Am I the only one that after watching these wants to sit down with this physiatrist and let him pick apart all of my problems for a couple of hours!. This doctor is very intellectual and has a very soothing manner.
Ikr..! That would be an interesting experience... I wonder what he looks like, with that soft voice. Saw a glimse of a grey ponytail in first or second session...
@@mynamesjudge Yes, however the psychiatrist is zeroing in on threats having been eliminated, that includes anyone possessing unattainable features and goals.
Psychiatrist-"Your eyes look very dilated,let me look at them with a flashlight. Good, the drugs are in full effect. Now let me ask you a thousand questions and admit it into your trial"
The juice is spiked with LSD...really though I’m surprised he doesn’t refuse to drink it because it’s an open cup! I don’t know I’d ask for a sealed bottle
I have been watching all of James Holmes interviews and he COULD HAVE contributed a lot to society. My heart goes out to all of the victims and their families. Mental illness needs to be understood & supported.
@Tubecreeper his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected. so he is not legally insane. near-psychotic, self-worth, meds all that means squat. he's not crazy and is rotting in prison as he deserves
This psychiatrist is excellent. Allowing James to explain his bizarre thought processes and beliefs while not being condescending and judgmental. Very calm manner works well here.
Holmes introversion is so intense; he kind of overlays with the incel/autistic community and suffers extreme lack of insight and social skills. The man talking to him is perfect in how he approaches him gently, logically, consistently and neutrally.
It's a very difficult task. The dr asks all the open ended questions, so he's leading the conversation, but JH should be doing most of the talking, but it's not working out that way.
I dont believe it was poor timing i think they heard in the conversation and genuinely were laughing about it and it did bother him listen to his subtle *okay* he says to himself he did it later on when he laughed with the doc and was letting his guard down it sounds like some kind of self control mechanism of his emotions in other words he was angry
His brain is jacked to the point where he barely even remembers doing it. Us people who aren’t ill with his affliction will never be able to understand without an education in psychology 😂🤷🏻♂️
@@Mommyandtux ….Oh most def!! I’m probably average. Possibly a hair more, but I’m definitely not the sharpest crayon in the box 😂 As for him, he’s extremely smart when it comes to something he’s highly interested in. And very booksmart too, obviously. I mean, the dude was on a scholarship with grant money being given to him. He majored in Neuroscience, specializing in the limbic system. Now I’m not interested in that subject, but I definitely couldn’t do college as well or as easily as him 🤷🏻♂️ I’ve watched all these & he’d only study an hour or two then watch 📺 for the rest of the night. Meanwhile, he pulled off a 3.75 gpa 🤯 At least until the end. He bombed his last test then dropped out. By then he was obsessed with “his mission”. So mentally, he was about to snap & needed psychological help, big time!
Therapist tries to justify the use of meds when Holmes clearly states they made it easier to commit the crimes. This is relevant with a lot of mass shootings.
He would've done it regardless. Whether or not he would've felt upset during, before, or after is meaningless. 42 million Americans have taken antidepressants. Almost 16 million have taken them for 5 years. Long-term usage is surging. Mass shootings are not. Looks at the numbers. Deduction isn't difficult.
That's interesting..can you timestamp where he talks about that? I was just reading about the Canadian nurse who killed several elderly people with insulin overdoses and she says something similar - that she didn't realize the gravity of her crimes until she stopped taking seroquel. Unfortunately other crimes (and most psychiatric "thought") tell us different things. Vince Li, who stabbed, decapitated, and defiled tim maclean on the Canadian greyhound bus, for example, was a schizophrenic who had gone off his meds and was amidst a horrible psychotic episode where he thought everyone was out kill him. He was actually released into the community recently (under a new name) under at least the condition that he takes his medication, so it must work for him.
@@adamwillis908 And accurate. Do some research. www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/08/06/el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio-shooting-victims-mass-killings-by-numbers/1922454001/
I am experiencing so much compassion for James Holmes watching this, and it is very confusing. I would not have thought that possible but seeing just how broken his mind is is so sad.
