Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert D Hare

James Bond is a Psychopath? Is James Bond a psychopath?   Well, despite the obvious fact that he is a fictional character who has had many authors, actors, and screenwriters involved in defining this character, just . . . maybe! In this episode, Dan and Tom bring in Dr. Stephen McWilliams, author of the book “Psychopath? Why We Are Charmed by the Anti-Hero” to discuss this topic. We're getting deep into the mind of James Bond and with Stephen's help, we define what a psychopath really is, then examine the known mind of James Bond to determine if he can be considered a psychopath.  (Hint, Bond doesn't score 100 on the test).  We use the famed professor, Robert D. Hare's psychology checklist as our driver for the analysis.  Hare's checklist includes breakdowns of the following categories: Interpersonal Traits, Affective Traits, Lifestyle Traits, and Anti-Social traits. How many of those apply to the agent with the OO designation we know as James Bond?  Can you be a spy with a license to kill without some psychopathic traits?  Can you be a great spy and still be a psychopath?  Listen to find out. Stephen is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Saint John of God Hospital, Dublin, and an Associate Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin.  In addition to talking about James Bond, McWilliams's book talks about other fictional characters such as Hannibal Lecter, Frank Underwood, Amy Elliott Dunne, and more. He has also authored the book “Fiction & Physicians – Medicine through the Eyes of Writers”. Tell us what you think So, before listening to this episode, do you think James Bond was a psychopath?  After, listening, did your opinion change? Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We'll give you a shout-out in a future episode!   You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.   Episode Webpage: https://bit.ly/3XA1xQe

Im Sommer 2000 werden in einem Vorort von Kopenhagen die 36-jährige Marianne und ihre Söhne Dennis und Brian vermisst. Als die Polizei schließlich das Wohnhaus der Familie betritt, steht zwischen Farbeimern und in Plastik verpackten Möbeln ein Mann. Ist dieser Mann wirklich nur hier, um das Haus zu streichen? Woher kommen die Kratzer und Furchen auf dem Boden der Garage? Und was ist das für ein komischer Geruch, der aus dem Keller kommt? Diese Episode erschien ursprünglich am 09. Mai 2023 exklusiv bei Podimo und steht ab sofort überall dort zur Verfügung, wo es Podcasts gibt. --- Links zum Fall --- Doku „En morder ven hjem“: https://bit.ly/3AV9x3q Doku über den Fall, ZDF: https://bit.ly/41W9TTb Buch Monster von Micael Dahlén: https://bit.ly/3NEsZZD Die Checkliste von Robert D. Hare: https://bit.ly/3LxlLEb --- Werbepartner [Werbung] --- Rabattcodes und Links von unseren Werbepartnern findet ihr unter https://linktr.ee/schwarzeakte --- Werbefrei bei Podimo [Werbung] --- Du möchtest die Schwarze Akte ohne Werbeunterbrechung hören? Dann schau mal in der Podcast-App Podimo vorbei. Unter www.podimo.de/schwarzeakte könnt ihr die Mitgliedschaft kostenlos testen. --- Schwarze Akte Buch [Eigenwerbung] --- Das Schwarze Akte Buch mit weiteren spannenden Fällen erhaltet ihr überall, wo es Bücher gibt. www.schwarzeakte.de/buch --- Social Media & Kontakt --- Instagram: @schwarzeakte YouTube: @SchwarzeAkte TikTok: @schwarzeakte Mail: schwarzeakte@julep.de Website: www.schwarzeakte.de --- Credits --- Hosts: Anne Luckmann & Christopher Bücklein Redaktion: Johanna Müssiger Produktion: Falko Schulte Eine Produktion der Julep Studios im Auftrag von Podimo Impressum: www.julep.de/impressum [Wir übernehmen keine Haftung für die Inhalte externer Links] --- SPOILER --- In diesem Fall wurde ein Urteil gesprochen.

In today's episode of BioPsychoSocial, Jordan and Kayla dive deep into the enigmatic world of psychopaths, shedding light on the shadowy corners of the human psyche. Join them as they explore the chilling insights from the groundbreaking book, "Without Conscience" by renowned psychologist Robert Hare. Sources: Without Conscience: the Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Robert D. Hare, PhD American Psychological Association: A broader view of psychopathy by Tori DeAngelis

Psychopathy is no longer a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as of the third edition. Rather the diagnosis would be antisocial personality disorder with psychopathic traits. These psychopathic traits are characterised by “a lack of anxiety or fear and by a bold interpersonal style that may mask maladaptive behaviours”, e.g. not adjusting adequately or appropriately to certain environments or situations. Psychopathic traits are assessed using a variety of measurement tools, most famously Robert D. Hare's Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R), brought to the mainstream by author Jon Ronson in his book The Psychopath Test. Dr Hare's checklist is a list of 20 traits which the assessed is scored on a three-point scale, for example, item 6 is lack of remorse or guilt and the recipient is assessed, giving a grade of 0 for no match, 1 for a partial match or 2 for a good match. If someone scores above 30 on the checklist, they are considered to have psychopathic traits, for instance, serial killer/serial rapist Ted Bundy was evaluated at 39/40. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.

On this episode, Cortney gets detailed about what ASPD is, what psychopathy is, how to spot it and how to protect yourself from someone with this disorder.    References: Without Conscience: The Distrurbing World of Psychopaths Among Us  by Robert D. Hare, PhD DSM5, DSM5-R

Robert D. Hare es un doctor en psicología e investigador de renombre en el campo de la psicología criminal. Es profesor emérito de la Universidad de Columbia Británica, donde sus estudios se han centrado en psicopatología y psicofisiología.

