Why people do bad things: what the Son of Sam killer can teach us about mass killings and the human mind

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this podcast I talk to behavioral specialist and author Dr. Michael A. Caparrelli about his fascinating new book Monster Mirror: 100 Hours with David Berkowitz, Once Known as Son of Sam, what talking to one of America’s most frightening killers has taught him about evil and the human mind, the power of choosing to change, and so much more!

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0:00.0	Whether you like to admit it or not, we are very interested in stories of true crime and serial
0:09.9	killers.
0:11.4	At the core of this fascination is the question, what made them do it?
0:16.5	And I think there's even a little bit of how easy is it to slip into this killer mindset.
0:22.4	I'm Dr. Caroline Leaf and welcome to my podcast,
0:25.3	Cleaning up the Mental Mess, and in today's podcast
0:28.0	I explore this topic with Dr Michael Caporelli,
0:31.6	who has a PhD in advanced Human Behavior and is a professor at three colleges
0:36.2	within the New England area.
0:38.7	We talk specifically about the hundred hours he spent interviewing the serial killer the son of Sam in his new book
0:45.2	called Monster Mirror, where he presents some underlying themes based on his qualitative analysis
0:50.9	of these hundred hours. We discuss the importance of these 100 hours.
0:52.8	We discuss the importance of the primal bond being disrupted
0:56.2	and how important it is to be honest with children
0:58.4	about their lives from as young as possible.
1:01.0	And the importance of helping children develop the mental skills to process what they're experiencing before these play out into unhealthy ways as they grow up.
1:09.0	We also talk about how the son of Sam was an anomaly back in the 70s, but how shootings are commonplace in our individualistic society in the States today.
1:18.5	We talk about processing anger, shame, traumatic brain injury, and so much more.
1:25.2	But just before we begin, be sure to check out the show notes to see the amazing discounts
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1:40.4	Dr Michael Caparelia I have been looking forward to this interview for some time now. In fact, I spent a lot of this morning and yesterday, you can see all the dog ears over here all over this book of yours. You've written this incredible book, Monster Mirror, about the son of
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