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Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

S17EP3: Inside the Cleveland Kidnapping Case

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

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True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.410.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In part 3, Ariel Castro tightens his grip on control after bringing a third victim into his home. As the dynamic between the captives shifts, so does the level of psychological warfare. Michelle Knight describes how Castro used manipulation, fear, and false promises to dominate their every move. Dr. Phil analyzes the mindset of a sociopath—why predators escalate, how they exploit power, and what drives their need to crush autonomy. Behind locked doors, hope flickers. Then, one mistake cracks the illusion of control—and nothing stays hidden forever.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Mystery and Murder, where we unearth the chilling truths lurking behind headline-making cases.

0:16.0

We venture in deep, really deep, into the lives of victims and suspects that have captivated the public.

0:26.6

Now, as you know, we've been talking about the Cleveland kidnapping case featuring excerpts from my exclusive interview with one of Ariel Castro's former victims, Michelle Knight. So far, we've been

0:41.0

dissecting Ariel Castro's horrific deeds and analyzing his psyche. And it's been horrendous to

0:48.9

hear about what he put Michelle through. I don't want to go back through everything that went on.

0:57.2

We're going to talk about that a little bit more today,

1:00.2

but it's really hard to wrap your mind around the fact that for Michelle Knight,

1:08.1

this went on for 11 years. Think about that. 11 years. You know, we talk about

1:18.1

things that go on for days or weeks or even months, but 11 years. This was like half of her life.

1:28.3

Now, just as in the other two episodes, this is going to contain descriptions of physical

1:36.3

and sexual abuse, as well as self-harm.

1:41.3

On our last episode, Castro had just kidnapped his second victim, Amanda Berry.

1:47.0

Now, Amanda was a 17-year-old girl who, like Michelle, was walking home.

1:53.0

Michelle was the one telling her story.

1:56.0

So everything that we've talked about so far was all from Michelle's perspective.

2:01.6

I tried to glean from her what the dynamic was like in the house now that a second victim had been brought in.

2:10.6

Michelle says that she was undoubtedly the one that Casrow hated most and claimed that while all of them suffered,

2:20.3

she often bore the brunt of his viciousness, his hatred, his venting of all of this that he had bottled up inside him.

2:33.3

You know, it's so odd to even hear myself talking about it like that because how could he

2:40.2

hate someone he didn't even know?

2:43.5

He didn't know Michelle Knight.

2:45.0

She knew his daughter as an acquaintance, which is why she trusted him enough to get in his car to begin with, but he didn't

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