www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-childhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ted_bundy Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, by Robert D. Hare, PHD      

Snakes In Suits - The Psychopath In You - I dealt with a situation recently where my Dad was the victim of a lottery scam. They were bilking him and other seniors with the carrot of winning cars and cash but just need processing and customs fees. They are True snakes in suits (or whatever they wear). Which is a title of a book by the same name. Snakes In Suits by Robert D. Hare and Paul Babiuk also inspired this episode. Get on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2W9BdQP (I'm not an affiliate)In this Fearless Friday edition of The Remarkable Man Show, I want to address the need for integrity, authenticity, and character in all that you do.Sometimes we can be convinced that a little embellishment and stretching of the truth will enhance our chances at getting the sale, winning the contract or impressing your date. For most men, it's a bit of an adjustment and they don't get into too much trouble for it. But for others, it can be a very dangerous and slippery slope.I implore you to just be real. Be honest and Be Remarkable In all you do!You've got this!Be RemarkableIf you found this episode of value, please like, share, and comment on it. And of course, hit that "Subscribe" button. Your engagement goes a long way in helping the show rank in the algorithm.Have the best day! Remember, you are not alone on the journey...I've got your back!Get your FREE instant PDF download of my groundbreaking book, The Remarkable Man - Champions To Women, Heroes To Children, And Brothers To Each Other. https://www.dwayneklassen.com/Click here to get the details of The Remarkable Man Virtual Coaching Program: https://www.dwayneklassen.com/RMcoachprogram I invite you to DM me today and let's set up a powerful conversation and explore where you'd like your next breakthrough.Discovery Call Details: https://www.dwayneklassen.comThe Remarkable Man Show Podcast: https://www.theremarkablemanshow.comFollow me on:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-remarkable-man-show/id1571201989Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwayne.klassenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwayneklassenInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwayne.klassen

O Bom, o Mau e o Feio    Ficha técnica Hosts: Thiago Corrêa e Leticia Dáquer  Edição: Leticia Dáquer Capa: Leticia Dáquer Data da gravação: 02/08/2020 Data da publicação: 05/08/2020   Coisas mencionadas no episódio Livro: Sem Consciência, o Mundo Perturbador dos Psicopatas que Vivem Entre Nós (Robert D. Hare) Livro: The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain (James Fallon) Vídeos de Vittorio Sgarbi: brigando com Alessandra Mussolini, brigando com Busi (o famoso episódio onde ele começou com essa mania de gritar “capra! Capra! Capra! Capra!” repetidamente) Episódio do Dragões de Garagem sobre cocô   O Bom: Leticia: Igreja pede R$ 1 bilhão da Netflix na justiça, mas acaba no prejuízo (TecMundo, 28/07/2020)  'Parthenon of shipwrecks': Greece opens its first underwater museum (The Guardian, 02/08/2020) Thiago Narcissists don't learn from their mistakes because they don't think they make any, study shows (Oregon State University, 22/07/2020)   O Mau: Leticia: Turista austriaco rompe una statua di Canova mentre si fa un selfie: identificato grazie alle telecamere e alla prenotazione del biglietto (Il Fatto Quotidiano, 02/08/2020) Thiago: Thousands of sex-mad monkeys overrun city and eat themselves to death as cops admit they are powerless to control them (The Sun, 27/07/2020) Spirit medium claims bluetooth device can send people vitamins (RNZ, 29/07/2020) O Feio: Leticia:  Casal britânico reclama de funcionária que não queria registrar bebê com o nome de Lucifer (G1, 22/07/2020) Pigs In Bali Indonesia Banned From Eating Airline Food (Simple Flying, 06/01/2020) Man Steals Massive Dildo From Sex Shop And He's Still At Large (Huffington Post, 21/07/2020) https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1247274086297788416  Thiago:  Big bird Kevin banned over bad behaviour at Queensland pub (7News, 28/07/2020) Coronavirus: Berlin court rules BDSM parlours can open as long as everyone wear masks (Newshub, 24/07/2020) Canadian government encourages the use of glory holes to stop spread of COVID-19 (Newshub, 23/07/2020) Married couple waiting for children 'didn't realise they had to have sex to make a baby' (Heart.co.uk, 16/06/2020) What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power (BBC, 27/07/2020)   Parceria com Veste Esquerda: use o código de desconto PISTOLA10 pra ter 10% de desconto na sua compra de camisetas maneiríssimas esquerdopatas Parceria com Editora Boitempo: compre livros por esse link aqui pra gente ganhar uns trocados de comissão :)   Esse podcast é produzido pelo Estopim Podcasts. Precisa de ajuda pra fazer o seu podcast? Chega mais, que a gente te ajuda.   #MULHERESPODCASTERS Mulheres Podcasters é uma ação de iniciativa do Programa Ponto G, desenvolvida para divulgar o trabalho de mulheres na mídia podcast e mostrar para todo ouvinte que sempre existiram mulheres na comunidade de podcasts Brasil. O Pistolando apoia essa iniciativa.  Apoie você também: compartilhe este programa com a hashtag #mulherespodcasters e nos ajude a promover a igualdade de gênero dentro da podosfera.   Links do Pistolando www.pistolando.com contato@pistolando.com Twitter: @PistolandoPod Instagram: @PistolandoPod APOIE O PISTOLANDO Descrição da capa: Quadrado branco tomado por uma ilustração da notícia da privada mencionada na notícia. Trata-se de um desenho muito simplificado de uma bunda sentada na privada,com a calça arriada, mostrando teoricamente o cu, representado por um asterisco e com um quadrado verde fosforescente em volta pra enfatizar. Só que abaixo do cu tem uma coisa estranha, não identificável, parecendo a genitália ambígua da Barbie, não dá pra entender nada. Abaixo desse horror, as palavras “analprint scan”. Acima da ilustração, em letras pretas em fonte sem serifa, o número e o nome do episódio. As logos do Pistolando e do Estopim aparecem em preto sobre o fundo amarelado da ilustração.