Read the book about Lynne Fenton’s experience treating him. “ Aurora”. He was not this gentle and kind towards her leading up to the shooting. She was terrified of him. He refused to cooperate and share his plans even though they suspected something was very wrong. He wasn’t sitting in front of a camera for all to see so you saw the real James Holmes. Of course in this world we blame everyone else for people’s actions except them. My bet is you’ll blame Fenton.
@@MrCjchamp I have read her book. I don't disagree with your thoughts about him. I did think her book was very self-serving, in terms of frequently attempting to shift any notion of lack of adequate response on her part. I know she did get a lot of serious criticism from all quarters. I could not see any fault on her part, from everything I've been able to discover. I disagree with you only on how vile he is. I was on the fence until reading the book by Reid (very disappointing. It's more like he wrote an article for a mag and it was padded out to book length). In that there's a lot of info about the time before trial. There's a lot of description of him as he was observed 24/7 in his cell. When he had the breakdown he almost died a few times from starvation, dehydration. The level of complete disintegration to the point of death isn't something anyone can fake. And why would he? He never tried to escape or deny what he did. I think he was a sweet decent kid who succumbed to extreme mental illness. He then chose to do something horrific and evil beyond understanding, based on insane delusion. He cannot be allowed anywhere near others he could possibly harm ever again. But he is a terrible example of the devastating effects of severe mental illness. Not only on the person afflicted but on society at large. My heart breaks for all touched by this awful tragedy. Including him.
At 1:03:39 James Holmes admits an interesting thing. That he developed a lack of fear of death and the consequences for killing people AFTER he went to a psychiatrist named Fenton. The drugs he was put on are supposed to reduce anxiety and fear. So the drugs that society gave him, could have actually made it possible for him to even do these killings, because his lack of fear of the consequences and his lack of fear about dying had little to no effect on him. He also mentioned that it may have just delayed it and it would have happened anyways, but it's interesting to note that the drugs we may be dumbing down these people with, may actually speed up the process of them doing something really crazy. If this is true, this is not good. The most alarming thing is, the psychiatrist only spent 2 mins examining it... lol - James didn't elaborate (which he usually doesn't) and the psychiatrist just let it go.
@@_Anna_Nass_ Typing in James Holmes and Zoloft actually brought me to an interesting page I've never found before. His mom said this in her book, *When the Focus Shifts* she was taking her own anti depressants leading up to her sons trial. In one section, she describes the effects of taking the lowest dose of an SSRI antidepressant in March 2014: _"I have become fatter, ‘flatter’, dumber, number. Less tearful, yes. Unfortunately, less of everything. The sunset and the beach no longer lift my spirits."_ She continues: _"I sit through church service and sift through the Bible, uninspired. I’m fuzzy. Weird dreams. Crying used to be a release. Now I cannot cry, or laugh. I hate this feeling."_ Arlene Holmes, a nurse, wrote that she stopped taking the pills before the trial, telling her doctor she wanted to be able to feel things and to cry if she wanted to. If she had a bad experience with an SSRI antidepressant, what would she make of David Healy’s view of her son’s case? *When we finally spoke on the phone, it became clear Arlene and Bob had never seriously considered the effect antidepressants might have had on their son’s behaviour. In fact, they hadn’t even known of David Healy’s involvement as a pre-trial expert witness.* They also talk about the move they made, where Holmes was sawing at his arms with cardboard. His mom never realized that he was cutting at his wrists, but it must have made an impression on her. This and the fact that he was severely depressed is the reason why she took him to see the social worker (in these videos James never knew why exactly they went, but they went because she realized the move made him very depressed) She said the social worker determined that Holmes was punishing his mom by being sad, because of this move. On top of that he lost his only girlfriend, just before this happened, Gargi Datta. Datta's testimony was her first public comments since the shooting. Prosecutors have said their break-up in February 2012 was a catalyst to the shooting five months later. She was Holmes' first romantic relationship, District Attorney George Brauchler said, but she told Holmes that she didn't see a future for them. While they were dating, prosecutors say, Holmes sent her messages saying he wanted to kill people, but she didn't take him seriously and suggested he get therapy. Holmes never revealed to her that he was amassing an arsenal of weapons and body armor in meticulous preparation for the attack, prosecutor said. In a video played earlier in the trial, Holmes said he fell in love with Datta. He had written about her in emails to his parents, saying he had cooked dinner for her on Valentine's Day. The two played board games together with friends, watched movies at home, shared dinners and were in the same stressful classes, Datta said. But Datta said she wanted to end the relationship in January 2012 when she returned from winter break. _"I had already told him in the start that it was a casual relationship,"_ she testified. _"I didn't feel I was getting closer to him. I think he liked me more than I liked him."_ *This is such a strange case. A case of depression, utter loneliness, social anxiety, anti depressants, a very shy and non talkative family, and mix this in with very lax gun laws and you have this recipe for disaster...*
If anything he wasn't on enough meds. If he didn't want to mass murder they wouldn't be dead right now. He could of went to his families house and told them. He had a lot more chances than a lot of people with mental issues get.
