The Philosophy of Crime

Bonus Episode: The Premiere of Syynth Sleuths!

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:23:59 GMT

Each week, journalist James Renner and A.I. cohost Sky ponder the nature of consciousness while investigating the world's most confounding unsolved mysteries.

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606: The Boogeyman Effect

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:00:59 GMT

When a new serial killer is caught, police have the tendency to try to blame them for every other murder in the vicinity. Why is it easier for us to believe in one Boogeyman rather than several?

Covered topics: Sam Little, Arie Kruglanski, Donna Webster, Edward Wayne Edwards, Rex Heuermann, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

https://www.orionphilosophy.com/stoic-blog/4-stoic-life-lessons-to-manage-fear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Edwards_(serial_killer)

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/01/26/avery-case-great-falls-ties/79376778/

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-we-need-answers

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/btk-daughter-dennis-rader-kerri-rawson.html

https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/in-the-shadows

https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/10/11/akron-mother-murdered-was-victim-serial-killer-samuel-little/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/05/29/texas-ranger-serial-killer-samuel-little

https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/how-serial-killer-samuel-little-was-caught.html

https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/worst-serial-killer-history-samuel-little-confessions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Little

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619

https://www.dps.texas.gov/coldCase/Home/Details/197

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605: Why Are Drugs Illegal?

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:21:18 GMT

Why are some drugs illegal and others are not? Learn the sordid history of the War on Drugs and why it doesn't work.

Covered topics: Allen Russell, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, War on Drugs, Magic mushrooms, John Stuart Mill, Rick Doblin

Further Reading:

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2023_drugs.html

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-0e463c390bedc7f6b25fb7e54b955b74

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/07/03/the-travesty-of-it-all-court-upholds-mississippi-mans-life-sentence-for-1-5-ounce-of-marijuana-possession-and-his-case-is-not-an-anomaly/

https://lawliberty.org/the-simple-truth-about-j-s-mills-simple-truth/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs

https://www.aclu.org/report/report-war-marijuana-black-and-white

https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-prisons-thriving-jim-crow-marijuana-arrests#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrbUwNGoWc

https://fee.org/articles/how-15-ounces-of-marijuana-landed-this-man-a-life-long-prison-sentence/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT4FrOYPtk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Truth_and_Lies_in_a_Nonmoral_Sense

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604: Why Do Innocent People Confess to Murders They Did Not Commit?

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:00:22 GMT

What causes an innocent person to confess to a crime they didn't commit? Learn how prosecutors use false confessions to inflate their victories.

Covered topics: confessions, Stephanie Crowe, the Reid technique, Great Fire of London, John Mark Karr, Brendan Dassey, Friedrich Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense, Kevin Young

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stephanie_Crowe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_confession

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_technique

https://www.injusticeanywhere.net/exonerated-michael-crowe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwi6PBUPO8

https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/03/26/nietzsche-on-truth-and-lies-in-a-nonmoral-sense/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ZeaaWX79c

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603: Psychopaths and the Bicameral Mind

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:00:15 GMT

A new theory on consciousness may explain why psychopaths hear voices telling them to kill.

Covered topics: Son of Sam, the bicameral mind, Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Jared Lee Loughner, Herbert Mullin

Further Reading:

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F30Jykk8z0E

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/dangerous-minds-criminal-mental-illness

https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/learn-more-about/3627

https://www.ranker.com/list/people-driven-insane-by-voices-in-their-heads/jacob-shelton

https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/berkowitz,%20david.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qU1sDBU9Cs

https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50nsmUVeVU

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602: Why Is Bail the Worst Idea Ever?

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:53 GMT

In the United States, cash bail keeps hundreds of thousands of people behind bars, even when they are presumed to be innocent.

