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48 Hours

Manipulated to Murder?

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News Commentary, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There is no dispute that Jake Nolan tried to commit murder, he admits it. But Nolan was mentally ill. And he claimed he was manipulated by a psychiatrist. After the attack, Jake Nolan sent her a bizarre bloody picture. “48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/30/2014. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is definitely one of the stranger cases I've covered.

0:14.0

It seems like it comes right out of a novel.

0:19.0

On November 12, 2012, Jake Nolan set out to the office and home of Dr. Michael Weiss.

0:23.6

Jake Nolans set out to the office and home of Dr. Michael Weiss.

0:31.6

Jake had with him a duffel bag with a massive sledgehammer, a steak knife, zip ties.

0:40.3

And he's walking through the streets of Manhattan with this.

0:44.3

When you walked into Dr. Michael Weiss's office,

0:48.3

with that duffel bag, with the weapons that were inside,

0:52.3

what did you intend to do? the weapons that were inside.

0:58.4

What did you intend to do?

1:01.0

You know, I intended to kill him.

1:05.3

This is not a who-done it. He did what he was accused of doing.

1:08.4

But the big question was, why? I saw Jake Nolan brainwashed by Dr.

1:15.3

Pamela Buckbinder. An ivily trained psychiatrist. She's brilliant.

1:20.1

I would have done anything for Pamela. It happens so slowly that you don't really recognize

1:26.7

this growing feeling inside of you,

1:28.3

that one day you wake up and say, I'll kill for this woman.

1:32.3

By the end of this manipulation by Dr. Bookbinder,

1:38.3

Jake Nolan had become weaponized.

1:41.3

To attack Dr. Weiss, the man with whom she had been fighting over custody of her son.

1:49.0

They hated each other, and in turn she made me hate him.

1:54.0

Jake Nolan suffered from bipolar disorder. He had these learning problems.

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