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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: Wendy Adelson’s “I Don’t Remember” Strategy: Trauma or Cover-Up?
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Wendy Adelson’s “I Don’t Remember” Strategy: Trauma or Cover-Up?
While Robert Adelson took the stand with blunt force, Wendy Adelson chose a very different strategy — and it has the courtroom buzzing. Over and over again, her answers leaned on selective memory: “I don’t remember.”
But what does that really mean? Is Wendy’s forgetfulness a trauma response after years of stress, manipulation, and family chaos? Or is it a carefully measured way to protect herself — and maybe her mother — from saying too much?
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott dissects Wendy’s testimony in real time, explaining ho...