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Dr. Marissa Harrison

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Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I'm not sure. That's a good question. So one, I guess, reason at the forefront would be that women can kill their husbands, right? So they're going to get married and they're going to kill him and they're going to take his insurance and his inheritance and everything else. Ride that out for a while. Get married again. Let's kill him. Take his stuff. Get married again. Take his stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I'm not sure. That's a good question. So one, I guess, reason at the forefront would be that women can kill their husbands, right? So they're going to get married and they're going to kill him and they're going to take his insurance and his inheritance and everything else. Ride that out for a while. Get married again. Let's kill him. Take his stuff. Get married again. Take his stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I'm not sure. That's a good question. So one, I guess, reason at the forefront would be that women can kill their husbands, right? So they're going to get married and they're going to kill him and they're going to take his insurance and his inheritance and everything else. Ride that out for a while. Get married again. Let's kill him. Take his stuff. Get married again. Take his stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Lydia Sherman that I was telling you about, her nickname was the Derby Poisoner. That's what she did. She killed this husband. I'll get him out of the way. Then she married an old widow widower and he was dead within months. Then she married Mr. Sherman, who was fairly wealthy, and she got him out of the way and attempted to collect the insurance money. But she didn't get away with that one.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Lydia Sherman that I was telling you about, her nickname was the Derby Poisoner. That's what she did. She killed this husband. I'll get him out of the way. Then she married an old widow widower and he was dead within months. Then she married Mr. Sherman, who was fairly wealthy, and she got him out of the way and attempted to collect the insurance money. But she didn't get away with that one.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Lydia Sherman that I was telling you about, her nickname was the Derby Poisoner. That's what she did. She killed this husband. I'll get him out of the way. Then she married an old widow widower and he was dead within months. Then she married Mr. Sherman, who was fairly wealthy, and she got him out of the way and attempted to collect the insurance money. But she didn't get away with that one.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And they went back and solved the other crimes. So, right. That might be one reason for the multiple marriage marriages, multiple targets. Right. Um, but what, what I wanted to go back to, if I can, is right in the beginning you were describing, well, you know, they're married, they're sort of educated, this, you know, um, that's exactly who you wouldn't suspect, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And they went back and solved the other crimes. So, right. That might be one reason for the multiple marriage marriages, multiple targets. Right. Um, but what, what I wanted to go back to, if I can, is right in the beginning you were describing, well, you know, they're married, they're sort of educated, this, you know, um, that's exactly who you wouldn't suspect, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And they went back and solved the other crimes. So, right. That might be one reason for the multiple marriage marriages, multiple targets. Right. Um, but what, what I wanted to go back to, if I can, is right in the beginning you were describing, well, you know, they're married, they're sort of educated, this, you know, um, that's exactly who you wouldn't suspect, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Like if I said, Chris, describe somebody who is not a serial killer. Well, grandma who, you know, stays at home, makes cookies, maybe, um, has had two marriages, maybe has three kids, goes to church, sells stuff at a bake sale, goes to synagogue, sells stuff at the bake sale. That's the person you wouldn't suspect.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Like if I said, Chris, describe somebody who is not a serial killer. Well, grandma who, you know, stays at home, makes cookies, maybe, um, has had two marriages, maybe has three kids, goes to church, sells stuff at a bake sale, goes to synagogue, sells stuff at the bake sale. That's the person you wouldn't suspect.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Like if I said, Chris, describe somebody who is not a serial killer. Well, grandma who, you know, stays at home, makes cookies, maybe, um, has had two marriages, maybe has three kids, goes to church, sells stuff at a bake sale, goes to synagogue, sells stuff at the bake sale. That's the person you wouldn't suspect.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Hiding in plain sight. Exactly right.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Hiding in plain sight. Exactly right.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Hiding in plain sight. Exactly right.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

This is interesting. So when I documented, I did that analysis more thoroughly on female serial killers, and we found everything from mothers who died when they were young, abandoned them, fathers who were abusive. We found physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse. So we did find that in female serial killers' history, to a degree greater than chance, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

This is interesting. So when I documented, I did that analysis more thoroughly on female serial killers, and we found everything from mothers who died when they were young, abandoned them, fathers who were abusive. We found physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse. So we did find that in female serial killers' history, to a degree greater than chance, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

This is interesting. So when I documented, I did that analysis more thoroughly on female serial killers, and we found everything from mothers who died when they were young, abandoned them, fathers who were abusive. We found physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse. So we did find that in female serial killers' history, to a degree greater than chance, right?

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

So more so than someone in the general population would experience. But let me tell you something that I don't necessarily have data on that I probably could gather data on. But when I wrote the book, Just as Deadly, I put together about 27 different case studies. And I try to write about the psychology and whatnot. And what I did was I wrote about Five men and then the rest were women.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

So more so than someone in the general population would experience. But let me tell you something that I don't necessarily have data on that I probably could gather data on. But when I wrote the book, Just as Deadly, I put together about 27 different case studies. And I try to write about the psychology and whatnot. And what I did was I wrote about Five men and then the rest were women.