These types of interviews should be conducted for anyone who survives after commiting this sort of crime. It's an excelling deep dive into the mind of a mass murderer. I'd love to hear the thoughts of Peyton Gendron and Kimbrady Carriker.
I have already watched the first and second interview, why is it that part of me FEELS SORRY FOR THIS KILLER. He is obviously mentally ill. So sad for all those victims and their familes.
Because just like the victims had no choice in their fate, he did not choose to be born as James Holmes. This is one of the countless reasons why I am anti-natalist. A person can't be hurt or hurt someone else if they never existed and were brought here.
3:03:10 I bet his wireless headphones were paired with his phone, and he didn't realize it. He had them out listening to his iPod, so he could have taken them off to make the call. So he thought nobody was there. Happens to me all the time.
the shadows and watching things on the wall or ceiling , is something ive experienced, it happens when you have been awake too long, i experienced it from taking stimulants and also when begining fluoxitine, i liken it to watching tv but in black and white, its relaxing to watch. like watching a moment in time. they cant see you, they dont know youre there. and you can bring it on by staring. kind of like those 3d books, i could never see the pictures until i was in that state. the blur of the eyes makes it easy.
I can honestly relate to Holmes. I’m not condoning what he did but when you are that depressed and going through psychosis it’s really hard to snap yourself out of it. I’ve dealt with mental illness all my life and I can understand how painful it must be for this guy. Again I’m not condoning anything that he did , but I can understand where he was at and I was there many times. I felt like there was no hope and people were all against me. Thankfully I receive therapy and take medication. It’s just sad that someone didn’t receive the help they needed and this is what the end result was. Don’t assume and be kind to all beings.
Try hardening up and train your mind to think the other way. Most of us deal with hardship and pressure in life, and handle the ups and downs. More and more nowadays people are using "mental health" as an excuse for their inadequacy. Reality is most of them are feeble minded.
@@JeaneGeniei disagree, I had a strong mind and always put the grind first and then I developed schizophrenia and the strong mind was suddenly broken. Try being totally intoxicated and try being totally sober as you are sober, it is impossible.
I have watched many of these interviews and he is mentally ill he is now in jail where he is given meds that his physician failed to treat him . Maybe with proper treatment those poor people would still be alive. I hate he did this and many people died because of him. My mother was mentally ill she seen things not there and her kids were imposters I hated it for me or my siblings but it must been hell for her
I'm glad I plodded through the first two, even though they were pretty heavy due to James's social awkwardness. They did however reveal some of his mental difficulties' (and/or medication affected) baseline. Here James is much more open and talkative. Maybe he's more relaxed with the shrink at this point. Very interesting to hear more of his thoughts and views, as twisted as they are - just more uncluttered. Only a few nopes and yups this time around!
