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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: True Crime Psychology: Why People Obsess Over Karen Read’s Innocence
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True Crime Psychology: Why People Obsess Over Karen Read’s Innocence
What makes the Karen Read case so emotionally charged? Why are people camping outside the courthouse, waving flags, rejecting evidence, and rallying behind a woman facing second-degree murder charges?
In this special episode of Hidden Killers, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins us to unpack the psychology of belief, and what really drives people to obsessively defend someone they’ve never met — even in the face of damning digital and forensic evidence.
We examine the roots of group identity, conspiracy culture, and the emotional satisfaction that c...