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Yesterday · 3 min
Can a Brain Injury Turn Someone Into a Criminal? The Forensic Psychology of the Injured Brain
Can damage to the brain actually change someone’s personality enough to contribute to criminal behavior? From impaired impulse control to aggression and poor judgment, injuries to certain brain regions can dramatically alter how a person behaves. This...
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Sunday · 4 min
The Poison That Left a Trail: Forensic Science and the Litvinenko Case
When Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer, fell inexplicably ill in London in 2006, doctors initially had no explanation — until forensic testing uncovered polonium-210 in his system. This episode examines how that finding reshaped...
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September 21 · 3 min
What a Body Still Knows: The Stephen Smith Exhumation Case
When 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on a South Carolina road in 2015, investigators initially attributed his death to a vehicle strike — a conclusion that didn't hold up over time. This episode looks at what happened when his body was...
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September 20 · 5 min
The Clock That Lied: How a Jealous Fiancé and a Pinch of Face Powder Made Forensic History in Lyon, 1912
Through the lens of forensic psychology, this case illustrates how pathological jealousy and an obsessive need for control can drive an intimate partner toward violent, calculated homicide. Émile Gourbin demonstrated the traits of an organized...
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September 14 · 5 min
China’s T800 Robot SWAT Patrols: The Dawn of AI Police Humanoids That Could Save Lives (or Replace Them?)
China just deployed the EngineAI T800 humanoid robot alongside SWAT officers in Shenzhen, walking real public patrols with fluid human-like motion, 5G real-time alerts, and zero fatigue – the most advanced real-world test of AI policing yet. In this...
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September 13 · 4 min
“Diagnosed for Dollars: How Law Firms Betrayed the NFL’s Concussion Victims”
The NFL’s billion-dollar concussion settlement was designed to compensate former players suffering from the devastating neurological consequences of a career in professional football — but a bombshell report reveals that five law firms systematically...
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September 7 · 3 min
Behind the Behavioral Science Unit: Jana Monroe on the Science of Profiling
Jana Monroe, the first female FBI agent in the Behavioral Science Unit, spent her career applying crime-scene analysis and victimology to roughly 850 homicide cases — work she describes as systematic suspect-pool reduction, not psychic access to a...
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September 6 · 5 min
Weaponizing Narcocultura: The Cartel Marketing Machine
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August 31 · 2 min
Trapped on the Roof: The Killing of a correctional officer
On May 20, 2012, a gang fight inside a privately run Mississippi prison exploded into a multi-hour riot that left the facility in chaos. Twenty-four-year-old Senior Correctional Officer Catlin Carithers, called in on his day off, was cornered and...
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August 31 · 14 min
The Psychology of the Vigilante — Applying the PEPS Model to Real-World Cases
In part two of their look at vigilantism, Carlos and retired FBI profiler Andrew Bringuel dig into what actually motivates someone to bypass the justice system and act on their own. Using the PEPS model — personal, economic, power/political, and...
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August 30 · 5 min
"Don't Shoot, G-Men!" — How a Bureau PR Line Became FBI Legend
The legend goes that gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly coined the term "G-Men" when he begged federal agents not to shoot during his 1933 arrest — but the real story is a lesson in institutional myth-making. This episode traces how J. Edgar Hoover's Bureau...
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August 27 · 2 min
The 49ers owner gets caught in a trailer park
A billionaire’s son gets caught in a trailer park sting. The league says it is reviewing the matter. This is what happens when the story a man tells himself finally meets the version everyone else can see. Every case has a moment before the moment. A...
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August 24 · 2 min
PART TWO: THE JUMP SHE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
Nine years after Belgium, in the English countryside, a military-trained parachute instructor jumped from four thousand feet with both her main and reserve chutes disabled — and lived. Behind it sat a husband, a life insurance policy, and a marriage...
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August 23 · 3 min
Cut Lines: The Anatomy of a Parachute Murder: PART ONE: THE FALL IN BELGIUM
In 2006, an experienced Belgian skydiver stepped out of a plane and discovered mid-air that neither of her parachutes would open. What looked at first like an unthinkable equipment failure turned out to be something far colder — a killing engineered...
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August 17 · 3 min
Why Bank Robbers Still Skip the Optimal Window: Updated Stats on a Declining Crime
Bank robberies in the United States have plunged to historic lows, yet the patterns of when and where they occur still reveal surprisingly suboptimal choices by perpetrators. Drawing on the latest FBI Bank Crime Statistics and regional breakdowns,...
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August 16 · 3 min
The Imposter in the Abbey: Michael Dongarra and the Psychology of Sanctuary
1997, a fugitive con man who had stolen over a million dollars in religious artifacts while posing as an Anglican priest sought refuge inside a Benedictine monastery in Massachusetts. This episode examines how Michael Dongarra exploited the...
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August 13 · 4 min
Live on Camera: How Mexico's Cartel War Turned Influencers into Targets
Mexican content creators are being killed in real time on TikTok and Instagram as rival Sinaloa Cartel factions settle scores in public. César Gastélum's murder outside a fast-food restaurant is only the latest in a string of more than a dozen...
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August 9 · 44 min
The Mind of the I-5 Strangler: Paraphilias, Sadism, and Serial Offender Profiling with Dr. Hickey
In this episode, leading forensic criminologist Dr. Eric Hickey joins us to analyze the psychopathological profile and behavioral mechanics of Roger Kibbe, the I-5 Strangler. We examine how underlying sexual sadism, fantasy ritualization, and...
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August 9 · 4 min
The Father in the Emergency Room: Toronto, 1999
In 1999 a father named Henry Masuka walked into St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto carrying his infant son through an asthma attack and walked out into a police shooting that ended his life. This episode traces the desperate arithmetic of a parent...
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August 6 · 3 min
Depth Charge: The Lobster Spot That Almost Cost a Life
On the opening day of Florida’s lobster mini-season, a heated dispute over a diving location near Fisher Island escalated when a man allegedly swam over and deliberately shut off a surface-supplied air system while an 18-year-old diver was underwater....
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