47: ‘I AM DOCTOR AMY BISHOP!’ - Entitled Professor Couldn’t Get Her Own Way & Goes On Deadly Rampage

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🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Hey guys! Today we're discussing the case of Amy Bishop and oh boy was she a piece of work! Amy was a university professor who was arrogant and entitled and when she didn't get her own way there were terrible consequences.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Makeup Podcast.
0:15.6	Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history,
0:20.6	and today we are going to be talking about the case of Amy Bishop.
0:25.1	Now, Amy Bishop, oh boy, was she a piece of work?
0:30.4	Amy was a university professor, but she was a professor from hell.
0:36.2	She was arrogant, she was lazy, she had no interest in her colleagues or her students,
0:42.4	and Amy also had some pretty terrible personality traits.
0:45.4	She was narcissistic, she was entitled, she thought that the whole world revolved around her,
0:50.6	and if she did not get her own way, there would be trouble.
0:54.0	The best way to describe Amy is that she was a Karen.
0:58.4	She really was the Karen of all Karen's, the true president of the Karen society.
1:04.8	She would complain about everything to anyone who might listen,
1:09.6	because she was Dr Amy Bishop.
1:12.0	You must remember that throughout this episode, she is Dr Amy Bishop.
1:16.9	And unfortunately because of Amy's attitude on her personality,
1:21.1	this led Amy to carrying out an absolutely horrific act on her university campus.
1:27.0	And that is what we are going to be talking about today, so let's dive in.
1:36.3	Amy Bishop was born on the 24th of April 1965, making her a Taurus,
1:41.3	and Amy grew up in Brain Tree, Massachusetts, where she lived with her parents,
1:45.7	Sam and Judy, and her younger brother Seth, who was three years younger than her.
1:50.6	Now, as a child, Amy was described as very intelligent, very bright,
1:54.8	but she was also very shy, very withdrawn.
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