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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: The Five Key Changes in Karen Read’s Story the Morning John Died
Description: The Five Key Changes in Karen Read’s Story the Morning John Died
What made Karen Read ask “Did I hit him?” before anyone even knew John O’Keefe was dead—or that his body was in the snow? That single moment in court, as Jennifer McCabe described the scream-filled phone calls and Karen’s early-morning panic, could be a window into psychological chaos… or calculated guilt. In this episode, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott unpacks the mental state of someone who may have been blackout—or brownout—drunk, unsure of what actually happened but haunted by the possibility of something horri...