True Crime Psychology and Personality...

True Crime Psychology and Personality dives deep into the pathology behind some of the most horrendous crimes and those who commit them. We discuss topics like narcissism, psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder from a scientifically informed perspective. What is a narcissist? What makes a person develop narcissistic personality disorder or become a psychopath? How do you spot a sociopath? What signs can you look for to protect yourself from these dangerous personalities? It's not just about the stories, it's about the science and psychology behind them.

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CASE: Harold Fish Murder Case and the Dark Triad
This episode looks at the mental health and personality aspects in the Harold Fish murder case. What dark triad traits do we see in this case? The Harold Fish murder case was an unusual self-defense situation that turned into a second-degree murder convi...
17 min
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DARK TRIAD: Sexual Fantasies and Subtle Signs
This episode discusses the dark triad of personality which includes psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism. Particular attention is made to types of sexual fantasies in general and specifically fantasies amongst those with "dark personalities." Th...
31 min
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Valentine's Day Special: The Chris Watts and Ni...
This episode discusses how did the dynamics of the Chris Watts-Nichol Kessinger affair contributed to the Watts family murders. The dynamics in this affair appear to be a critical factor in this case. One theory of the dynamics is that Chris Watts was in...
18 min
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DARK TRIAD: Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machia...
What is the dark triad? There are three specific personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and a trait referred to as Machiavellianism. All three of these traits share a personality trait called antagonism. Narcissism, as it relates to the dark triad...
25 min
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NARCISSISM: Avoiding Narcissistic and Psychopat...
This episode discusses how people that are narcissistic and psychopathic use emotions to manipulate people. This is a specific type of manipulation, where people try to elicit a specific emotion to achieve objective. We know this tends to be more associa...
18 min
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CASE: Chris Watts, Familicide, and Revenge
This episode discusses the Chris Watts murder case in relation to our understanding of familicide. There's actually a lot of information available in the literature about familicide and yet you'll see kind of a narrowing in on the Chris Watts case withou...
17 min
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CASE: Chris Watts Psychopathy, Narcissism, Infi...
This episodes delves into the potential personality characteristics present in the Chris Watts case? There are a number of theories about these murders including those involving psychopathy, narcissism, rage, impulsivity, and infidelity. The details of t...
21 min
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NARCISSISM: Malignant Narcissism and Narcissism...
This episode discusses questions like What is a malignant narcissist? And How does malignant narcissism manifest in work settings? Malignant narcissism in general refers to an individual has a combination of characteristics related to narcissistic perso...
29 min
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NARCISSISM: Causes of Narcissistic Personality ...
This episode covers how to tell the difference between a psychopath and a narcissist, and what causes narcissistic personality disorder. When we use the term psychopath, we're talking about some who has trait psychopathy and when we use the term narcissi...
29 min
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CASE: Aaron Hernandez and Netflix's Killer Insi...
This episodes dives into the mental mental health and personality characteristics at work in Aaron Hernandez case. It is based on  the Netflix series: Killer inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is a Cluster B pers...
16 min
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ANTISOCIAL: Characteristics, Criminality, and A...
This episode answers questions about the relationship between co-occurring disorders, antisocial personality, and criminal offending. With antisocial personality disorder we see seven symptoms in the symptom criteria: repeatedly violating society's norm...
20 min
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PSYCHOLOGY: Psychopathy, Sociopathy, Antisocial...
This episode delves into topics like What is psychopathy? What's the relationship between antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy? What's the difference between primary and secondary psychopathy (sociopathy)? And is there a relationship between p...
23 min
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True Crime Psychology and Personality: Narcissi...
The debut podcast from Ars Longa Media, True Crime Psychology and Personality discusses the personality traits behind some of the most infamous, violent criminals. Building on the success of his YouTube channel, this podcast features Dr. Todd Grande's sc...
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