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Spooky Psychology

Two licensed therapists discuss the spookier side of psychology. If you’re into macabre topics, dark humor, and learning about behavior and psychology– this podcast is for you!

Latest Episodes:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Jan 24, 2022

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https://www.patreon.com/spookypsychology

https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=285217&brand=fiverrcpa

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9742-narcissistic-personality-disorder

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/what_are_the_nine_traits_of_a_narcissist/article_em.htm

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9742-narcissistic-personality-disorder

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-narcissism/202102/7-myths-about-narcissistic-personality-disorder-and-why-theyre

https://www.emdrtherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Understanding-and-Treating-Narcissism-with-EMDR-Therapy.pdf

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20366690

Understanding and Treating Narcissism With EMDR Therapy - dolores masquera and jim knipe 2015

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819598/

Fugue States Nov 29, 2021

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Sources:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-fugue-psychogenic-fugue

https://www.healthline.com/health/dissociative-fugue#symptoms

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9789-dissociative-amnesia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201803/the-most-extraordinary-amnesia

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277313898_A_Case_of_Dissociative_Amnesia_With_Dissociative_Fugue_and_Treatment_With_Psychotherapy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680202/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15373503

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201203/dissociative-fugue-the-mystery-agatha-christie

Vampires, Zombies and Mummies Oct 31, 2021

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/fear

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-think-neandertal/202110/why-we-enjoy-horror-films

Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds (Yale University Press, 2016).

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201510/dracula-the-couch-the-psychiatry-vampires

Rodriguez de la Sierra L. Origin of the myth of vampirism. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1998; 91:290.
Henry C. Pop vampires, Freud and primary masochism. Psychoanalytic Review 2014; 101:25-38.

4. Vanden Bergh RL, Kelly JF. Vampirism: A review with new observations. Archives of General Psychiatry 1964: 11:543-547.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-ooze/201810/why-we-fear-the-zombie-apocalypse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/mummys-curse-brain-patterns-coincidence-correlation-connection-causation-imagination

https://medium.com/applaudience/why-we-fear-mummies-and-should-we-8770016a856a

https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/_files/Babbie%20center%20fear2021/blogpost-americas-top-fears-2020_-21-final.pdf

Cryptozoology Oct 18, 2021

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Sources:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141030-the-truth-about-the-paranormal

https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2018/10/16/paranormal-america-2018/

https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/personality-factors-that-underlie-belief-in-the-paranormal-psychology-essay.php

https://ijip.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/18.01.114.20170501.pdf

https://listverse.com/2010/08/13/top-10-cryptids-that-turned-out-to-be-real/

https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=ur

Factors Aff ors Affecting the Accur ecting the Accuracy of E acy of Eyewitness Identification ewitness Identification Sheena M. Lorenza St. John Fisher College, slorenza_no@sjfc.edu

https://lulz.com/lesser-known-cryptid-monsters-that-were-hoaxes-1577/

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS

https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2021/5/15/chicago-aviation-department-employee-reports-mothman-sighting-at-ohare-international-airport

Lauren had a baby! Sep 13, 2021

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Feral Children? Jul 19, 2021

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Welcome Back to Spooky Psychology with Megan and Lauren. In this episode we discuss feral children, and Lauren announces some very good shit.

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/feral-children

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviesfc.html

The jungle book of neuropsychology: Disentangling the influence of feral childhood from adult brain injury in order to provide effective rehabilitation.- cj macintosh and AIW James

https://medium.com/@fernandamarana44/feral-children-and-nature-nurture-controversy-in-language-acquisition-1b5083e77061

https://www.rt.com/viral/384137-india-monkey-child-story-debunked/

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/293679-forbidden-experiment

https://historydaily.org/oxana-malaya-story-girl-raised-dogs

https://stmuhistorymedia.org/genie-wiley-the-feral-child/

https://www.verywellmind.com/genie-the-story-of-the-wild-child-2795241

https://stmuhistorymedia.org/genie-wiley-the-feral-child/#marker-91748-10

https://allthatsinteresting.com/genie-wiley-feral-child

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers

http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/26491_Chapter_1_Historical_Background_of_Disabilities.pdf

https://www.livescience.com/41590-feral-children.html

Historical Treatment of Mental Illness Jun 14, 2021

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galen.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen

https://www.bustle.com/articles/187871-scary-mental-illness-treatments-in-history-you-havent-heard-about-for-good-reason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_shock_therapy

https://www.bustle.com/articles/187871-scary-mental-illness-treatments-in-history-you-havent-heard-about-for-good-reason

