Criminal

Laura Richards, Jim Clemente and Lisa Zambetti discuss the Central Park Jogger case portrayed in Ava Duvernay's four part Netflix drama 'When They See Us'.

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We continue our coverage of the Netflix docuseries "The Tinder Swindler" aka "The Snake" per Laura. Laura points out many of his behaviors are power and control tactics, which you will see if you look up Duluth Minnesota’s power and control wheel.

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You may have heard of the so-called "Tinder Swindler" on Netflix but you haven't heard anything until you listen to Laura and Jim's analysis of this serial offender as they correct the narrative about Simon Leviev. Big shout out to the three women, Cecilie, Pernilla and Ayleen, who came forward to tell their stories about how he tore their lives apart.

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Just after 5am on October 2nd, 2012, in Petoskey Michigan, 911 dispatchers received a call from a man by the name of Carl Kopenkoskey. Standing on a remote country side road beside his brother Lyle’s red pickup truck, Carl had made the call out of concern for his missing brother.

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We continue our interview with David Robinson, who describes what it is like for him with the one year anniversary of his son Daniel's disappearance approaching on June 23rd. Jim and Laura discuss key lines of investigation. David also tells us about finding community with other families of loved ones who have gone missing. He is determined to make their voices heard through his "Day of Remembrance" in Phoenix,

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October is Domestic Violence awareness month and Laura updates us on how the term “coercive control” is being used more frequently when describing domestic abuse in the media - but, it is not being correctly nor fully defined. Lisa shares her take away from reading Casey Hammer’s book “Surviving My Birthright” which contains more shocking disclosures about growing up in the wealthy and powerful Hammer family. Laura talks about “emotional dysregulation” and how victims like Casey and Gabby Petito are often misidentified when they are suffering from it.

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Jim and Laura continue their behavioral analysis of the victimology and the crime scene and discuss the findings of the autopsy report with Lisa. The #RCP team loosely arc across the HBO documentary "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hill" to structure some of their discussion. Caveat: please be advised that the content of this podcast is graphic and may be distressing to listeners.

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On August 2nd, 1980, eighteen-year-old Candace “Candi” Rough Surface vanished while out for the evening in Mobridge, South Dakota. Nine months passed before the young mother was found.

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Laura explains the differences between “macro-grooming” and “micro-grooming” and how she believes Hammer desensitized his intimate partners, slowly pushing their boundaries to get what he wanted. We also discuss the differences between fantasy and reality when it comes to healthy sexual behavior and the importance of consent.

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Sophie Lionnet had dreamed of becoming a nanny and was excited when an opportunity presented itself working for a glamorous and upscale family living in England. However, the innocent young girl couldn’t see the ominous horror creeping just beneath the surface. In fact, no one could.

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