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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: The Adelsons Fall Apart: Narcissism, Denial, and Legacy in Shambles
Description: It wasn’t just Donna Adelson who broke down at sentencing—it was her husband Harvey, too. And in their back-to-back emotional outbursts, we witnessed the unraveling of an entire family narrative that had held for over a decade.
In this joint psychological breakdown, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to dissect the most emotionally charged—and revealing—moments of both Donna and Harvey’s final courtroom statements.
Together, we examine:
How narcissistic collapse shows up in real time through fractured speech, emotional spirals, and selective memory
Why Harvey...