Психопаты — обаятельные и опасные хищники, с которыми мы сталкиваемся в бизнесе и жизни чаще, чем нам бы этого хотелось. Это аудио-версия моей статьи. Текст можно прочитать здесь: http://alyadov.com/blog-source/without-conscience ССЫЛКИ Психопаты среди нас, статья Psychopathy, Wikipedia Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Robert D. Hare Тень (архетип), Википедия О ПОДКАСТЕ Подкаст является частью “In-between” — проекта об искусстве жить между Хаосом и Порядком. Для этого я исследую жизнь с разных точек зрения — бизнес, семья, здоровье, спорт, психология, общество. Своими догадками и находками я делюсь через статьи, имейл-рассылку и аудио-подкаст.  ОБО МНЕ Как бизнес-терапевт, я помогаю предпринимателям быстрее ориентироваться в нестандартных ситуациях. Подробнее о моем опыте и бизнес-терапии можно прочитать здесь. Если вы в бизнесе столкнулись с новой, нестандартной ситуацией, то возможно вам пригодится мой бесплатный “Чек-лист предпринимателя: 12 шагов в тупике." МОИ КОНТАКТЫ Александр Лядов: Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin | Telegram | Medium Остальные эпизоды подкаста: http://alyadov.com/podcast/ Все текстовые статьи: https://medium.com/@AlexanderLyadov ПОДПИСАТЬСЯ Чтобы не пропустить новые эпизоды, вы можете оформить подписку на мой подкаст. На компьютере это можно сделать через  каталог подкастов в iTunes Store. В айфоне для этого нужно скачать эппловское приложение "Подкасты" (Podcasts). В Андроиде нужно установить бесплатное приложение Google Podcasts, Stitcher, SoundCloud или их аналог. Затем в разделе «поиск» в приложении нужно найти подкаст "In-between with Alexander Lyadov» и нажать кнопку «Subscribe», то есть «Подписаться". Тогда каждый новый эпизод автоматически закачается на ваш телефон в момент публикации и вы сможете его слушать в дороге, в пробке или во время прогулок.

Nestled in the center of Seattle Washington is Green Lake, a picturesque and popular site for locals and vacationers. In 1970, one group of vacationers was a sweet couple with a 3-year-old little boy whose natural curiosity led him away from his parents and toward the lake unbeknownst to them. Within seconds this little boy fell into the waters and would have drowned if it wasn’t for a dark-haired handsome college student who jumped into the lake without hesitation and saved the little boy. “Not all psychopaths are in prison - some are in the boardroom. ” — Robert D. Hare This charismatic young man, a true hero, would go on a murderous rampage 4 years later. Before his execution, he confessed to killing 30 women; although authorities suspect the actual number is 100. They also believe that he had already killed by the time he saved the little boy on that fateful day. At his execution, prison guards stated that the only time they ever saw fear in him was when he walked into the death chamber and saw the electric chair waiting for him.A true psychopathic serial killer named…Ted Bundy.Just the word PSYCHOPATH conjures up images of serial killers like Ted Bundy, the Zodiac Killer, BTK, and Norman Bates from Bates Motel. However, many NORMAL individuals who would never kill another human being have psychopathic tendencies.Listen to this quote from one of the world’s top neurosurgeons:"In the operating theatre I am reborn: as a cold, heartless machine, totally at one with scalpel, drill and saw. Emotion is entropy and seriously bad for business. I’ve hunted it down to extinction over the years."Psychopathy is measured on a spectrum scale meaning some have a measure of psychopathy but are able to function like everyone else in society. Dr. Keven Dutton, describes psychopaths as possessing a distinct subset of personality characteristics such as ruthlessness, fearlessness, self-confidence, focus, coolness under pressure, mental toughness, charm, charisma and a zero-calorie conscience.Psychopaths are attracted to the following careers:1. CEO2. Lawyer3. Media (Television/Radio)4. Salesperson5. Surgeon6. Journalist7. Police officer8. Clergy person9. Chef10. Civil servantYou will not find psychopaths working as nurses or teachers unless they have some nefarious purpose (like the serial killer nurse Charles Cullen, also called the ANGEL OF DEATH, suspected of killing 300 people) because they lack emotions and the ability to identify with others or what we call empathy.But there are some things we can learn from psychopaths:1. Cool under pressure (that’s due to that whole “no emotion or empathy thing). When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin arrive at the moon, they were surprised at how rugged the terrain was. In fact, it was so rugged, they couldn’t find anywhere to land. With mere minutes left of fuel, Neil told Buzz to start counting down at 10 seconds. Sure enough, at the 10 second mark, Buzz started…10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5… And the rest is history.But here’s what’s interesting. Buzz’s respirations, pulse, and blood pressure showed definite stress while Neil’s pulse actually slowed down revealing he was calmer. Research has revealed that when psychopaths smell fear, they actually calm down and enter into a zone of increased focus and calculation. Non-psychopaths feed off others’ fear and get scared themselves when they smell it. You don’t want a brain surgeon getting nervous while inside your skull. “Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath. ” — Lorraine Toussaint 2. Extreme focus. Once a psychopath focuses on a goal, he is relentless until he completes it. All else disappears. While this might be obsessive for psychopaths, it’s a good trait for non-psychopaths to develop. When you’re focused on a task, you enter into “the zone” where you get 80% done using only 20% effort If that zone is interrupted by anything, it can take an hour to recover your focus. Sometimes longer. 