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Podcast: The Idaho Murders | The Case Against Bryan Kohberger
Episode: ​FBI Analysis: The Dark Meaning Behind Bryan Kohberger’s Sadistic Selfies
Description: FBI Analysis: The Dark Meaning Behind Bryan Kohberger’s Sadistic Selfies
When investigators dug into Bryan Kohberger’s phone, they expected evidence. What they found instead was a strange and haunting window into his psyche: a private archive of shirtless selfies, mirror shots, and images that felt less like social media fodder and more like a shrine to himself. FBI experts compared the collection to Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, a character obsessed with his own reflection and detached from reality.
On the surface, selfies aren’t unusual. Generations live their lives in front of phone cameras. But in...