Dr. Micki Pistorius

Psychologist, Author & Profiler

Tag: True Crime

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 […]

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La Voisin & Maria Lee: The Allure of Female Poisoners
Apr 24 2025
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La Voisin & Maria Lee: The Allure of Female Poisoners

Besides both being regarded as infamous poisoners Catherine Montvoisin, colloquially known as La Voisin, a key figure in the 17th century-Affair des Poisons in France, and Maria Lee, a notorious murderer in post-Second World War South Africa, had several traits in common.  Although neither were attractive, they both had a certain sensual allure, that ‘bewitched’ […]

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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 […]

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Smelling a Rat – Rodenticides, Female Rat Poisoners
Apr 10 2025
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Smelling a Rat – Rodenticides, Female Rat Poisoners

The standard answer “I bought the poison for rats” alerts experienced detectives to “smell a rat” and investigate female poisoners.  Rats are commensal, benefitting from human proximity.  They evolved millions of years ago in Asia and moved in with humans, for humans provided a readily available source of food, whether their crops, their granaries or […]

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Angels of Death- Tipping the Scales of Themis
Mar 6 2025
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Angels of Death- Tipping the Scales of Themis

Themis is the Greek goddess of justice, divine order, law, and custom and her symbol is the Scales of Justice. Her Roman equivalent is Justitia.   She personifies divine law – “that which is put in place”.  Judges were often referred to as “themistopóloi” – the servants of Themis.  Many defence lawyers in Angel-of-Death nursing […]

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Mask of Tragedy – Munchausen by Proxy 
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 […]

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