35. Capgras Syndrome

The rare condition of Capgras Syndrome (believing a loved one has been replaced by an imposter) is discussed with some true crime murder examples from the 1800's to current day.

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EPISODE RESOURCES

• YouTube clips
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=dqBGzkz1oDU&feature=emb_title
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• “Bullseye.” Law and Order, 2010, lawandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Bullseye. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• Githler, Charley. “An inside View of the Blazej Kot Trial and Its Jury.” Ithaca Times, 30 Apr. 2010, www.ithaca.com/news/local_news/an-inside-view-of-the-blazej-kot-trial-and-its/article_d617c37a-df3d-5ff6-8a4b-2b5b9fc17a2b.html. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.
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• “Ivy League Student Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder after Father Brings Daughter’s Urn to Court.” Telegraph.Co.Uk, 17 June 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7834140/Ivy-League-student-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-after-father-brings-daughters-urn-to-court.html. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• Klein, Carolina A, and Soniya Hirachan. “The Masks of Identities: Who’s Who? Delusional Misidentification Syndromes.” Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, vol. 42, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 369–378, jaapl.org/content/42/3/369. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• Matuszak, Jeremy. “That’s Not My Child: A Case of Capgras Syndrome.” Psychiatric Times, 30 Apr. 2011, www.psychiatrictimes.com/schizophrenia/s-not-my-child-case-capgras-syndrome, https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/node/734825. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.
  “She’s Not My Mother: A 24-Year-Old Man With Capgras Delusion.” Mdedge.Com, 26 Apr. 2018, www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/153379/mental-health/shes-not-my-mother-24-year-old-man-capgras-delusion#. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.
  Silva, J, et al. Capgras Syndrome and Dangerousness.

• “The Brutal End of an Irish Bride - Independent.Ie.” Independent.Ie, 2010, www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-brutal-end-of-an-irish-bride-26654807.html. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• The Irish Times. “Man with Schizophrenia Found Not Guilty of Murdering Mother.” The Irish Times, The Irish Times, 18 Dec. 2013, www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/man-with-schizophrenia-found-not-guilty-of-murdering-mother-1.1631848. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• The Loop (TV. “Capgras Syndrome.” Criminal Minds Wiki, 2019, criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Capgras_syndrome. Accessed 30 Dec. 2019.

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320042.php#symptoms

• https://www.healthline.com/health/capgras-syndrome

• https://sites.law.lsu.edu/amicus-curiae/2010/10/05/capgras-delusion-in-law-and-order-svu/
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10635940

• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10652471

• https://theconversation.com/ever-thought-a-loved-one-was-an-imposter-thats-the-capgras-delusion-78291
  https://getpocket.com/explore/item/to-understand-facebook-study-capgras-syndrome

• Brain Lesion studies

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1688258/

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7846236
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1752928X13002862?via%3Dihub
  

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