Covered topics: Maurice Jimmerson, bail, bonds, Kalief Browder, liberty, Isaiah Berlin, positive liberty, negative liberty, Pretrial Fairness Act,

Further Reading:

https://www.walb.com/2021/01/04/murder-warrants-issued-albany-october-homicide/

https://www.walb.com/story/33773305/kennedy-sentenced-in-connection-with-drive-by-shooting/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hung-jury-means-georgia-man-jailed-10-years-101651291

https://www.walb.com/2023/07/28/albany-shooting-victims-family-still-looking-justice-10-years-later/

https://wfxl.com/news/local/indictments-in-fatal-drive-by-shooting-involving-a-baby

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/26/georgia-man-behind-bars-10-years-still-waiting-his-day-court/

https://www.acluohio.org/en/news/brief-history-cash-bail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder

https://www.nyclu.org/en/campaigns/facts-bail-reform

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2021/10/01/money-bail-is-unjust-and-should-end/?sh=2dfa900b6f06

https://www.vera.org/news/new-yorkers-have-known-bail-doesnt-work-for-60-years-why-are-we-still-debating-it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Berlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Concepts_of_Liberty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsfT2WsitE

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188349005/illinois-ends-cash-bail-system-state-supreme-court

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained

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601: Does Diplomatic Immunity Get You Off?

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:00:17 GMT

Diplomatic immunity keeps our government agents safe while working in foreign countries. But is it fair?

Covered topics: Diplomatic immunity, Harry Dunn, Anne Sacoolas, Terrence Karamba, Erick Bairnals, egalitarianism, John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Murray Rothbard

Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ12rs5vVWU

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egalitarianism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-63130660

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-62648162

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11520135/Harry-Dunns-cowardly-killer-Anne-Sacoolas-refuses-answer-questions-refusing-fly-UK.html

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3pGFKo/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard#cite_note-Boettke_Nomos-103

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuDC7YOj4_w

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Bonus: True Crime This Week

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:54:24 GMT

A bonus episode for your listening pleasure. I started a new podcast, True Crime This Week. It's a wrap-up of all the major true crime news you may have missed this last week. Check it out every Friday morning, where ever you get your podcasts!

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506: The Most Difficult Case - No Body Homicides

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:00:18 GMT

The most difficult case to bring to trial is a no-body homicide, which is why it so rarely happens. We dive deep into the history of such cases and the very nature of doubt.

Covered topics: Alissa Turney, Michael Turney, Sarah Turney, Archibald Fisher, No-Body Homicide, Pyrrho, Pyrrhonism

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Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology

https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3917&context=flr

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/no-body-homicide-cases-a-practical-approach

https://www.nobodycases.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body#United_States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Y3utIeTPg

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/alissa-turney-sarah-turney-voices-for-justice-podcast-phoenix-paradise-valley-tik-tok-11482721

https://thehueandcry.com/alissa-turney

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/sister-alissa-turney-who-disappeared-last-day-school-phoenix-arizona-n1231014

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567418/time-abraham-lincoln-stopped-murder-trial-its-tracks

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/#PyrrSkep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTWlKgXniw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SAocFtlio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism

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505: Help, I Still Don't Understand Money Laundering!

Wed, 18 May 2022 06:00:05 GMT

What is money laundering? And why does the government look the other way?

Covered topics: Money laundering; Al Capone; Ozark; Paul Manafort; Hedonism; Marquis de Sade; Sadism

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504: School Shooters and Toxic Masculinity

Wed, 11 May 2022 06:00:00 GMT

What is the connection between school shootings in the United States and toxic masculinity? Is there a way to end school shootings?

Covered Topics: School shootings; Toxic masculinity, Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza, Douglas Kellner, Seung-Hui Cho

Further Reading:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-equals/202008/masculinity-is-there-really-crisis

https://www.fastcompany.com/90696368/i-guess-we-have-to-talk-about-the-masculinity-crisis-in-america-again

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversation-with-philoso_b_95530

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2021/03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtfQqKh7dE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnZBVe4950

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466582/Sandy-Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

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503: The Alford Plea – Pleading Guilty When You’re Innocent

Wed, 04 May 2022 06:00:00 GMT

The Alford Plea provides a way for a defended to plead guilty while maintaining their innocence. Should this be allowed in criminal court? Where did it come from? Who benefits?