It's painful to hear the conversation about the Joker and the shrink not knowing that it's a character out of Batman and James not explaining it properly 😣
It always seems Shrinks (and police/investigators if you think about it) are oblivious to ANYTHING in pop culture or media... for such "intelligent informed geniuses" they sure don't know anything outside of their narrow profession...
10 min left. I believe the doc is trying to see how James feels about what he did 2 yrs previous and he states that he doesn't like thinking about it, as it's not a nice memory, however, he is not saying he feels bad or feels regret in regards to what he did. I think the doctor is trying to get him to say this by repeatingly asking him and he's just kind of staring at him as if he truly doesn't know what else to say. This is happened other times during this interview. And it does have a lot to do with him not being able to understand his feelings? Anytime he's asked about how something affects him or makes him feel, he doesn't actually give a description of a" feeling". It's sad to watch this because, if nothing else you would want to hear him say that he feels regret. The only time I heard him mention the word regret or regretful, is when he found out after the fact when he was at the police station, that a little boy was killed in his rampage. He also seems to have gone into this thing almost like a war; like in a video game or even a real war for that matter. In the sense that he heard someone scream when he first started shooting or maybe it was with the tear gas I can't remember now dang it, but after that he didn't hear anything at all. As a matter of fact he played music in his ears from the beginning, which he said he barely even heard the music. Edit:(accidental post) It's like in his head he had a "mission"that he was on and that was it- anything else going on around him he was oblivious to if that makes any sense. He didn't even realize who he had hit until it over.
Interesting watch. It's obvious that he's I'll, but he's also very smart and not completely out of touch with reality. I sometimes feel like he might be trying to study the psychiatrist, while possibly trying to outsmart the doc with some of his answers. It'd be great to hear what his head was thinking during those long pauses. It's almost hard to believe this mild mannered kid was such a raging lunatic/monster to have slaughtered all of those people.
Omg he reached out for help but was ignored!!!!!! And the burnt money to his psych dr symbolized he didn’t have the money to go seek help. And he was blaming the system because he needed affordable healthcare But in the other hand he could have committed himself and he could’ve called 911 for help they would’ve answered!!!!!
If he committed himself, they would have only held him for 3 days max. There should be a plea option “Guilty and Criminally Insane,” where he could be committed to a mental health facility for life.
There is something very very strange about this man. He was a very intellectual student who discovered certain things about our brain and psychology. They drugged or brainwashed him in the zombie that he is nowadays.
thing that stuck out he wasnt willing to shoot police in back but was willing to shoot unarmed people in back. he specificially mentioned shooting at 2 people running in theater but missed.
He mentions body dysmorphic disorder. I suffer from that too. I can testify that it’s beyond excruciating. I never thought of hurting other people but I have been suicidal because of it. The pain it’s caused in my life is so great that it would be impossible to quantify it. I actually feel some sympathy for him knowing this.
I wish there were long form interviews with Edmund Kemper (this long). He’s interesting to listen to in my opinion. I enjoy hearing the background in these interviews but I feel like Holmes has very little insight as to others or even himself. That’s what I like more about the Kemper interviews
Kemper also SEEMS smart and talks like someone with a high IQ. Part of me wonders either whether James cheated back in school (4.0 gpa and he can't remember basic things or form coherent sentences?) or the examiners he had or IQ testing he took was flawed in some way, bad methodology or whatever. James' attack itself wasn't intellectual and was rather simplistic. Idk, maybe he's Keyser Size. I look at him just as a dullard and a meatball and dipshit who should've never had access to any guns let alone the weapons of war he had. Good thing he sucked at playing soldier. He walks in with an assault style rifle with 100 Rd mag and kills 12 and injures 70 unarmed unsuspecting victims. I'm a military veteran and one of my awards was for marksmanship. If it had been me who did the shooting it would've been 75 dead and 10 injured. His death:injury ratio for an attack like the one he fudged just shows what a fuckup he was. He couldn't even commit mass murder correctly.
