forensic psychologist, private investigator, host of Unmasking a Murderer, Psychology Today Blogger, author of Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask
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Caleb Flynn Asked for a Hug. Sixteen Months Later His Mistress Wrote, "I Want to Kill Her.", by @drjonijohnston joniejohnstonpsyd.substack.c…
“I’m Hoping She’ll Solve Her Own Murder”, by @drjonijohnston joniejohnstonpsyd.substack.c…
Police found a clay bust of her face in a bin in his basement, in a room with five human skulls on the shelves above it.
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The Last Thing He Forged Was a Confession, by @drjonijohnston open.substack.com/pub/joniej…
A Reddit thread named four suspects. A Websleuths thread named one. They were all chasing the same man.
Robert McCaffrey's Wife Has Been Missing for 14 Years. DNA Just Connected Him to a Different Murder, by @drjonijohnston open.substack.com/pub/joniej…
Nick Reiner. Lindsay Clancy. Two upcoming trials are forcing a familiar question: Can someone who allegedly planned a killing be legally insane? psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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Many serial killers had traumatic childhoods. Most people who have traumatic childhoods never grow up to hurt others, much less become serial predators. So what separates those who don't from those who do? New research gives us some clues: lnkd.in/gqJH-Eu7
The Murder of Sandra Birchmore, by @drjonijohnston open.substack.com/pub/joniej…
Mark Twitchell thought he was Dexter. Brian Draper thought he was Ghostface. Luka Magnotta thought he was Patrick Bateman. They were all wrong. Here's why every copycat killer fails at fiction as badly as they fail at life. joniejohnstonpsyd.substack.c…
I just published Mathew Coleman and the Psychology of Conspiracy-Driven Murder medium.com/p/mathew-coleman-…
The Adelson Conspiracy and the Psychology of Murder for Hire, by @drjonijohnston open.substack.com/pub/joniej…
I just published When Parents Claim Abduction: The Emmanuel Haro Case medium.com/p/when-parents-cl…
Recent defendants who pleaded Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity range from a woman who taped a man to a chair and tortured him for three days to a stepmother accused of starving her stepdaughter. No wonder jurors are skeptical. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