Covered Topics: The West Memphis 3, Henry Alford, Act Utilitarianism, Jeremy Benthem

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three#Release

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-westmemphis3-arkansas/after-18-years-west-memphis-3-go-free-on-plea-deal-idUSTRE77I54A20110819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Utility_ignores_justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVltykvceWw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_utilitarianism

https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/1970/70-14_10-14-1970.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG3zGzY2hsk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_v._Alford

https://www.delgazette.com/opinion/24467/david-hejmanowski-the-lasting-legacy-of-henry-alford

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/then-now-the-west-memphis-three

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502: Does Reward Money Ever Help Solve Cold Cases?

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Does reward money help solve cold cases? When did we start offering money for tips? Is there a better way?

Cover topics: Whitey Bulger, F.B.I. Top Ten, Little Crow, Action Theory, Donald Davidson, Maura Murray

Further Reading:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047126/Anna-Bjornsdottir--2m-Whitey-Bulger-FBI-tipster-Miss-Iceland.html

https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capture

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842

https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-work

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEY

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards

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501: How Can Lawyers Defend Guilty People?

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:00:00 GMT

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?

Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama

https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith

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Bonus: Little Liars Everywhere - Four murders, two false confessions, one meddling cop.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:03:18 GMT

This is a special, bonus episode of The Philosophy of Crime. It's a piece of long-form journalism I wrote about a man named Donny Soke, who I met while researching the unsolved murder of Lisa Pruett. Donny is serving a 888-year prison sentence for murders he did not commit. Please listen to his story.

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406: Killer Art, Or How to Love Thriller While Still Hating Michael Jackson

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 07:00:00 GMT

What happens to the art when an artist becomes a criminal? Can we still enjoy a good song written by a maniac? Or does that make us enablers?

Covered Topics: Michael Jackson, John Landis, Thriller, David Foster Wallace, Roland Barthes, Death of the Author, Hitler, John Wayne Gacy

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/

https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8

https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-art

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/

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405: Renner's 2nd Law of True Crime Dynamics

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:00:00 GMT

For every tragedy, there exists an equal an opposite moment of grace. What is going on here? And what does it say about humanity?

Covered Topics: Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Ronan Farrow, Karma, Ka Like a Wheel, Amber Hagerman, Rae-Leigh Bradbury, Amber Alert, Karen Perez, Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch, Adam Walsh, America’s Most Wanted, Otis Toole, Werhner von Braun, Martin Bryant, DJ Grandmaster Caz, Mr. Rogers

Further Reading:

https://www.insider.com/good-things-because-of-bad-things-2018-3#the-outcome-amber-alerts-were-born-14

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/

https://amber-ic.org/news/amber-alerts-1000th-successful-recovery/

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/first-child-rescued-amber-alert-heading-college-n759736

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert#Namesake

https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/amber/2019%20Annual%20AMBER%20Report%20and%20Map%20Final.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/i-dont-want-to-die-cellphone-audio-captures-teens-sexual-assault-and-murder-prosecutors-say/

https://texasequusearch.org/category/cases/located/found-by-txeq/

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/seeking-information-in-unsolved-killing-fields-murders-091819

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404: Should We Defund the Police?

Tue, 25 May 2021 07:00:00 GMT

What do we mean when we say we want to defund the police? Also, who came up with the idea of police originally, and how are they supposed to act?

Covered topics: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Robert Peel, Peelian Principles, Rover’s Morning Glory, Steven Kinas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Mariame Kaba

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles

https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html

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403: Tried As an Adult, Still a Kid

Tue, 18 May 2021 07:00:00 GMT

The United States is one of only a few countries that has executed children in modern times. In some states, teens are still regularly tried as adults for serious crimes. But should we actually be raising the age of culpability?

