The doctors give you the background on the statistics and components of Intimate Partner Homicide, including stalking, coercive control, and the significance of strangulation as an act of intimate partner violence. This then leads into the story of Connie Navarro, mother of American guitarist and street artist, Dave Navarro.

After coming upon some further research, the doctors bring you this follow-up to episode #27 on Stockholm Syndrome. Please listen to the prior episode first for a historical perspective and what preliminary research says about the phenomenon. This episode highlights the evolution of the term and how it is most often being applied to forensic cases today that involve prolonged entrapment.

Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh provide a quick recap of Delusional Disorder before getting into the definition of a shared delusion or psychosis: Folie A Deux, also known as The Madness of Two. The docs talk about the bizarre true stories of The Eriksson Twins and the Slender Man assault. They also review an X-Files episode on the phenomenon as well as the movies Bug and Heavenly Creatures.

The doctors do a deep dive into Stockholm Syndrome by covering the original case, the lack of validated criteria for the concept, the evolution of how it is used and a few terrible films depicting the relationships between captors and hostages.

Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh discuss psychological and legal points to the fascinating Mary Kay Letourneau case with attorneys Nick and Jessa from the Getting Off podcast. This crossover touches on the facts of the case as well as specific psychological issues, how the legal proceedings unfolded, and facts about female sex offenders. The double standard of the criminal justice system is highlighted throughout the episode.

The docs are back after a July break and they catch us up on the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago! Dr. Shiloh & Dr. Scott discuss stalking, the crime of the 90's, and the psychologcial concepts behind it for the victim and the perpetrator. They touch on Rebecca Schaeffer, the Tarasoff rule, delusional disorder & celebrity stalking in LA.

It's Pride month and it has been 50 years since the Stonewall riots. Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh continue to highlight marginalized victims by covering several serial & mass killings in which the victims, perpetrators or motives were part of the LGBTQ+ community. Included are the Trash Bag Murders of NYC, Jeffery Dahmer, Andrew Cunanan, the Pulse nightclub shooting, Bruce MacArthur and the missing men of Toronto's Gay Village, and the mysterious circumstances of Ed Buck in Los Angeles.

You asked- we answered! The docs update you on their recent training and answer listener questions about how they met, their favorite episodes, their views on the exploitative nature of true crime entertainment, upcoming topics and tons of other stuff.

This episode blends story-telling of The Cleveland Strangler, Anthony Sowell, and his disregarded victims while using his case and a 2005 psych report to look at why comprehensive sex offender risk assessment is so important.

Following the interest in the Madeleine McMann disappearance, Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh talk about affect & presentation after expereincing a trauma and other similar cases throughout history, including the JonBenet Ramsey case.

This mini follow-up episode to Episode 12 on Columbine focuses on bouncing back from trauma and thriving through resiliency and post traumatic growth.

It has been 20 years, an entire generation, since the landmark mass school shooting that changed everything. Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh attempt to bring awareness to the impact the event had on April 20, 1999 and what we have learned since then.

This episode,the docs are bringing it back to LA. They review the genius of iconic architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, and his tragic brush with death that inspired his famous designs in Los Angeles. Additionally, they explore the his son’s most infamous house in the heart of LA with the literal receipts linking it to the most notable unsolved murder in the city.

We critically examine the injustices served upon Amanda Knox and the Netflix documentary, Amanda Knox. We will catch you up on everything that occurred over the 8 years of this saga and examine the behavior of someone exposed to traumatic events. However, this episode is more about the other key players in the story that shaped the wrongful convictions. We also take a glimpse at what Ms. Knox is doing now in her post-traumatic growth.

In rare fashion, the doctors are on the heels of this week’s biggest news story, the Jussie Smollett case out of Chicago. At the release of this recording, actor and singer Jussie Smollett has been indicted and arrested for orchestrating his own hate-fueled attack and falsely reporting this to police.

You’ve asked, so we answered! We cover all things forensic psychology in this “nerd alert” episode. This is for you if you are considering graduate school, want to know more about the legal system and psychology, want to know how the doctors found themselves here, plus some details about types of therapy and evaluations forensic psychologists conduct on a daily basis.

This episode bring us all back to our favorite true crime subject, serial killers. And not just your average serial killer, but the special breed of trucker serial killers. Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh go into how crime analysts started realizing that highway serial killings was a nationwide epidemic before exploring specific killers featured in the docuseries, The Killing Season, the book Evil That Men Do and the podcast Happy Face, including little known facts about prolific killer Robert Ben Rhoades.

The docs finally find a fascinating way to talk about one of their favorite miniseries, Manhunt: Unabomber. They dish about the show itself and then relate Episode 6’s topics of Incels to Ted Kaczynski with a special guest. Retired FBI profiler and forensic linguist, James R. Fitzgerald gives his insight into Kaczynski’s sexual development and struggles which was revealed the Unabomber’s own personal writings.

Dr. Scott and Dr. Shiloh discuss one of their most interesting topics to date: Incels or the “involuntary celebates.” They talk about the origins and evolution of the incel community and touch on various flavors of diagnoses that appear to be prevalent with these individuals.

Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh psychsplain the diagnosis of Dissociation and relate it to season 1 of The Sinner and the docuseries The Keepers, while touching on several forensic psychology topics such as competency evaluations and malingering.