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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: False Confessions & Little Solid Evidence, The Delphi Murder Trial So Far
Description: Can memories from 2017 still be trusted in 2024? That's the big question as the Richard Allen trial finally unfolds in Delphi. As eyewitnesses, now in their 20s, take the stand, their recollections of "Bridge Guy" are being weighed against a backdrop of evolving memories and unreliable testimony. One middle-aged woman's timeline disrupts the state's theory, suggesting Allen’s car had already left the scene before the crime allegedly occurred. But is her memory accurate? And what about the alleged coerced confessions from a man held in solitary confinement for years, suffering from severe mental illness and eating his own feces? Can we...