How Do Serial Killers Think? Forensic Psychiatrist Answers Your Questions | Honesty Box

Thank you to Dr Das for taking part. He wanted to pass over a message - 'Hey LADbible - I had a great time answering all these fascinating questions. Thank you so much for having me. I would love to see some of your viewers on my YouTube channel, A Psych for Sore Minds - youtube.com/@APsychForSoreMinds

Medical student here. I got close with one girl in my course who has a lot of psychopathic traits. It's terrifying to me that she will be a doctor one day. It took me 6 months of ignoring my instincts to finally cut her out. It's scary to see those traits up close. Trust your instincts, people.

I really believe the reason that a majority of women watch true crime videos is because we want to know what to watch out for as he said. That’s the top reason why I watch things about dangerous people.

This guy was so good at capturing my attention (which is hard. I have adhd) I wish this video was longer…

Speaking to the question about why more women are interested in true crime compared to men - of course, I am only speaking for myself, but for me it isn't about fear. It's about trying to understand a way of thinking that is just so far outside of what I can imagine thinking myself.

With that colour suit, the background and the box I thought he was going to pull a rabbit out of the box. 😂

Genuine guy respect his work

I'm no expert on the subject, but my assumption is that if serial killers had something characteristic and alarming in their appearance or behavior, they wouldn't manage to become SERIAL killers. They don't have their tendencies tattooed on their foreheads, and they don't stand out at all. They could be your family member, a cashier in the local mart, and look like the most ordinary John Doe ever. I don't mean to make anyone paranoid about their every neighbor or anything, but inconspicuousness or alternatively the personal charm etc. are what it takes to make people trusting enough or lowering their defenses to the degree they can approach them to actually hurt and/or delive them. Also, while you're mentioning "she wasn't antisocial" as one of the reasons why she shouldn't be considered a psychopath, this makes me question your professional competences. Psychopaths can and often ARE social (on the outside). More than that, sometimes they are even charismatic, which is a part of their manipulative strategy.

Imagine committing an horrendous crime during a psychotic episode, being 100% convinced it’s to save someone, then coming out of the episode. Regardless of the legal punishment, how does one come to terms with having done something like that?

My roomie’s mom is a psychopath. Very charismatic lady but dangerous to know if you don’t know how to protect yourself from being exploited. Since she had a stroke a couple years back, not quite as dangerous since she’s not as quick to keep up with her web of lies, but still a menace for anyone not smart enough to realize what she is. She’s stolen from her own children, has had a string of failed marriages, will always give you a lie when the truth would be simpler. The stories we have on this woman!

This guy is really good. Clear, concise & cute!

Really good video. This guy speaks very well. He explained his answers very clearly and thoroughly. I would say that I’m a man and enjoy true crime but not especially so. I enjoy it because I love to learn about extremism of all forms (terrorism, political views, etc), as it’s fascinating to know where the boundaries are at each end of the spectrum on any given topic and also why people end up with such extreme beliefs.

Fancy seeing Dr Das here!! He's the best!

What an amazing man! Thank you so much for sharing with us!!!

My ex boss is a psychopath. Exploiting his workers like crazy, never taking responsibility himself and always selling the team's achievements as his own. Now he's leaving the company and invited us for lunch, nobody wants to go. He doesn't even realise people don't like him.

This dudes a legend

I did some research about "successful psychopaths" about a year ago, my take away was :  Many people who hold positions of power in the corporate world such as managers, directors, supervisors etc. have been shown to score highly on psychopathic measures (Smith & Lilienfeld, 2013). Boddy (2015) explored a corporate psychopath's impact on work behavior with findings that indicate the presence of a corporate psychopath not only hinders productive work behavior, but also leaves workers feeling a lack of leadership, lack of training and lack of direction. A systematic review by Wallace et al. (2022) on the conceptualization of successful psychopathy revealed certain job roles encourage the psychopathic traits fearlessness, stress immunity and social dominance for positions such as doctors, lawyers, soldiers, and businessmen.

Well that’s one hell of an opener!

THANK YOU!!! I always thought that body language interpretation for lying was ridiculous. They say if you're nervous then you must be lying is such bologna! Everytime I watch one of those videos it pisses me the hell off!

Very good and interesting expert and questions asked here!