I recently discovered these posts and have not been able to stop watching. I remember when this happened and followed the case closely, but mainstream media only regurgitated slight variations of data with the sensationalize-ometer setting set to full. Then immediately dropped it when the the next tragedy occurred (par for the course). I do want to say that the events that occurred on that night are horrific, and if any family or friends of the deceased read this, you have my utmost sympathy. That being said, Im glad these interviews are public. At the very least to provide one example of the type of behaviors that serious mental illness and personality disorder may look like. Early detection provides the best chance at preventing something like this from happening. I’m only speculating, but am willing to bet the signs were there for awhile. This is an illness that is extremely degenerative if left unchecked. If you watch his original video when he is being interrogated at the station that night, he is very concerned about the demographic of his victims. Now they are all just a “value”.
This is hell, and he probably deserves it, kept in to a host of artificial drugs, meant to keep him in this living coma where everyday is a sterile Groundhog Day. He lives in a cage never to get out, and limited interaction of two or three people. May god have mercy on his soul, cause all Earthly hope is for him in abandonedment.
Sounds like Fenton may have short-changed the patient with the summary condensation of the sessions from one hour to about 10 minutes (if what he says is true). The main task, therefore, of the therapist should be to identify the extreme cases and treat them on an ASAP basis without let up. Easy for me to say - but the therapist, especially in a clinical setting is trained for this purpose, the pressures of bureaucratic and multi-tasking demands not withstanding. In other words, when the patient for the first time arrives at the office for a session, the therapist should clear the slate, as it were, and give the impression - if not the reality - that the individual is first and foremost and she has been looking forward to his arrival time with anticipation and interest.
1:44:50 what are the names of the medications? I think the second one is lexapro (antidepressant) and the fifth one is zantac (reduces stomach acid) but I cannot decipher the names of the other three.
Risperdal (Risperidone) an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and bi-polar. The weird thing is that he says he’s on the same dosage in prison that the psychiatrist prescribed before the shooting. He seems so medicated here. Why didn’t the meds quiet the impulses before the “event?”
Risperdal (antipsychotic), lexapro (antidepressant), “vistarol” (probably meant “vistaril”, which is prescribed in psychiatry for anxiety), and “cogentum” (probably meant “cogentin”, which the doctor clarified right after; anti-tremor med often prescribed to offset involuntary muscle movements associated with side effects of antipsychotics).
This doctor is brave! I would be terrified to be in the same room with this guy! He is clearly heavily medicated Thank god for the safety of the doctor.
This doctor wound up writing a book about this called, “A Dark Night In Aurora”. Obviously word play of the movie that was playing called, “The Dark Knight Rises”.
Thank you Doc! All I wanted to know, is what happened to the points, if someone killed him. You got that answer for me, and I don't know how I could repay you.
When you are mad because nobody notice your new shoes.. " I'm going to ask you a strange question, do you see any differences in the way I'm dressed today from the way I was just yesterday... I'll wait..." Lol
One additional note. There is nothing extreme or unique to the munitions he acquired , not in the gun owners’ world. Those are commonly bought firearms , and ammo is very often bought in bulk, primarily for cost reasons. Millions upon millions of gun owners already have what he acquired, and continue to make these purchases everyday across America - without incident . Are we to flag every buy , of every American ? That’s as much impossible as it is legally flawed. And how much is too much ? Says who ? AOC and Pelosi ?? Now that’s batshit crazy It’s always a challenge to have these exchanges with non gun owners because they simply have no understanding of the true breadth and scope of gun ownership across our nation. . They seem to think its a small fringe group , and they couldn’t be more wrong. Tens upon tens of millions of Americans keep arms (again, without incident), with estimated 300 million guns in private hands. In actuality , the mass shooting numbers are extremely tiny in relation , given these numbers .. in fact , the numbers involved with these shootings are not even measurable when true metrics are employed and studied.
the psychiatrist abruptly coughs a few times...... sometimes once, twice, 3 times and even 4 times........... is that to remind him to look into the current convo in more detail when hes watching it back? ..... or to notify the 3rd party listeners to take extra note of what hes saying at that time??
