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Once Upon A Crime

Stockholm Syndrome and Patty Hearst

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

When kidnap victims are held for a period of time the public often wants to know "why didn't they try to escape?" This episode explains a psychological phenomenon known as "Stockholm Syndrome", how it might apply to the victims I discussed in the series "Lost and Found", and share probably the most well-known case of Stockholm Syndrome, the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. Kidnappings, true crime, Stockholm Syndrome, Patty Hearst

Transcript

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0:00.0

What happened to Simon Hodgson Grieves?

0:03.0

He was able to have these amazing highs,

0:08.0

which would then be followed by the most horrific downs.

0:13.0

Here's Simon's story, as told by his sister Rachel,

0:17.0

in the latest episode of The Missing from Podimo.

0:20.0

There's the happy expression, isn't there,

0:22.0

the time to great healer was, I think for us.

0:24.0

It actually makes things worse.

0:26.0

The Missing, available now, wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:34.0

If you've listened to the last three episodes,

0:36.0

our series called Lost and Found,

0:38.0

you learned about three kidnapping cases

0:40.0

where the victims were held captive for months or years.

0:43.0

Whenever these cases are discussed,

0:45.0

invariably people have certain questions, including,

0:49.0

how did this happen?

0:51.0

What made this person a target?

0:53.0

Is it random, or is there something we can do to keep ourselves

0:56.0

and our loved ones safe?

0:58.0

And, why didn't anyone notice what was happening

1:01.0

and save those girls sooner?

1:03.0

And finally, why didn't they try harder to escape?

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