Life got away from the docs this week, so they’re bringing you a re-release of one of their very first “Vintage Los Angeles” episodes. This episode is from 2019 and it is one of their favorites as it focuses on two fascinating characters that are integral to the history and development of Los Angeles. Dr. Scott covers founding father, Griffith J. Griffith, and his dirty little intimate partner violence secrets at the turn of the century, while Dr. Shiloh leads you through the history of the OG criminal profiler, Dr. J. Paul de River, and his involvement in some of Los Angeles’ most horrific crimes throughout the 1930's and 1940's.

The docs at L.A. Not So Confidential have covered sex crimes in a number of ways over the years: female sexual homicide, a wide spectrum of paraphilias as well as a three-part series on Internet sexual offending. However, we have not covered the basics of adults that commit sexual assaults against other adults. In this episode the docs lay that foundation of the various permutations of sexual assault before drilling down into the specific phenomenon and history of “date rape” or “acquaintance rape.”

This week the docs recount & review the Netflix docuseries, Sins of Our Mother. This series dives into the timeline of Lori Vallow's descent into extremist religiosity and delusional thinking that cost many people their lives, including her children. The docs review the types of filicide and praise the show for the narrative led by the surviving family members.

In this week’s episode we explore the crimes against the deceased AND the living; The nefarious dealings of funeral homes and mortuaries. While the majority of funeral homes provide supportive services to individuals and families at their most vulnerable, there are some that use the opportunity for grift and crime. Body Horror, Necrophilia, Murder & Desecration of bodily remains are all discussed, so be prepared for a discussion of those that mishandle or deliberately mistreat human remains.

On October 16, 1931, on a typical Friday night in the dry desert air of Phoenix Arizona, Winnie Ruth Judd went to her friends' bungalow for dinner and drinks. What happened next was an ever changing mystery told by the sole survivor through years of court cases and escapes from mental hospitals. Winnie, as the only survivor of the mysterious altercation fled to Los Angeles by train, carrying with her some of probably the most disturbing luggage contents in history. Join us for another vintage episode where we look back through history to unravel the conflicting motives that led to a gruesome murder.

This month we give our run down and review of the 2022 Netflix documentary, Don't Pick Up the Phone, which account the 10 year span of "hoax" calls in which a person pretending to be a police officer called up fast food managers and had them perform strip-searches on employees suspected in thefts. We discuss what sexual offense category this fits under and what psychological processes are at work with the people submitting to these outlandish requests by the caller.

Bring your energy drinks and your pom poms, as we navigate our way through the world of youth sports and parents behaving badly at their children's games. We review several examples from a covert assault on the field to an infamous murder for hire plot and what the research says about parents who over-identify with their children's successes and failures.

In 1926 Los Angeles, no one was bigger than Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, megachurch and radio evangelist. But this remarkable woman went missing during a swim in the Pacific Ocean, only to "resurrect" five weeks later. We discuss the therories and aftermath of her disappearance and review the key issue with people who fake their own victimization.

Liar, Liar, pants on fire. Is pathological lying a symptom or a psychopathology all on it's own? Let's see what the research says in this first episode of 2023!

Today we bring you the strange tale of Dolly Oesterrich and her lover that she kept in her attic for years! It was a cozy arrangement until the day he came out of hiding to commit murder.

We are changing our tune... well, maybe changing our perspective to inform our tune. In this revisit of a previous topic (Episode 50 Police Pursuits), we discuss the damage of police pursuits more in-depth and bring you a few, specific stories of tragedy that unfortunately are only a drop in the bucket. 

This month we review Season 3, Episode 9 of Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix, which focuses on two stories of children being ripped away from their families by a parent. These are educated, once seemingly loving individuals who clearly plotted for elaborate schemes to disappear with their children. We venture to speculate on the psych issues that could be happening in these case- maybe we need to do a full episode on Parental Abduction int he future!

*Audio for this live show is less than optimal. Thank you for your understanding.
Please enjoy this audio from our live presentation at the 2022 True Crime Podcast Festival. We teamed up with Women & Crime to discuss the Sherri Papini case in depth.

This case occurred in 1937 Los Angeles and was one of the most haunting & horrific crimes to occur since the murder of little Marion Parker a decade earlier. The Babes of Inglewood were three little girls who went missing in broad daylight while playing at the community park. However, this case is very likely also about one of the the earliest wrongful convictions of a high-profile crime.

The doctors get into the psychology behind the behavior of hoarding and how it can rise to criminal thinking & activity.

This month, Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh review the docuseries 11 Minutes, a victim-driven perspective on the mass shooting event that took place 5 years ago at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.

What is with the incidents of airline violence and freak outs in the past 2 years? The doctors layout the evolution of the violence spike and discuss some likely factors. They also discuss sexual violence that occurs on airplanes and give you examples of the last year's biggest brawls in the air. Buckle up!

Let's go all the way back to the late 1800's and recap the case of the Greenbrier Ghost. The trial of Elva Shue's murderer is the only case in which testimony about a ghost helped convict her murderer!

As we gear up to head to the PNW, we though it fitting to discuss the subsection of Major Depressive Disorder: Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.). This is a research-heavy episode as we look at all side of this diagnosis, as well as how to intervene & treat the "winter blues" on steroids.