3. Live in the present. Again, you can see how this trait could cause problems if one never learns from the past. Our past experiences can be used to help us grow as individuals. But too many are bound by their past and unable to live in the present missing all the opportunities and moments that add flavor and zest to life. 4. Mental toughness. Any entrepreneur knows that mental toughness is a must! Obstacles are the name of the game. Rejection is normal. Solving problems is required. Psychopaths have a mental toughness that serves them well whether escaping prison like Ted Bundy (twice) or having your windows idea stolen by a competitor and going on to develop the iPhone and iPad like Steve Jobs did. 5. Persuasive. This trait is what serves the psychopath well in his career of choice: CEO, Salesperson, Clergy, murderer. Psychopaths are able to charm the socks off most. I mean Ted Bundy persuaded some of his female victims to help him to his vehicle sporting a fake arm cast…at night. Persuasion is the number 1 skill needed by salespeople, realtors, and CEO’s. Note I said, “Skill.” It can be learned. On the surface, psychopaths are very charming, likable, and a lot of fun. Spend too much time with them, you might see the shallowness, arrogance, and lack of empathy. But you’ll still like them.So how could Ted Bundy save a child when he was a psychopathic serial killer? Well, it’s a tad complicated. Researchers have discovered two types of empathy: hot or cold. The late philosopher, Philippa Foot, suggested the following conundrum:A railway trolley is hurtling down a track. In its path are five people who are trapped on the line and cannot escape. Fortunately, you can flip a switch that will divert the trolley down a fork in the track away from the five people—but at a price. There is another person trapped down that fork, and the trolley will kill him or her instead. Should you hit the switch?Most of us would probably flip the switch even though unpleasant to save 5 and only kill one. But let’s take this conundrum a bit further, proposed by philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson:As before, a railway trolley is speeding out of control down a track toward five people. But this time you are standing behind a very large stranger on a footbridge above the tracks. The only way to save the five people is to heave the stranger over. He will fall to a certain death. But his considerable girth will block the trolley, saving five lives. Question: Should you push him?In both scenarios, 1 dies and 5 are saved, but in the second scenario, you have to PERSONALLY kill a man of “considerable girth” to save the 5. This is where many diverge. Most people’s empathy is hot meaning when the situation is no longer “hitting a switch” but actually harming another person, most just can’t do it. A psychopath would happily through the man over the bridge to save the 5. It’s called cold empathy, a steely reasoning that psychopaths possess. The death of a little boy drowning didn’t serve any purpose for Ted Bundy. No pleasure in that death. Senseless. I guarantee you, though, he felt no emotion or empathy in saving the toddler. It was simply a calculated decision and it made him a hero.

What do we talk about when we talk about common sense? David Straker, the author of the book "Changing minds" gives a great definition of what common sense truly means. He points out at the traps of our System 1 thinking when it comes to considering something to be common sense. Then we chat about the role of empathy in influencing people, what trust means in the interpersonal relationships and how crucial it is to be able to change our own minds before we attempt to change the minds of others.IMPORTANT LINKSDavid’s book: "Changing Minds"All his books on AmazonDavid’s Youtube channel about Affinity Photo"Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis" by Eric Berne"Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre" by Keith Johnstone"Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work"by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare"Diffusion of Innovations" by Everett M. Rogers"The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening" by Steve Taylor“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel KahnemanNetflix series “Dark”

  From "Blood on Black" available on Amazon   "WHEN I GO GET ANGRY IT IS USUALLY NOT A PRETTY SITE."       Though Damien Echols routinely and wrongly has been described as “innocent” or even “exonerated,” Jason Baldwin in many ways has been more effective with his assertions of innocence than the weird and off-putting Echols. The perpetually smiling Baldwin projects a whimsical and slightly goofy image for one supposedly mistreated by the justice system. In many ways unchanged from the skinny little murder defendant who looked as if he should still be drawing race cars and airplanes at the back of a classroom, Baldwin continues to speak without self-consciousness of his simple beliefs in justice, truth and loving your mom. While perpetual poser Echols scowls and sulks in his frequent media portraits, Baldwin today seems positively blithe. Crime novelist Charles Willeford's description of a heartless young criminal as a “blithe psychopath" sums up many a man lacking a conscience, eager to rob, rape, cheat or kill with never a doubt, qualm or worry. For those who consider Baldwin's actions on May 5, 1993, “out of character,” consider that his very best, his inseparable friend was a violent, mentally ill dabbler in the occult who went to great lengths to project an image of foreboding evil.     In a hearing in 2009, Samuel Joseph Dwyer, a neighbor and playmate of the Baldwin brothers at Lakeshore in 1993, described how Jason began to adopt Echols' manner of dress and distinctive way of speaking after they began hanging out together. Even so, Dwyer carefully characterized Baldwin as someone who was not a follower, but as one who kept his own counsel. Jason, like the disturbed Echols and the thuggish Misskelley, already had had several brushes with the law prior to his arrest for murder. Also in counterpoint to his reputation as a mild-mannered animal lover with an artistic soul were several incidents of violent acting- out. There were troubling incidents. On June 5, 1987, the Baldwin/Grinnell clan was living in a rundown sec- tion of rural Shelby County when someone set fire to a bedroom with a lighter. Setting fires is one of the earliest and surest signs of budding criminal psychopathology. Exactly six years later, on June 5, 1993, in the first shock of the arrests,  Jason's paternal grandmother, Jessie Mae Baldwin of Sheridan, Ark., expressed doubts about his innocence to the Commercial Appeal.  