The Callous Exchange: Decoding the Dark Triad of Transactional Romance
This research redefines "gold digging" as a gender-neutral, calculated social strategy rooted in the Dark Triad—psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. Through decision-based tasks, lead resear...
6 Touko 3min
The Psychopath FBI Informant: How a Serial Killer Manipulated the Feds and Got Away with Murder
A charming con man becomes a paid FBI informant while secretly hunting victims as a serial killer—exposing shocking failures in federal oversight and the deadly cost of trusting the wrong source. This...
27 Huhti 6min
Female Psychopathy in Medicine: The Nurse Who Killed Patients for Control – A Forensic Psychology Analysis
In this clinical deep dive, we examine the rare but disturbing phenomenon of female psychopathy in healthcare settings through the case of a nurse who murdered patients to exert control. Drawing on fo...
23 Huhti 7min
The Primitive Defense Gallery: How Psychopaths Use Splitting, Projective Identification, and Omnipotent Control in High-Stakes Negotiations
In this episode, we examine the Primitive Defense Gallery used by psychopaths in high-stakes negotiations, focusing on the mechanisms of splitting, projective identification, and omnipotent control. T...
22 Huhti 4min
Psychopathy as a “Deficit of Internalization”: A Psychodynamic Perspective
In this episode, we explore the psychodynamic theory that psychopathy represents more than a simple lack of empathy — it is a fundamental deficit of internalization. Drawing on object-relations perspe...
21 Huhti 5min
High-Functioning Psychopathy and Malignant Narcissism: Structural Distinctions within the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual Framework
This episode provides a technical breakdown of the differences between high-functioning psychopathy and malignant narcissism using the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2) framework. It examines pe...
19 Huhti 10min
The Psychopath’s Brain Map
17 Huhti 3min
