Criminal Minds Archives - Dr. Micki Pistorius

Debunking the Pseudoscience Behind the Manosphere Movement

May 8 2025

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Debunking the Pseudoscience Behind the Manosphere Movement

Adolescence, the trending Netflix series has opened a Pandora’s Box. Guest author, Mr Chris Jooste, MSc graduate in Genetics and forensic consultant unpacks the pseudoscience behind manosphere: Chris Jooste: In an era where science and data should guide our understanding of human behaviour, a disturbing trend persists in online echo chambers, the rise of the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Meddling and Peddling Poisons and Potions

Apr 3 2025

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Meddling and Peddling Poisons and Potions

In Greek mythology, Medea, princess of Colchis, was regarded as a sorceress, an accomplished “pharmakeía” and is often depicted as a high-priestess of the goddess, Hecate. When Medea was abandoned by her husband Jason in favour of Glauke, princess of Corinth, she took revenge on her rival by sending her a dress and a crown […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

A Renegade Gang of Roman Renaissance Female Serial Killers?

Mar 20 2025

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A Renegade Gang of Roman Renaissance Female Serial Killers?

Ironically the word ‘arsenic’ originates from Greek folk etymology as ‘arsenikon’, a neuter form of the Greek adjective ‘arsenikos’ meaning “male”, or “virile” and over centuries it was arsenic that women have been using to eliminate the males in their lives. In the mid 1600’s a trio of Renaissance Italian woman with a keen sense […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

Mar 13 2025

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The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

A champion for children’s rights and an activist for socio-economic reform, whose own father was committed to a debtor’s prison, was Victorian era author and literary genius, Charles John Huffam Dickens. In one of his lesser-known novels, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens raises the theme of an elderly man, Old Martin, employing […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

Jul 25 2024

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

This article is the second of a trilogy series on my signature theory on the origin of serial killers. In brief, in the first part I discussed how fixations in one or more or Freud’s psychosexual developmental phases plant the seeds of sexual and aggressive fantasies in a serial killer, which are then acted out […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

Jul 22 2024

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Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

Attending a murder scene, a detective usually asks the question: Who had the means, motive and opportunity to commit this crime and once that is figured out, it narrows down the suspect list, usually to a single suspect, or no more than a few. The motive could be greed, lust, revenge, or rage and is […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Tag: Criminal Minds

Debunking the Pseudoscience Behind the Manosphere Movement

Meddling and Peddling Poisons and Potions

A Renegade Gang of Roman Renaissance Female Serial Killers?

The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 2)

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers (Part 1)

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