She said, “I thought in my own mind when those boys were killed that my grandson is sorta superstitious about that devil stuff. He was always catching lizards and snakes, something was going on in that child's mind.” Years later, Baldwin testified he first was placed on probation when he was 11. As juvenile records are closed and Baldwin has been stingy with details, the facts surrounding this encounter with the law are not clear. In a letter to girlfriend Heather Cliett written from lockup, Baldwin wrote: “I have never been in jail before, except for once and I was only there for one hour that was nothing.” Most 16-year-olds would count a trip to jail as a life-defining moment, but for Baldwin getting into trouble was “nothing” and going to jail re- ally didn't count as going to jail. His thinking lacked proportion and betrayed a pervading sense of unfairness, hence his complaint that “they keep me locked up in my cell for 24 hours a day. while the other prisoners get to get out of their cells all day long to play games, eat steaks, and all kinds of stuff.” He made it sound as if he was not allowed to go to summer camp. At age 12, Jason, his brother Matt and several other boys broke into a building and went on a destructive spree vandalizing the antique cars stored inside. They broke out the windows on several autos and wrecked the place. They were caught jumping on the cars by two men who called the police. The boys were charged with breaking and entering and criminal mischief. The incident often has been framed as harmless adolescent mischief, but prosecutor John Fogleman was concerned enough to recommend that the boys be placed in reform school for two years. They were all placed on probation. Gail Grinnell was ordered to pay a fine of $450 each for her boys. Typically, family members portrayed this as an unfair burden on poor, hard- working Mom, who only paid $30 of the fine. Jason got into trouble again, at age 15, when he shoplifted potato chips and M&Ms from the Walgreens in West Memphis. He was placed on diversion of judgment for a year with the stipulations that he stay in school and out of trouble. That court order was one reason why Baldwin did not skip school on the day of the murders or the day after. Meanwhile, his family life was in turmoil. Jason's mother, known today as Angela Gail Grinnell Scheidmiller, had been involuntarily committed to the East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center in February 1992. There had been four trips to the emer- gency room at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in January 1992, where Mrs. Grinnell was treated for self-inflicted wounds to the neck and arms, according to “Blood of Innocents.” Probate records indicated she was admitted for a period of up to 45 days because of “paranoid delusions,” including “hallucinations of a male voice” and the fear that she was dying of AIDS. Records indicated she had been abusing drugs since her teens. Around this time, dad Charles Baldwin, long absent, showed up for a visit with his two sons. According to “Dark Spell,” the boys so enjoyed their visit that they told their mother they would consider living with their dad for a while. This reportedly prompted a suicide attempt via cutting her wrists. Jason called 911 and his mother survived. This may have been the incident that prompted Jason to write in a school assignment in April 1993: “Once my mother tried to commit suicide and I know how I felt when that happened it was pretty devastating since I was the one who found her and called 911 and kept her alive, but …. my mother is well and happy now and so am I.” Despite Jason's sunny spin, his mother was neither well nor happy. In another writing assignment, Jason described a violent fight with his younger brother: “I am usually a calm person, and can take mostly of anything. But sometimes I get angry, when I do get angry it is usually not a pretty site. One time I had to babysit my two little brothers, one is 8, and the other is 13. I let Matt, the 13 year old go outside to play, or whatever he want, and I let Terry the 8 year old have some friends over. That was a mistake. I let them go in my room and play Super Nintendo, while I watched T.V. in the living room, I thought I had everything under control, but I was wrong. Those kids got to fighting over the game, and tore everything up in my room, it was a mess.  I couldn't believe it. I made them clean everything up and leave. Then Matt got home griping as usual, and started aggravating me. He would run up and hit me and say ‘You can't hit me back, I'll tell mom' so I said tell mom boy, cause you're fixing to get it. I ran over there and grabbed him into a choke hold and held him there until his face turned bright red and then let him go.  I said mess with me again and it'll be worse, so he pick up a broom and tried to hit me with it I grabbed the handle pulled it a little ways then pushed and it knocked him down, he didn't do nothing else but say ‘I'm still telling' I said ‘so' and he did and I got ground- ed for nothing.” Several key points: Jason tended to bottle up his anger until it exploded; Jason was deeply resentful over having to babysit his brothers and be “the man of the house”; there was a family pattern of violence with Matt not hesitating to attack with a broom after being choked by Jason until his face turned red; Jason was used to handling defiant younger children; Jason often felt he was not treated fairly, a complaint that has cropped up again and again in his public statements; Jason expressed no remorse about overreacting to Matt's provocation — he “got grounded for nothing” except chok- ing and knocking down his little brother. A typical psychopath is “usually a calm person” but when a psychopath does get angry, “it is usually not a pretty site.” Psychopaths are prone to retaliating over petty grievances that they view as affronts to their grandiose vision of themselves. They never take responsibility for anything unless there is a significant tradeoff in benefit to them. Their view of their own role in their misdeeds is grossly disproportional. Psychopaths expe- rience few qualms about their ruthless disregard for others, and they are highly adept at hiding their lack of normal, healthy humanity behind a superficially pleasing mask. His family life did nothing but exacerbate Jason's antisocial tendencies. Their mother's marriage to stepfather Terry Ray Grinnell had long been shaky, marked by violent arguments over Terry's habitual drinking on weekends. Jason often had to call the police, according to “Dark Spell,” and his stepfather often slapped not only their mother but Jason and Matt. A few weeks before he killed three little boys, Jason took a baseball bat to his stepfather during an argument and drove him from their home, according to Leveritt's book. “I took that little bat, and … I hit Terry with it. He hit the ground. I opened the door and said ‘leave,'” Baldwin told Leveritt in “Dark Spell.” Soon, a new boyfriend named ‘Dink' Dent would move in briefly. Dent had a lengthy rap sheet that included multiple counts of larceny, burglary and auto theft. The relationship did not last long. Grinnell and Dent broke up the very evening that Jason murdered three little boys. Dent gave key evidence that Jason was not home at the time of the murders. By the time of the arrests, the stepfather was back on the scene.  