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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

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Monsters May be Closer Than They Appear

Monsters May be Closer Than They Appear
25.07.2025 20

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

3 Reasons We Dismiss Cops Who Deny Rumors

16.07.2025 50

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

How to Classify a Serial Killer

30.06.2025 50

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Good News and Bad News—"I’m a Psychopath"

15.06.2025 10

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Did a Movie Line Inspire a Murder Spree?

29.05.2025 10

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A Mind-Mapping Technique to Find the Missing

29.04.2025 20

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Are All Serial Killers Psychopaths?

09.04.2025 9

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Music and Violence: Songs That Inspired Infamy

17.03.2025 8

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

5 Ways Predators Target Kids

11.02.2025 10

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

3 Dimensions of Youthful Psychopathy

01.02.2025 60

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A Keeper of Lost Causes

An attorney’s persistence in reviled cases shows a recipe for winning.

03.01.2025 5

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

The Call to Kill

Some serial killers claim to take human lives for spiritual gain.

14.12.2024 10

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

When the Doctor’s a Serial Killer

Lethal physicians who repeatedly kill patients are rare but deliberate.

30.11.2024 10

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

The Sex Drive of Sadists

A new study confirms a predictive link between lust and a desire to harm.

17.10.2024 4

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How to (Not) Get Away with Murder

Crimes arranged to misdirect attention often show known red flags.

03.10.2024 3

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Seeing the Person in a Skull

Perception plays a pivotal role in drawing the dead.

23.09.2024 8

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Serial Killers, True Crime, and the Con Man

Expert on serial killers outed as fraud shows ease with which people can be duped.

29.08.2024 3

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Predatory Girls

Immersion in crime culture inspired some females to kill.

20.08.2024 3

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

The Detective Who Never Gives Up

In a career that’s tough on women, persistence and grit can pay off.

27.07.2024 1

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Ted Bundy’s Back Story

After decades of silence, Bundy’s cousin describes her close encounters.

22.07.2024 2

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6 Ways to Safeguard a Murder Hunch

Bias that taints investigative logic can undermine justice.

13.07.2024 1

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d