This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Dree.

Nobody marries somebody they believe will destroy them.

They marry someone who feels like a missing piece, someone who shows up with everything they didn't know they needed.

That's not stupidity.

That's how this works.

Before we talk about what Corey Richards allegedly did, we need to understand what the

beginning of a relationship like this actually looks like, because the people most at risk

are often the strongest, most capable ones in the room.

And they're also unsuspecting of this type of behavior if they've never experienced before,

which makes them an easy mark

for folks like Corey Richens. But why? Why is it? Why is it that empathetic, loving, caring,

genuine human beings are a mark for certain types of personality with us to help break all of

this down. My co-host, Robin drake uh former fbi i had of the

fbi's behavioral intelligence uh counterintelligence behavioral analysis unit and chavon scott

psychotherapist and author chavon let's start with you why is it why was eric rich in such a mark

from what we know about his personality, his loving

affect, his nature, his goodness with the children, providing for his family, taking care of his

family, letting them, you know, doing everything he did. Why is that a mark for someone to just

latch onto and basically suck dry like a black widow? Yeah. Predators have an uncanny intuition for people who have a lot of empathy, people who have a work ethic,

people who make commitments and follow through, they have integrity, they try hard, and

predators are always looking for, what am I going to get out of this deal.

So they go into these relationships with this, you know, the popular term is love bombing,

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