When officers raided their home on June 3, 1993, Gail angrily accused Terry of turning in their son for the reward money. Asked by John Fogleman in September why she had reacted with that accusation, she said, “I don't know why I would have said that.   In a case full of inarticulate, lying, confused and confusing witnesses, Gail Grinnell was notably incoherent. Among her problematic actions was her appearance along with “Mr. Grinnell” at the Hobbs home on the evening of May 6, after the bodies were found, according to a June 9 statement from Pam Hobbs, who had recognized Gail at the preliminary hearing. Terry Hobbs also identified her as a visitor that evening. There was no explanation as to why the Grinnells would have been at the Hobbs home, as they were not friends with the family, or why “Mr. Grinnell” would have accompanied her, as she had just broken up with Dent (who had not yet moved out) and was separated from her husband. Intended as a sympathetic account of Jason's life, Mara Leveritt's “Dark Spell” inadvertently paints a fascinating portrait of the young killer as a savvy street-smart wheeler-dealer with an eye for the main chance. The book is rich in such ridiculous fictions as that Baldwin was an often-disappointed believer in old-fashioned truth, justice and virtue who, despite little evident interest in religion, had learned just what Jesus would do and then did that. Because his mama raised him right. Baldwin quickly adapted to the brutal Arkansas prison system, figured out how to work his way into the trust of prison officials and worked every angle to always put himself in the most positive light.  He has portrayed his agreement to get out of prison as a selfless act, saying he agreed to the Alford plea because he feared Damien would die from unspecified causes while incarcerated. Baldwin's years in prison stand in stark contrast to Echols' story, which endlessly whined about how Damien was sick, lonely and scared. Baldwin quickly learned that he could show no weakness. He survived near-daily assaults for years until he established a solid reputation among inmates and guards as a tough little fighter and standup guy. Psychopaths often do relatively well in prison, an environment based on who can most effectively wield power. They often do well in other aggressive environments where they quickly size up opportunities. They charm and manipulate others when they can and ruthlessly crush those resistant to their act. As a convicted child killer facing uncommonly hostile guards and fellow prisoners, Baldwin never backed down, taking “power” as his byword; from the first to the last, he was a cool customer, far from the “Paradise Lost” image of a powerless child. Baldwin had a knack for duping others into believing he was trustworthy; he projected an air of innocence, easily fooling old ladies in the trailer park into thinking he was a nice boy. His air of assumed humility and guise of open-hearted sincerity pervade “Dark Spell.” But who is Jason Baldwin? Those who believe he was guilty see a child killer who claimed he was innocent when his sentence was being handed down. They see no shame, no regret, no doubt, no remorse. Even those who believe him innocent will acknowledge that he was Damien's best friend. What does that tell us about Baldwin? Contrary to cliches about “nice guy” killers, long- time criminologist Stanton Samenow in “The Myth of the Out of Character Crime” states that any crimes that a person commits are in keeping with his character. He notes that “what a person presents publicly often differs radically from what he is like privately.” Echols was grandiose to an extreme. Echols lied with abandon, seeming to spin untruths just because he could. Lying offered an illusion of control. Echols enjoyed playing cat and mouse with the police, though his arrogance and blatant falsehoods were key to his conviction. On the surface, Baldwin could not have been more different. From the first, he said little to authorities and what he said did not implicate him in any way. His whole defense was built around saying nothing, hoping he would be exonerated because of the paucity of evidence. Like Echols, Baldwin had an arrogant illusion of control but he had a better grasp of reality. Echols talked and talked, as did Misskelley, but Baldwin was tightlipped from the start, with one possible, crucial exception. Another detainee in juvenile lockup, Michael Carson, testified in gruesome detail about Baldwin's confession to him while they were in custody. The testimony offered a foundation for finding Baldwin guilty. The key to his guilt was his association with Echols. Read “Dark Spell” and then wonder how a straight-arrow regular fellow who professes adherence to Christian values and the American way could have been blood brothers with a blood-drinking boogeyman. Baldwin acknowledged that Echols and his mother were mentally ill; what he didn't explain was his easy camaraderie with a boy viewed by everyone as weird and sinister. Echols has the childish view that the only thing worth doing is the thing that is forbidden, and he flaunts his contempt for mainstream values. By feigning his embrace of those values, Baldwin has made his own lie, behind a perpetual smile. The two are mirror opposites, one as sick as the other. “… The normal are inclined to visualize the psychopath as he is in mind, which is about as far from the truth as one could well get … These monsters of real life usually looked and behaved in a more normal manner then their actually normal brothers and sisters, they presented a more convincing picture of virtue than virtue presented of itself — as the wax rosebud or the plastic peach seems more perfect to the eye, more what the mind thought a rosebud or a peach should be, than the imperfect original from which it had been modeled.” — William March, “The Bad Seed,” as quoted in “Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us”  by Robert D. Hare, PhD. Hare explained in his preface: “Psychopaths are social predators who charm, manipulate, and ruthlessly plow their way through life, leaving a broad trail of broken hearts, shattered expectations, and empty wallets. Completely lacking in conscience and in feelings for others, they selfishly take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without the slightest sense of guilt or regret.” There you have the link between Echols and Baldwin: two of a kind. Echols had psychological problems, such as depression and anxiety, since early childhood. In addition he displayed many qualities of the classic sociopath, or psychopath, a label he embraced. According to Hare, “These often charming — but always deadly — individuals have a clinical name: psychopaths. Their hallmark is a stunning