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Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

Aug 29 2024

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Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

The sensational reporting of Jack the Ripper terrorising Whitechapel London in the late 19th century, can serve as an archetypical portrayal of the dichotomous troubling relationship between the press and serial killers. The public craved all the details of the murders of the prostitutes and the press complied with gory descriptions, accompanied by a sketch […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

Aug 17 2024

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The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

In 1886, the sexologist Kraft-Ebbing treated the Marquis de Sade’s work as a compendium of sexual pathologies and gave the term ‘sadism’ its clinical definition. The Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814) was an 18th century French nobleman and author, who wrote several books when he was imprisoned for […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

DR. MICKI PISTORIUS

Psychologist, Author & Profiler

After earning my BA, I worked for eight years in print and television journalism. Then, I was accepted into the University of Pretoria’s psychology program, where I earned a doctorate and became a psychological profiler for the South African Police Service. After resigning from that position, I returned to journalism, writing and producing documentaries before opening my own psychology practice. I continued lecturing internationally and authored seven books, including the bestseller Catch Me a Killer. In 2010, I pursued an Honours degree in Biblical Archaeology…

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Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

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