Covered Topics: Sean Sellers, Age of Culpability, Lionel Tate, Christopher Pittman, Juvenile Court, Aristotle, Gideon Yaffe, Raise the Age, Mark Wahlberg

Further Reading:

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sellers512.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers#cite_note-Devil-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States

https://eji.org/news/13-states-lack-minimum-age-for-trying-kids-as-adults/

https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/juvenile-age-of-jurisdiction-and-transfer-to-adult-court-laws.aspx

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/child_law_practice/vol-34/august-2015/understanding-the-adolescent-brain-and-legal-culpability/

https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/juvenile-injustice-charging-youth-as-adults-is-ineffective-biased-and-harmful/

http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ar-Bo/Aristotle-384-322-B-C-E.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kBQb-QftQ

https://newrepublic.com/article/138133/25-year-olds-tried-juveniles

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402: What Are Grand Juries and Why Do They Need To Go?

Tue, 11 May 2021 07:00:00 GMT

It's 2021 and we still have secret courts in the United States. What are Grand Juries anyway? How do they work? What are they for? And why are they the worst?

Covered Topics: Breonna Taylor, Grand Juries, Sol Wachtler, Karl Popper, Plato, George Schwartz, Social Contract, George Soros, Tamir Rice

Further Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jurors/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaNU7yDnsc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxae0AFM

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.html

http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrTkvFB6Zk

https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-prosecutor-tamir-rice-said-to-be-trying-to-lose-2015-12

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-30220700

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tamir-rice-case-prosecutor-abused-manipulated-grand-jury/story?id=35979452

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-homicide-charges-police-mistakes/

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401: Do Serial Killers Ever Really Have Mulitple Personalities?

Tue, 04 May 2021 07:00:00 GMT

We see it in thrillers like SPLIT, but does it ever happen in real life? Are there people in this world with multiple personalities? And if so, what does it take to fracture a mind?

Covered Topics: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities, Alters, Billy Milligan, Zoo Man of Knoxville, David Chalmers, Hard Problem of Consciousness, Douglas Hofstadter, Panpsychism, Thales of Miletus, Joseph DeAngelo

Further Reading:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/could-multiple-personality-disorder-explain-life-the-universe-and-everything/

https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/blind-woman-had-10-personalities-some-could-see.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91244/5-criminals-who-claimed-have-multiple-personalities.

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/crazy-not-insane-did-ted-bundy-have-multiple-personality

https://www.dispatch.com/article/20071028/NEWS/310289729

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPPzmRb4r0

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202005/the-zoo-man-murders

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/huskey-thomas.htm

https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/philosophy-of-personal-identity-and-multiple-personality/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-07/david-chalmers-and-the-puzzle-of-consciousness/8679884

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306: What Really Happened at Kent State?

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

50 years ago this week, 4 students were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State. But nobody can agree on who fired first. And the only man who knows the truth is a car salesmen who lives on a mountain.

Covered Topics: Kent State, Terry Norman, National Guard, Kent State Shootings, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, Pontius Pilate, Objective Truth, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eugene Wigner, Massimiliano Proietti, Perspectivism, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, William Schroeder

Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7PUy8ZrQE

https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-repetition-creates-an-illusion-of-truth

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40129

https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080032/http://www.tbo.com/life/kentstate.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Norman

https://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=dks20101116-01.2.2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9QROhm1Sk

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305: How to Interview a Victim After They’re Dead

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

When I was a reporter, I got the chance to talk to a man after he died. If you're close enough to someone, perhaps you're carrying a little piece of them inside you. Jump in and let's get weird.

Covered Topics: Joe Kupchik, Optography, Wilhelm Kuhne, Erhard Reif, Elva Heaster, Douglas Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, Bach, Recursion, Edgar Allan Poe, Maura Murray

Further Reading:

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-joseph-kupchik-19-cleveland-12-feb-2006.113513/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30608/elva-zona-heaster-ghost-who-helped-solve-her-own-murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReX7qKU2yc

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201912/how-our-loved-ones-live-after-death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-s

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304: Is Reasonable Doubt Reasonable?

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

What is reasonable doubt? Can it be defined? Who does it really help?

Covered topics: Caylee Anthony, Reasonable Doubt, Standard of Proof, William Blackstone, Victor V. Nebraska, Rene Descartes, Cartesian Doubt

Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCk

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPck

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html

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303: Is It Still Possible to Disappear Without A Trace And Start A New Life?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Not all those who wander are lost. Most of us fantasize about started a new life somewhere. Few of us succeed.