lack of conscience; their game is self-gratification at the other person's expense. … The most obvious expressions of the psychopath — but by no means the only ones —- involved flagrant criminal violation of society's rules. … These pieces of the puzzle form an image of a self-centered, callous, and remorseless person profoundly lacking in empathy and the ability to form warm emotional relationships with others, a person who functions without the restraints of conscience.” That describes Echols well enough. Jason has shown a similar though more lighthearted ability to disregard the consequences of his actions. Criminologist Stanton Samenow found that habitual lawbreakers feel that they are different from other people, that the usual rules do not apply to them and that they will continue in their evil ways unless highly motivated to change. Samenow has explained that many parents use the excuse that their suddenly delinquent child fell in with the wrong crowd. Not so. “Criminals seek out one another for their own purposes,” said Samenow in “Inside the Criminal Mind.” “In radar-like fashion, they hone in on others who have similar interests. They are not enticed into crime against their will. If a basically responsible youngster makes an unwise choice and misjudges another youth who he discovers is up to no good, he will eventually extricate himself from that situation and most likely from the entire relationship.” Contrast the actions of Murray J. Farris and Baldwin. Despite a common interest in witchcraft, Farris and his good friend Chris Littrell quickly and consistently kept Echols at arm's length; they were not drawn into crime. Similarly, Deanna Holcomb, despite deep romantic ties to Echols and their shared belief in “magick,” broke cleanly from him when the full implications of his plans to ritually sacrifice their possible child became clear. By contrast, Baldwin, with no apparent interest in witchcraft, was easily drawn into Damien's world, a world totally at odds with Baldwin's public statements. Also contrast Baldwin's seemingly guileless lack of remorse with the criminally inclined Misskelley, who expressed shock, shame and disgust over his involvement in the killings. Misskelley, though often cruel, hardened and callous, was capable of empathy, guilt and shame, unlike his partners in crime. Psychopaths are smooth liars who bend and break the truth in breathtaking fashion and continue to lie even when exposed. Drawing heavily upon the research of Hervey Cleckley in the classic psychiatric text “The Mask of Sanity,” first published in 1941, Hare notes: “Phrases such as ‘shrewdness and agility of mind,' ‘talks entertainingly,' and ‘exceptional charm' dot Cleckley's case histories” … as well as media presentations of Damien  and Jason. Cleckley stated: “The (psychopath) is unfamiliar with the primary fact or data of what might be called personal values and is altogether incapable of understanding such matters.” Despite this lack, psychopaths are experts at weighing circumstances for maximum self-advantage and then saying or doing whatever is necessary to fit their purposes. They are masters of manipulation. With Baldwin, there is a pervading sense of “something's wrong here but I can't quite put my finger on it,” which is how Hare describes a characteristic impression of the psychopath. As described in “Dark Spell,” Baldwin's journey through some of the roughest prisons in the United States was that of a cold-blooded opportunist who seized upon the feelings of others, such as the jail workers who left illicit food for him or the series of prison officials who found him relatively cushy jobs. Baldwin quickly sussed out the “soft touches,” just part of his special knack. Hare said of psychopaths: “To some people … they seem too slick and smooth, too obviously insincere and superficial. Astute observers often get the impression that psychopaths are play-acting, mechanically ‘reading their lines.'” Mechanically reading their lines, such as in these quotes from Baldwin in “Dark Spell”: “I didn't think there was any possible way they could find us guilty when we didn't do it. Not in America. … People thought we did drugs because we looked wild, but we didn't. We didn't need them. … Jesus didn't judge peo- ple. He pretty much forgave everybody, unless they were misusing religion or being hurtful. It was all about the love. That's what Jesus uses. You've supposed to love people, to uplift people, to make people better. That's what I learned from Jesus's teaching. That's why he's the guy. He's the big radical. … I tried to forgive them because I knew that if they knew I was innocent— if they knew the truth —- they wouldn't be reacting to us that way. And knew that that was the purpose of this trial: to get to the truth of it. … I did my best to show them that I wasn't afraid, that no matter what, we must stick together as a family, to not lose hope and to have faith in God and what is right. … Our love would get us through this, and God would work out a miracle for us. … I can see where they might think I'm in a cult because I wear Metallica T-shirts and stuff like that, but I'm not into nothing like that. I couldn't kill an animal or a person.” Baldwin consistently delivers this sort of hypernormal spiel with the smile of the practiced prison scammer. Concerning Echols' highly incriminating answers to police questioning and incriminating testimony, Baldwin said: “They took what he said in innocence and twisted it on him, and they did it because he was Damien.” About a possible plea deal, he said, “I was not tempted. It was wrong. It was against everything I was brought up to believe in.” And in “Dark Spell,,” Baldwin described his first day in prison: “… My mantra is born: ‘I am tough.' I say that out loud. … The old man is looking at me again and smiling that dirty smile. I tell him he better get me some boxers that fit and do not play any games with me because I do not play … He says that I do not look like a killer to him. I tell him that is what I am in here for so he better not mess with me. I wasn't lying. … It works and he gets me some boxers that fit.” Thus did a 16-year-old kid establish his dominance over the first longtime inmate he encountered. As he said, “I never wanted to incur any disrespect or loss of respect.” Offered a romance novel, the connoisseur of horror movies and the heaviest of heavy metal offered a “by gosh” memory: “I can't read this stuff. A kid going through puberty? No. I didn't need to be reading that.” Early on, Baldwin refused a prescription of the antidepressant Zoloft from a Department of Corrections psychologist because “there wasn't anything wrong with