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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: Behind Closed Doors: What Happened Before The Cruise Ship Murder Of Anna Kepner?
Description: The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a cruise ship has left behind a trail of conflicting stories โ and at the center of it is a blended family dynamic that now looks very different depending on whoโs doing the talking. Parents and grandparents describe harmony, closeness, and three teenagers who were โthe three amigos.โ Yet teens who actually lived inside that home describe something else entirely: aggression, chokeholds, tension, and behavior reframed by adults as โjust playing.โ
On todayโs episode of Hidden Killers, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins us to break down what these contradictions reveal about denial, family...