evildoers in this category committed their crimes in the heat of passion.
3. Willing Companions Of Killers
Still far from psychopathic, some have antisocial traits and an aberrant personality. They're often driven by impulse.
About Dr. Michael Stone
“Dr. Michael Stone is a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia. His specialty is personality disorders - most especially “borderline personality disorder.” But in recent years he has concentrated as well on the extremes of personality, as shown by persons who show antisocial, psychopathic, and sadistic traits. This led to an interest in the kinds of people committing murder - spanning the spectrum from jealousy murders to serial killers and torturers. Recently he served as the host of the Discovery Channel show, “Most Evil,” for which he was sent around the country interviewing serial killers and murderers of other types. This experience, plus his research over the past twenty years, led to his writing The Anatomy of Evil (appearing in July of 2009). The book explores the “why” factor: what are the inborn and environmental factors that cause certain people to commit murder and, at the extreme end, to behave with uncommon cruelty toward their fellow man. Modeled after Dante’s Inferno, the book progresses from the least to the most “evil” crimes, and contains a chapter devoted to recent contributions from neuroscience toward understanding the mind of the psychopath.”
Unpopular Culture Podcast is a psychology podcast hosted by Professor & Psychoanalyst Michael Drane. With help from professionals in different fields, he seeks to shine light into the broken underbelly of society.
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Ep: 105 - Serial Killer Analysis: The Skin My Mother Wears - (Preview)
Serial Killer Ed Gein is infamous for using human body parts to make a skin suit that he could wear to be closer to his dead mother.
Read moreEp: 10 - Jim Jones And The Jonestown Massacre- The Psychology of Cults and Mass Suicide
“The Peoples Temple” cult leader Jim Jones moved his flock to South America and named the compound Jonestown. After percieved intervention from the American government a string of murder’s takes place. Jim Jones then leads ( or in some cases forces) more than 900 people to commit mass suicide by drinking poison.
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