me.” He already had decided that he would rather risk being placed in general population rather than the Diagnostic Unit or the Suicide Prevention Unit. He sup- posedly told prison officials, “I refused to be so doped up that I cannot even think about fighting for my freedom.” Baldwin claimed he did not allow himself to experience fear over the prospect of prison life. He told Leveritt: “I'd already experienced so much in my short little life —- so much bad — that I'd ceased to be afraid. And I'd ceased to be shocked.” One defining trait of psychopaths is the absence of fear. Explaining that he deferred going to school in prison, instead earning the respect of the guards and inmates on work details, he said, “As limited as my choices were, I wasn't going to make one that would reduce my chances around here.” After being beaten unconscious, he supposedly pulled a “Cool Hand Luke” and walked out of the infirmary with an untreated fractured skull and broken collarbone after regaining consciousness. After being robbed by a fellow inmate, Baldwin, again in “Dark Spell,” said, “So being the hothead that I was, I went into the dayroom and started kicking things over, like big stacks of plastic chairs. I yelled, ‘All right, you bitches, you're going to wake up!' I went over to the first rack and yelled ‘This is a shakedown!' Then I went to the second rack, and lo and behold, I saw a bunch of my stuff there. I said to the guy, ‘All right, you and I are going to the shower and we're going to fight.'” Thus stood revealed the hard man hidden in the waif with the ruddy cheeks. As for his relationship with Echols, it was reminiscent of two other devotees of the cult of the black raincoat, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. The shooting spree of Klebold and Harris at Columbine High School in 1999 that left 13 dead and 20 injured was the culminating atrocity of a dynamic duo not unlike the unnatural bond of Baldwin and Echols. As the myth of the poor, persecuted trailer park “throwaway kids” persisted and grew in the West Memphis case, the Columbine killers have been portrayed as misunderstood, picked-upon teens who lashed out in frustration at their tormenters. In both cases, the killings were carefully planned by cold-blooded killers hoping to leave their mark upon the world. After the murder-suicides of Klebold and Harris, the often-ignored truth appeared in their writings — Eric Harris was a grandiose psychopath carrying out his fantasies of killing for pleasure while Dylan Klebold was a depressive with cripplingly low self-esteem who often fantasized about suicide. Harris was often described as intelligent, well-spoken and even “nice” — much like Baldwin. Harris was a cool customer able to slaughter acquaintances and classmates in a detached manner, taunting them as they begged for mercy. Similarly, Baldwin had no problem knifing, beating and drowning helpless children and then, a few hours later, dickering with a friend over music tapes. Meanwhile, Echols was exhibiting bizarre behavior and insane thought patterns. Back in 1992 and 1993 he was consistently diagnosed with various forms of depression, much like Klebold. Dave Cullen, in an excellent book on the Colorado case, “Columbine,” explained the Klebold-Harris pairing as a dyad, “murderous pairs who feed off each other,” citing such other similar pairs as Bonnie and Clyde, Leopold and Loeb and the Beltway snipers. Other well-known examples would be Fred and Rose West, the Hillside Stranglers, the Menendez brothers, Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, etc. Cullen writes: “Because dyads account for only a fraction of mass murderers, little research has been conducted on them. We know that the partnerships tend to be asymmetrical. An angry, erratic depressive and a sadistic psychopath make a combustible pair. The psychopath is in control, of course, but the hotheaded side- kick can sustain his excitement leading up to the big kill.” If there ever was “an angry erratic depressive,” Damien Echols would be one. Consider the likelihood that Echols was never “the ringleader,” a role he clearly relished, but merely “the hotheaded sidekick” who kept his cool-headed little buddy on track toward a long-planned, very special evening in Robin Hood Hills. As Deanna Holcomb explained, Damien was too much of a coward to do the killing himself. In the May 5 attack, Echols exhorted Misskelley and Baldwin to beat their captives but it was Baldwin who pulled out his knife and began carving up Little Stevie and Chris. According to the only first-hand witness who has talked, it was not clear that Echols did more than beat, truss, sexually molest and drown the boys. Baldwin viciously mutilated two of them. 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The presence of psychopathy in the workplace—although psychopaths typically represent a relatively small percentage of the staff—can do enormous damage when in senior management roles.[1] Psychopaths are usually most common at higher levels of corporate organizations and their actions often cause a ripple effect throughout an organization, setting the tone for an entire corporate culture. Examples of detrimental effects are increased bullying, conflict, stress, staff turnover and absenteeism; reduction in productivity and in social responsibility.[2] Ethical standards of entire organizations can be badly damaged if a corporate psychopath is in charge.[3] A 2017 UK study found that companies with leaders who show "psychopathic characteristics" destroy shareholder value, tending to have poor future returns on equity.[4] Academics refer to psychopaths in the workplace individually variously as workplace psychopaths, executive psychopaths, corporate psychopaths, business psychopaths, successful psychopaths, office psychopaths, white-collar psychopaths, industrial psychopaths, organizational psychopaths or occupational psychopaths.[5] Criminal psychologist Robert D. Hare coined the term "Snakes in Suits" as a synonym for workplace psychopaths.[6] 1 in 25 Americans fit the criteria for sociopathy. Dr. Hervey Cleckley was the first researcher to name the concept of psychopathy in 1941. https://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/16-signs-you-re-working-with-a-sociopath-and-how-to-protect-yourself.html In her book The Sociopath Next Door, clinical psychologist and former Harvard faculty member Martha Stout, PhD, provides a great roadmapfor avoiding sociopaths. Strange answers to the psychopath test- Jon Ronson https://youtu.be/xYemnKEKx0c --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theadamparadox/support

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