Forensic Profiling 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

Cougars Poisoning: Lusting for Young Lovers

Apr 18 2025

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Cougars Poisoning: Lusting for Young Lovers

Several cougar poisoners killed those who opposed their relationships with younger men. American Martha Wise almost wiped out her entire family, and two South African women were executed for poisoning their husbands to pursue their young lovers. The Things We Do For Love, is a song released in 1976 by the British band 10cc. The […]

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

Feb 27 2025

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Mask of Tragedy – Munchausen by Proxy

Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen would entertain the 18th-century Germain aristocrats with stories about his escapades during the1735-1739 Russian-Turkish War, exaggerating to such an extent in 1785 it inspired the German author Rudolf Erich Raspe to write a book, titled Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, with a […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Women who commit Patricide – The Infantas

Jan 17 2025

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Women who commit Patricide – The Infantas

The banner painting is that of Margaret Theresa of Spain, born on 12 July 1651 who at the age of 15, by her marriage to Leopold I, became the Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Was James Maybrick Jack the Ripper – Ha-Ha Who has the Last Laugh?

Dec 5 2024

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Was James Maybrick Jack the Ripper – Ha-Ha Who has the Last Laugh?

In 1998 at a serial killer conference hosted by Liverpool University, I met author Shirley Harrison, author of The Jack the Ripper Diary, Chilling Confessions of James Maybrick, and not only did she sign my copy, she also allowed me to hold the original Diary in my hands. What better way to kick off December […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Authors’ Debate: Unmasking Jack the Ripper – James Maybrick or Walter Sickert?

Nov 28 2024

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Authors’ Debate: Unmasking Jack the Ripper – James Maybrick or Walter Sickert?

Two authors, Patricia Cornwall and Shirley Harrison, tried to unmask Jack the Ripper. Ms Harrison’s candidate is James Maybrick and Ms Cornwall’s candidate is Walter Sickert, whom she also linked to the Thames Torso Murders, a contemporary of Jack’s Whitechapel murders in London in the late 1800’s. A person can be profiled by analysing the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Killer-cops: The Pangaman and the Human Hunter – Double-faced Janus

Nov 21 2024

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Killer-cops: The Pangaman and the Human Hunter – Double-faced Janus

Divided by 30 years, two brutal men held a city and a town ransom during a reign of terror. One went undetected by the police for two years yet hid in plain sight, whilst the other committed murder for three years in full sight of the police. One was a low-life White man, whilst the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Tag: Forensic Profiling

Debunking the Pseudoscience Behind the Manosphere Movement

Cougars Poisoning: Lusting for Young Lovers

The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

Mask of Tragedy – Munchausen by Proxy

Women who commit Patricide – The Infantas

Was James Maybrick Jack the Ripper – Ha-Ha Who has the Last Laugh?

Authors’ Debate: Unmasking Jack the Ripper – James Maybrick or Walter Sickert?

Killer-cops: The Pangaman and the Human Hunter – Double-faced Janus

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