Serial Killer, Herb Baumeister, AKA The "I-70 Strangler" and responsible for "The Gay Murders" in Indiana in the late 1980's and early 1990's was an odd man that rode around in a hearse and urinating on a lot of different things... In this episode, Michael Drane, UPC's resident psychotherapist dives into the Psychology of Erotophonophilia & Auto-Erotic Asphixiation.
Read moreEp: 188 - Laura Brand and Analyzing The Toolbox Killers - The Psychology of Serial Murder
We interview Laura Brand, a private investigator who helped find the location of 2 missing victims from the Toolbox Murders of the late 1970s. Laura Brand is one of the leading experts on serial killers and has worked with over 50 serial killers including Lawerence Bittaker (Tool Box Killers).
Read moreEp: 182 - Scale of Evil: Interview with The Experts - The Psychology of Murder
We are SO excited to provide you with this fascinating conversation between myself, Dr. Michael Stone & Dr. Gary Brucato - The renowned experts behind "The Gradations of Evil" Scale and their new book "The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime".
Read moreEp: 171 - The Six Stalkers (Part 2) “The Shoe Fetish Slayer" - The Psychology of Stalking and Foot Fetishes - Jerome Brudos (Preview)
Jerome (Jerry) Brudos, a serial murderer from Oregon, is an example of the lust stalker, and the next subject of the 6 types of stalkers. Jerome Brudos is notable for his foot fetish, his obsession with women’s shoes, but also his escalating pattern of savagery.
Read moreEp: 118 - Murder for Hire - The Psychology of Contract Killing
People kill for pleasure, but what about those who kill for money? "What are the different types of murder, and what motivates a contract killer?" Mass murderers, serial killers, and paid assassins, is there a difference between these types? Is murder for hire the same thing as serial murder, or perhaps something else entirely? We are a forensic psychology podcast that focuses on true crime.
Read moreEp: 81 - Lust Murder - The Psychology of Sex And Murder
This type of serial killer seeks sexual gratification from the murders they commit. We dive into the mind of 2 types of Lust-Murder Style Serial Killers. Herb baumeister, the sexual strangulation-style lust murderer. This 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.
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