Have you seen this? Psychopath 'Robert' talks about his offending, and the thought processes (or lack of them) accompanying it. Very candid.
*trigger warning*
I'm posting this for people who may not have exposure to someone like this.
I want to know what you think. I also wonder if anyone recognizes him and/or knows his name. It's also possible he's acting.
What do you think?
It sounds like trying to groom the interviewer. It's like he's trying to construct a picture of psychopath. Like he's got all the psycho jargon down and is using in a psy op.
I agree. Nothing he's saying sounds sincere. His demeanor keeps switching between pride, contrition, amusement, and a kind of folksy intellectualism. It's like he can't quite decide which is best and he can't maintain one strategy.
I also agree that he is almost too proficient with psychological verbiage and it makes me wonder how he has used this knowledge and his frank storytelling to elevate himself. Certainly not every psychopath gets a nice, genteel tv interview. He's essentially capitalizing on his own depravity.
To be clear, I don't think he's lying, particularly about the details of the abuse, the potty training, etc. I just think he clearly has personal motives for giving this interview and that he is trying to use all the tools he's got to achieve those goals. And we're watching in real time as he assesses the effectiveness of his strategies and pivots as needed.
The story is likely true. His odd manner points to something beneath the surface.
I thought he might be credible. The story about his stepdaughter sounded real.
I might mention I had a friend with a son like this. He got with a 40 year old woman when he was underage... married her and assaulted her children. He married three times before he was busted. Went to prison. His mom stayed in denial.
I knew the kid... met him when he was 11. He was very personable, but not creepy. We thought the older woman was robbing the cradle.
Anyway, the man talking is so similar. Might be why I can see this being true and also why he's so creepy. Because I know for sure there are people out there who are exactly like that.
@elsa I think he's credible too. He's so proud of how he got over on his victims, he's happy to brag about it and explain how he did it. He was cruel and cold. What a vile bastard. I hope he's in prison somewhere.
I never knew of anyone like that. I don't know who he is. If he is an actor, he's really good at this role.
Has anyone tried a facial recognition app or whatever is used to match photos to identities?
I actually took a screenshot just like that after I posted that idea, and fed it into three reverse-image search sites, but all I got for results were the YouTube and your post here. Someone with more knowledge and expertise than I may do better...
@warped-by-wuthering-heights I found a couple good matches of a man, once with a child but you have to pay to unlock them.
Interesting resource! I'm too frugal to pay for anything online, but it's good to know that's available.
A person who has much to hide will never been sincere. That is that last thing to expect.
I come from and have a handful of close friends who were abused by their parents. A few of them were sexually abused and ridiculed constantly.
So, when he speaks about the cruelty surrounding potty training, I believe him. I noticed that he took what he stated as something he learned from his parents but then spoke about how it is what HE wants, when in fact, it is learned behavior, but he would never admit to that.
Admittance of anything that is out of their control is not on their list of desires.
I have a very dear friend who's father made "games" out of any bodily function, making derogatory and sexually abusive games surrounding "filth" so that any orifice was paid more attention to than the person.
In fact, over the years, we few have come to the conclusion that there are neighborhoods whereby some families support each others predatory habits, even bribe one another to ensure secrecy.
Why? One reason being that the behavior and actions I saw as a child and heard of are now the results of sexually abused children. Kids would randomly do odd, perverse things, or worse, parents would allow it to happen.
Also because I know of my pal's father a couple of other people who have a long history of sexually abusing children and have very well paying jobs and homes and such, and when you look these people up, there are no photos, no profiles, no REAL data on them besides their purchasing and residential histories.
Anyone ever seen Mindhunter? It's really more so about profiling serial killers, but the psychopathy within them is very, very similar to a child predator who may or may not murder. I don't want to suggest that serial killers are not also child predators, because they can be.
Those who I know that are abusers also have no issue harming or killing animals. And since all that exists before predators are dehumanized and negatively objectified as some means to some ends, it is easy to see why.
Definitely real. He thinks he is so smart being able to manipulate . He is proud of it !!.. Looks like my 1st husband who is at the very least a narcissist .We would go for counseling and he would say things like, yes I would choke her but would not cut her air off. He would say He always knew what he was doing !!
As far as the molestation as a child I can only relate to the grooming at a very young age. "I was the most beautiful baby" ect ect. My molester was the person that nurtured me , my Mom the physical abuser. My Mom was an aquarian moon. I wonder how much that comes into play since alot of aquarian moon moms I know are detached or look away.