The Mind Behind It Podcast and Unpopular Culture podcast team up to talk about what drives a serial killer to do what they do, his take on cults and a brief insight into the Luka Magnotta case featured on the Netflix documentary 'Don't f*** with Cats'.
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This week Lou asked about live-streamed suicide and the motive behind ending one’s life on social media platforms, as well as the ramifications for those who encourage suicide on social media. We touch on some of the legal and social challenges associated with addressing live-streamed suicide.
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Celebrities like Jennifer Lawerence, Daniel Radcliffe, and Amy Schumer describe being famous as a kind of disorientating whirlwind. Are you someone who fantasizes about being world-renown? If you suddenly became famous, you would find that the way you once existed in the world has changed.
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Can trauma be passed down through your family experience and bloodline? We discuss this through the lens of holocaust survivor’s children and grandchildren. We will also discuss OCD traits that are passed down in African Americans.
Read moreEp: 204 - Jeffrey Epstein “Filthy Rich” and The Unchecked Id - The Psychology of Jeffrey Epstein
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.
Read moreEp: 199 - The Six Stalkers, Part 5: Political Stalkers - The Psychology of Stalking Behavior
Today, we will discuss the 5th type of stalker under the Ronald Holmes model- The political Stalker. This is a kind of stalker that is not driven by sexual desire or intimacy, but by ideology. The radicalized behavior and delusional thinking has torn at the fabric of our society since the beginning of society itself. Since the assassination of Julius Caesar and before, Political stalkers have been altering the course of our history.
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: 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: 127 - Psychopathic Presidents - Psychology of the Power and the Presidency
What do U.S. Presidents and psychopaths have in common? Prof. Michael Drane explores personality traits shared by government leaders and serial killers alike.
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.
Listen as he takes on the psychology behind subjects like:
True Crime: serial killers, murders, stalkers, cults, forensic analysis
Psychology: mental illness, social phenomenon, mob mentality, psychoanalysis, etc.
Culture: Sexuality, Satanic Panic, love, Tv analysis, movie analysis.
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Ep: 119 - Obsessive Compulsive - The Psychology Of OCD (Preview)
Obsessions, Compulsions, Hair Pulling, Skin Picking... Do you have any of these? Prof. Michael Drane talks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and everything related to OCD.
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Therapists read and analyze traumatic stories that listeners wrote in. This content is intense, which is why it's so important for people to hear. You are not alone. Thanks to my very talented PhD clinicians Jessica Gaul & Nikki Golden helping out in this episode.
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Read moreEp: 101 - The Psychology of Toys
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Psychotherapist Michael Drane provides an overview of the various forms of anxiety- Social Anxiety, Phobias, Panic, and more. How did it effect your mood or sleep? Did it change how you interact with the world? Does it feel like it will never end? Welcome to the land of excessive worry!
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We breakdown "The Waldo Moment", the 6th episode of Black Mirror, the politically driven and satirical commentary of a fictional character known as Waldo, and even the psychology behind internet trolling and being anti-status quo.
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We return with San Junipero, the most acclaimed episode of Black Mirror series. What year would YOUR San Junipero take place? "San Junipero" is the fourth episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror.
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Read moreEp: 80 - Stories From A State Mental Hospital - Working in a Mental Hospital- Part 2
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