In all the hours I’ve watched this guy, and it’s a LOT, I’ve never seen James pull a face that I would even consider selling a gun to. Whoever let him should be on there with him.
I don’t think his is working very well, do you fuck face? And, I do have a hearing aid thank you very much. But I left the damn thing at your mom’s trailer park.
Holmes said he didn't shoot the cops outside the theater because they had their backs to him and he didn't want to shoot anybody in the back. Yet the victims he was shooting at were ALL shot with their backs to him as they ran. He's a liar and a coward. He just didn't want to get shot by people that can, and will shoot back.
@@DennisAlexioAndyHug I mostly skip thru to the good parts the Highlights, when I have time. Why would I talk shit to a stay at home mom? That's messed up?
@@TheElektra There is nothing wrong with this doctor. The only purpose of these interviews was determine whether or not he was legally sane(did he know right from wrong) at the time of the shooting.
It’s frightening that a young man who sounds so harmless and friendly is the same man who was a terror sending people to their agony and putting people in the ground.
They probably drilled that " any problem can be solved with death " saying in his head and that symbol could be some sort of tripper or the saying is . I do not tho that symbol tripped me out .
Interesting how the Dr starts out the interview being real nice and the end of the interview, the Dr is starting to be aggitated with his tone and voice. Even the doc can't hold it together.
I mean you literally have to spell everything out, dumb it down and spell it out again a different way to get any legit answer/response from him ffs LoL
I find it unprofessional of the doctor. He works with people with mental disabilities OF COURSE it will get frustrating. At interview one I realized the way he needed to ask questions. And he didn’t. He puts too much info into one question and also doesn’t listen well. He needs to break them up more in a simpler way. They have tons of hours so I’m not sure why he didn’t do that!
I have bipolar disorder type 1 and the way he is acting reminds me off the feeling I had when I first went on my meds compared to when I’m in mania ... no feeling , no anger , no nothing , completely numb inside ... I’m sure he’s on anti psychotic medication, another reason his eyes are always enlarged and bulging ...
Why can't I stop listening to interviews with killers and criminals? I think these types of interviews really shed light on what seems incomprehensible.
Yeah agreed. The guy in the Vegas killings left absolutely no documentation or social media profile. People without this digital fingerprint as well as someone who commits suicide during the event, give us no data, so we can figure out how to stop these types of things.
@@TheNaturalhumandiet Oh, you fools and the typical Satan cop out. That's a cop out so you don't have to learn anymore and delude yourself into thinking you understand something you don't. First of all she CAN stop listening to interviews with killers and criminals. She is compelled to in order to learn more about them, to understand them better in order to protect herself from them. It amazes me how much of what you do is outside of your awareness.
When you see a lonely kid in your school, don't go with the sheep and ignore them. Ask them if they are ok, get them involved, do anything. Social anxiety is not nice and it can lead to a real disconnect from reality. It's actually a normal reaction to finding yourself in a world where you feel like you can't connect with others and would happen to most of us if we were so isolated. It's sad that some kids have no other choice and they end up doing crazy shit that ruins their lives. Holmes is interesting because he's such a nice guy, yet he did this horrific thing. Most people I know possess a darkness he doesn't seem to possess and to me that's the scariest thing.
@@ozorna9401 if he were more involved with other people, more social, he might have been more in touch with reality or at least had people to talk about his "schizotypal" thoughts with, and maybe realize there were other alternatives to them. Disconnection can do some weird shit, to healthy people even. Im not saying he was ever healthy to begin with, but support and connection help mentally ill people as well. It's not all hopeless, and it's not all about medication.
@@ozorna9401 Not towards the end. That's my point - you can have "weird" beliefs, but things can become less toxic or imminent when you're out of the echo chamber of your own mind . I also think James felt more self-worth when he had friends and went on dates , and his whole "mission" was to kill people to increase his self worth. I don't think the shooting would have happened had he been actively talking with other people and doing things outside the confines of his mind
@@tinaferr He had an unquenchable desire to commit homicides since he was a kid. Having a more active social life won't change that. And again, he was social.
