Episodes

  • Psychopathy and Patrick Mackay
    Feb 21 2025

    James was in charge of editing in this week's episode of Case by Concept, could you tell? Today we cover psychopathy and a very dangerous man who killed many and claimed to kill more. Let us know your thoughts on instagram @casebyconcept!

    Question:

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

    Definition:

    https://www.verywellhealth.com/sociopath-vs-psychopath-characteristics-and-differences-5193369#:~:text=Although the terms are often,neither is an official diagnosis.&text=Of the two, psychopathy is,to love or feel remorse.

    https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/psychopath-sociopath-differences

    https://www.healthline.com/health/psychopath#vs-sociopath

    Amount of psychopaths in prison:

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252709000247#:~:text=requisite number of-,Prevalence,%, 3.3–10.6).

    Amount of psychopaths

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8374040/

    Coined the term:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4059069/#:~:text=The term psychopathy comes from,which literally means suffering soul.

    OPD Pathway

    https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PRN00321-The-offender-personality-disorder-pathway-a-joint-strategy-for-2023-to-2028.pdf

    The case:

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

    Picture:

    https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/patrick-mackay-kents-most-notorious-8155402

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    26 mins
  • Schizophrenia and Michael Laudor
    Feb 14 2025

    How can schizophrenia affect life? How many people in the world have it? Tune in to this week's episode all about schizophrenia and the intriguing case of Michael Laudor.

    Definition:

    https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia

    Who first described it:

    https://livingwithschizophreniauk.org/information-sheets/schizophrenia-a-brief-history/#:~:text=7,at the university in Estonia.

    WHO:

    https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia and childhood abuse:

    Engelstad, K.N. et al. (2019) ‘Increased prevalence of psychopathy and childhood trauma in homicide offenders with schizophrenia compared to nonviolent individuals with schizophrenia’, Nordic journal of psychiatry, 73(8), pp. 501–508. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2019.1656777.

    Crime:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4905518/#:~:text=The prevalence of convictions for,in the sibling comparison sample.

    Story:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/american-madness-schizophrenia-mental-illness/673490/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Laudor#:~:text=Michael B.,during an episode of psychosis.

    https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/19/nyregion/from-mental-illness-to-yale-to-murder-charge.html

    https://medium.com/@marzen.sarah/the-unfortunate-story-of-michael-laudor-bad2c191235e

    https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/09/nyregion/voyage-bedlam-part-way-back-yale-law-graduate-schizophrenic-encumbered-invisible.html

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-two-faces-of-michael-1166821.html

    Picture:

    https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/poster-boy-for-safe-schizophrenia-was-to-be-played-by-brad-pitt-before-the-author-murdered-his-pregnant-fiancee/

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    31 mins
  • Confirmation Bias and The Yorkshire Ripper
    Feb 7 2025

    Confirmation bias and the Yorkshire Ripper is discussed in the first ever episode of Case By Concept. We will be looking into research surrounding confirmation bias and how the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper was rife with it.

    Definition: https://www.simplypsychology.org/confirmation-bias.html

    Antivaxxers use certain information to further their pre-existing beliefs: Corine S. Meppelink, Edith G. Smit, Marieke L. Fransen & Nicola Diviani (2019) “I was Right about Vaccination”: Confirmation Bias and Health Literacy in Online Health Information Seeking, Journal of Health Communication, 24:2, 129-140, DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1583701

    Over 300 papers found to misrepresent findings of experiments due to confirmation bias: Simon, Luxton-Reilly, A. and Adelakun-Adeyemo, O. (2021) ‘Confirmation Bias and Other Flaws in Citing Pass Rate Studies’, in Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 575–581. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3430665.3456357.

    Confirmation bias on testing hypotheses: Mynatt, C. R., Doherty, M. E., & Tweney, R. D. (1977). Confirmation bias in a simulated research environment: An experimental study of scientific inference. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 29(1), 85–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335557743000053

    Recount of the Yorkshire Ripper case:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-yorkshire-ripper-timeline-murders-b1111127.html

    Wearside John:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearside_Jack#:~:text=Wearside Jack is the nickname,letters in 1978 and 1979.

    Peter Sutcliffe’s victims list:

    https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/peter-sutcliffe-victims-list-how-many-women-yorkshire-ripper-guild-2639438?srsltid=AfmBOop2z8CgCTyR6E0b09Oca1f9ZaafeSpNmM9eocb1kk6FMNKjJ9Bf

    https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/peter-sutcliffes-victims-who-were-27829709

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12763617/Police-PC-account-caught-Peter-Sutcliffe-Yorkshire-Ripper-squad.html

    Picture:

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54874713.amp

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    37 mins
  • Case By Concept TRAILER
    Jan 30 2025

    Hello and welcome to Case By Concept! Season one will give you twelve episodes of psychological concepts and how they relate to a real true crime case. We welcome all.

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    1 min