Covered Topics: Maura Murray, John List, Patrick McDermott, John J. Nazarian, Evan Ratliff, Alan Watts, Ken Lay, Plato, David Hume

Further Reading:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqDnLNRuSc&t=312s

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-mn-3671-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/list-john-emil.htm

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2009445_2009447_2009502,00.html

https://medium.com/@ephromjosine/after-the-death-of-jeffery-epstein-its-time-we-revisit-ken-lay-69ea22f41545

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/07/07/225351/-Ken-Lay-escapes-life-conviction-by-faking-his-death

https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff-vanish2/

https://www.wired.com/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/

https://www.alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/08/24/alan-watts-this-is-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ufX3VaTJc

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302: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Or Is It?

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Learn about the "Mean World Syndrome" and how the world is actually safer than you think.

Topics: Mean World Syndrome, George Gerbner, Logical Fallacies, Aristotle, Serial Killer's Apprentice

301: Why Do Some Crimes Have a Statute of Limitations?

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:00:00 GMT

When a crime is committed, a clock begins to tick. If you're not charged before time runs out, you can never be prosecuted. But why?

Topics Covered: Ted Conrad, Demosthenes, Statute of Limitations, Phormion, Bill Cosby, Andrea Constand, John Demjanjuk, Amnesty, Thirty Tyrants, Critias, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Charles Griswold, Amy Mihaljevic

Further Reading:

https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&context=facpubs

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/theodore_john_conrad_the_fbi_h.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT5Ez_Hfao

https://people.com/crime/who-is-andrea-constand-bill-cosby-accuser/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/

https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/10/east-cleveland-event-gives-job-seeking-residents-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-chance-to-apply-for-amnesty-or-expungement.html

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206: The Ethics of Familial DNA

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:12:52 GMT

The world has changed. A new tool has been created to solve the coldest cases. And if we're not careful, it'll be taken away from us in a heartbeat.

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205: Psychics and Crime

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:02:50 GMT

On the record, police rarely admit to using psychics to solve crimes. But a surprising number of detectives often consult with soothsayers to discover new leads.

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204: Why Do We Still Have the Death Penalty?

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:51:51 GMT

In the United States, we still execute prisoners for a variety of crimes. We are one of the last civilized societies to do so. Why is capital punishment so popular, here?

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203: Does Psychological Profiling Really Work?

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:42:40 GMT

FBI profilers are the mystical heroes of law enforcement, with the ability to look at a crime and imagine the suspect. But is it science or just wishful thinking?

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202: How Do Psychopaths Convince Others to Kill?

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:33:04 GMT

Charles Manson never killed anybody. He tricked his friends into doing it for him. But how? And could any one of us be tricked into doing evil deeds?

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201: Are Lie Detectors Reliable?

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:18:45 GMT

We've all heard the saying, "Lie detectors can't be used in a court of law." But is that really true? And can a machine ever really know the mind of a man?

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106: Effect & Cause

Tue, 01 May 2018 11:04:00 GMT

We want so desperately to go back in time and stop a crime from happening. But we can't change the past. Or can we?

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105: Does Everyone Have the Capacity to Kill?

Tue, 01 May 2018 11:03:00 GMT

You're not a murderer, right? You wouldn't even hurt a fly, would you? Don't be so sure.

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104: How Should the Media Cover Crime?

Tue, 01 May 2018 11:02:00 GMT

A brief history of crime reporting and how we screwed it up in America.

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103: What is Occam's Razor?

Tue, 01 May 2018 11:01:00 GMT

One of the most important tools to detectives is a heuristic known as Occam's Razor. But you must wield it carefully or you end up hurting the wrong people.

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102: Are Killers Born Bad or Are They Made That Way?

Tue, 01 May 2018 11:00:00 GMT

Nature or nurture? What makes a man evil? Is it genetics or is it their environment? And is there even such a thing as free will?

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101: Why Is True Crime So Popular?

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:27:36 GMT

Where does our fascination with true crime come from? When did this obsession begin? Renner traces it all back to the "true crime singularity."

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