Knowing he saw 3 mental heath professionals directly before the shootings is creepy. It was withheld from the trial. Think that these psychologists or mental health professionals should have authority to place an alert to not sell firearms to risky people such as Holmes. Even though firearms can be bought on the streets I think some people already knew he was unstable cause he was going off into another world when students would call his name he would not answer.
Thanks for the like. In all seriousness we need to look at these people as if they are no less than is. We have to start accepting them in order to learn about mental illness. Why do we make mental issues and illness a taboo? It is no different than having a viral illness respiratory illness etc we just don't know effective ways of treating it without throwing a pill at folks. Idk I think to damn much
At 51:30 he’s asked about his penis. He said it’s small. The doctor asks, “How small?” He replied, “I don’t wanna talk about it.”........Ladies & gentlemen, we’ve found our motive for this deal 😂😂
Yes except I was watching it on my chrome tablet and it was sitting next to my pillow because it’s a little hard to hear; and the psychiatrist ruffled his papers loudly, and I started to open my eyes because it woke me up, and for a minute I thought James Holmes was sitting right in front of me LOL it was pretty scary.
I couldn't help but laugh at the whole "Oh yeh, my shadows were juggling, la'de'da..." 5 minutes later... Axes and knives? I thought you said the shadows were happy little fellows that were juggling? "Oh, they were juggling heads" Good lord!
@@cheryllmorais5116 And you think you can comment randomly to strangers and assume they will cater to your insane world view that demons and shadow people exist in it. YOU. Have a foul mouth and are INCREDIBLY rude. If you want to believe in your delusional ramblings, don't preach or assume them on others. You nut. - only in America.
I didn't think this psychiatrist was making any progress in the first session, but I'm starting to warm to him. He's figured the guy out, he's just still having some difficulty getting the guy to have (or admit to having) insight about his feelings & why he killed people.
3:02:00 I think it's around this point that my heart sinks knowing that if that one call had been successful that all those people may have lived, must be hard for the psychiatrist to hear that.
I know. It's so sad and frustrating. I read the psychiatrist he admitted having homicidal thoughts to, believed he was borderline and a 72hour hold wouldn't be effective, infact she thought itd make him resentful. I'm curious what his diagnosis is.
Kevs308 no. He didn't reveal his plans. You can't lock someone up just for bad thoughts. The world doesn't work that way. The guy intentionally held back his plans and told us why in his notebook.
1:44 Doc: “Anything else you want to convey to me about the notebook” JH: “No” Besides being a really funny moment for me to watch, I’m pretty sure it also would’ve been the moment JH turns “14” (in value pts) He was so over the notebook interrogation
@Crime Vault - I want to thank you for the tenacity you put in to this series. Specifically how you summarize each interview, directing us to the parts we might be most interested in etc. You have gained a new viewer due to this great work. Keep it up!
If it wasn't for the timer and the doctor's movements, it feels like you're the hearing audio while looking at a still photo. He literally never moves the slightest bit throughout the entire 5 hours of this video.
Can any native answer this for me There are moments where he laugs/chuckles (example: 2:52:20) and everytime he is done laughing he says 'okay' in the end. As this behaviour would not work in my native language I was wondering if that is the sign of the 'shy-ness' or 'freeze' or is it a normal thing to do in eng depending on the region? (never came across such thing till now)
It seems very strange to me as a native english speaker, it seems like a self control mechanism. It might be part of why he walked away from this interview and received a schizotypal personality disorder diagnosis, a disorder characterized by flat affect and social anxiety.
I know this is 4 years after the fact, but he struggles with social anxiety and that's my take on it. I too struggle with a lot of anxiety and do weird things like that. Maybe that's it?
I think the kid is telling the truth here. I feel like the psych could have asked better questions but I don't know what they would be. It looks to me like the kid had gone off the rails due to being alone with no one to help but that he is much more "sane" now behind some medication or something.