An underground education-by richard zacks

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/trephination-0013423

https://historycooperative.org/a-beautiful-mind-the-history-of-the-treatment-of-mental-illness/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-surprising-history-of-the-lobotomy#5

https://listverse.com/2016/05/25/10-brutal-accounts-of-torture-in-old-insane-asylums/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/female-hysteria_n_4298060

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480686/

Adult Abductions & Human Trafficking May 17, 2021

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App discussed:

TraffickCam

https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-link/fbi-releases-2019-missing-person-statistics

https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/ec9e4092-cbf6-4fb7-b301-15f4ae161d01

https://fighttoendexploitation.org/2018/12/28/6-types-of-human-trafficking/

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/who-are-human-traffickers

https://journals.lww.com/jaanp/FullText/2019/12000/Understanding_the_mental_health_impact_of_human.6.aspx

https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/c/f/69028.pdf

https://www.osce.org/participating-states

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/modern-day-slavery/201610/psychological-tactics-used-human-traffickers

https://medium.com/we-the-peoples/trafficked-three-survivors-of-human-trafficking-share-their-stories-e57446fb65db

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/frank-sinatra-jr-kidnapping

https://the-artifice.com/kidnapping-of-frank-sinatra-jr/

https://themobmuseum.org/blog/fifty-one-years-later-frank-sinatra-jr-s-kidnapping-still-raises-questions/

https://people.com/celebrity/frank-sinatra-jr-s-kidnapping-barry-keenans-motive-details/

Child Abduction Apr 19, 2021

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Welcome back to Spooky Psychology with Megan and Lauren. This is the second episode on our series discussing kidnapping. We will be discussing the psychology related to child abduction as well as the cases of Jaycee Dugard and Kara Robinson Chamberlain.

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http://scholarly-journals.com/sjsre/publications/2016/March/pdf/Akwash.pdf

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/why-do-some-people-kidnap-kids

kidsmartz.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/27/science/who-would-abduct-a-child-previous-cases-offer-clues.html

https://psychologyofkidnapping.weebly.com/psychological-effects.html

https://www.missingkids.org/HOME

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/serial-killer-survivor-kara-robinson-chamberlain-tiktok

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/evonitz.htm#:~:text=Richard%20Marc%20Evonitz%20(July%2029,in%20Richland%20County%2C%20South%20Carolina.

"A stolen life"- by Jaycee Dugard

Baby Snatching Apr 05, 2021

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Welcome back to Spooky Psychology with Megan and Lauren. In the first episode on our series about Kidnapping we will be discussing the psychology of baby Snatchers, The murder of Debra Evans and the Dynel Lane Case.

https://www.patreon.com/spookypsychology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202101/the-fetal-snatcher-desperate-be-mom

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674939/#:~:text=Pseudocyesis%20is%20defined%20by%20the,engorgement%20and%20secretions%2C%20and%20labor

https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/07/baby-snatcher-psychology-of-abductions/

https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/infantabductions

https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/infantabductions

https://www.insider.com/georgia-tann-tennessee-children-home-society-survivors-speak-out-2019-12

https://www.security101.com/blog/rfid-technology-and-infant-protection-in-hospitals

https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/ForHealthCareProfessionals_10thEdition.pdf

https://www.accutechsecurity.com/fbi-points-out-safety-tips-to-prevent-infant-abductions/

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-debra-evans-case-973477

http://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/williams-jacqueline.htm

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/murder-of-marlen-ochoa-brings-about-painful-memories-for-suburban-family/80552/

https://listverse.com/2017/11/03/10-horrifying-cases-of-fetal-abduction/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tamerragriffin/prosecution-defense-rest-in-case-of-unborn-baby-cut-from-wom

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-dynel-lane-now/

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-michelle-wilkins-now/

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