Is Stockholm Syndrome Real?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Doubtlessly familiar to any fan of exploitative true crime shows, the concept of "Stockholm Syndrome" argues that people victimized by kidnappers, hostage takers, or even trapped in abusive relationships will tend to identify with their captors. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the surprisingly hidden origin story of this concept -- as well as discovering why experts worry law enforcement has weaponized this idea to further diminish and dismiss the experiences of survivors in the modern day.

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0:00.0	To have a murder as gruesome as Jade Beasley's doesn't happen very often down here.
0:05.3	In Marion, Illinois, an 11-year-old girl brutally stabbed to death, her father's longtime live-in
0:10.7	girlfriend maintaining innocence, but charged with her murder.
0:14.5	I am confident that Julie Beckley is guilty.
0:17.6	They've never found a weapon.
0:19.3	Never made sense.
0:20.3	Still doesn't make sense. She found out she was
0:22.6	pregnant in jail. The person who did it is still out there. Listen to murder on Songbird Road on the
0:29.0	iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. He was a Boy Scout leader,
0:36.0	a husband, a father. But he was leading a double life.
0:41.4	He was a monster, hiding in plain sight.
0:45.9	Journey inside the mind of one of history's most notorious killers, BTK, through the voices of the people who know him best. Listen to Monster BTK on the
0:57.8	IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
1:03.8	John Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our
1:08.6	ears on the Daily Show, Ears Edition podcast.
1:11.5	Join Late Night Legend, John Stewart, and the best news team for today's biggest headlines, exclusive extended interviews, and more.
1:18.8	Now this is a second term we can all get behind.
1:21.9	Listen to The Daily Show, Ears Edition on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:30.8	It was big news. I mean, white girl gets murdered, found in a cemetery, big, big news.
1:36.2	A long investigation stalls until someone changes their story.
1:40.9	I like style. What thing that happened?
1:42.5	An arrest, trial, and conviction soon follow.
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