Lori Park Ugh-so awful! And I’m sure this was in the days when were told they could not leave a marriage, it was forever, give up your suffering to Jesus, make sure no one knows (everyone knew...
@@maryannebrown2385 My grandmother wasn't exactly a saint. She drank too, and smoked even though she was on an oxygen tank with emphazema. Unfortunate upbringing for the two of them. I have learned what NOT to do with my kids.
I left my husband because of his pathological gambling. We lost our house, our car, good credit and lived in poverty all because of his gambling. My only regret is I didn't leave him sooner. I kept hoping things would get better (sunk cost fallacy). It never got better. I'm doing much better on my own. I don't waste my money gambling.
Sorry you had to go through all that trauma. With my ex, I was able to cut my losses before they became that bad. Excess gambling is certainly grounds for divorce.
Yeah, don't worry girl you aren't alone it's hard to love an addict (even harder when children are involved) we always think that surely they Will stop if the loss of their most loves ones is on the line... When you aren't an addict yourself it's impossible to understand why someone can't just not do it anymore (what's we their addiction is), and the thing is, is that the addict dies t even usually WANT. to do it anymore! Nobody wants to hurt, lie, and steal from the people that are most beloved in their life. During your active addiction it's like your brain is hijacked it's like you can't stop yourself no matter who you hurt Luckily, there is a treatment if you want to get better. But you can't get better for anybody else you have to get better for yourself. You have to want it! And you have to be dedicated to the treatment which is alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous. Until step program will do. And you have to do the steps and work the steps it's complete honesty! This is why you pick a sponsor that you trust and that you relate to who has a vast knowledge of the program and will not cosign your b******* because all addicts are full of b******* at first because they're already used to manipulating people in order to get their drug or to get money to gamble or whatever it is that they're addicted to. The 12 steps of N.A.(or any 12 step program for that matter because the steps are primarily the same in each program) have saved my life multiple times. They've helped me through situations that weren't even related to my drug problem which was theninkk⁶[yitial reason why I started attending 12 step meetings to begin with. But I ended up happening so is that I ended up meeting some of the best friends that I probably ever met in my entire life! It's free treatment for a devastating disease and the outcome is that you end up with a support system and really awesome friends that will be there for you any hour of the day or night. When you first start getting back on your feet from losing everything sometimes they help you financially even! I've been to multiple expensive rehabs and the result was clean time of about a week during the medical detox part then I'd leave and go home be alone again and use again. Getting involved in a 12-step program allows you to meet new people and surround yourself as positive people who have done the shameful things and working step 5 review of all this character defects and guilt and allows you to live with a clean slate all over again! I can't say enough good things about it. I really do hope (if kids were involved in your marriage especially) their ex-husband has given up his old ways and found a program, a great sponsor,b
@@supermeansadie6753 you ladies are so "innocent", you never do anything wrong.Have you ever considered that these knuckleheads you get involved with were raised by WOMEN.
Native here too. Saddening it’s our economy. It’s like a city ‘s economy relying on consumption of cigarettes and alcohol. They’re legal and they cause addiction.
I’m also a native Nevadan and I don’t play either, but I love my state & love that the casinos are here with all the entertainment. I’m originally from N.E. Nevada & there is other ways our state makes money. This state is like #3 biggest gold producer in the world, which is often overlooked & over seen by the entertainment industry. If that just shows the scale of how much money entertainment makes.
I really liked the way you talked about the dangers of casino. Your videos are really good and addicting. Thank you for taking time to make these, they are very much appreciated and very informative
@UCu1e6mMDpeduZDQ35bSq1Fw I understand, didn't pay attention to that aspect here in Serbia, but then again, in my little town we have like 6 gambling places... you don't need commercials here. As I understand in normal countries it functions in a way that you have a whole town dedicated to gambling but that's it. Here every little village has a gambling place.
@@QoraxAudio You don't play Russian roulette every day, you are mixing up risk taking with probabilities - hope it's not to justify your gambling habit.
I really appreciate how you present this horrendous crime with seriousness and dignity and with even a hint of compassion for this terrible man and your wonderful sense of humour directed at his dad. I think gambling is a primordial urge stemming from the eons in which hunting was basic to survival, the results being uncertain and the irregular successes so much needed and enjoyed.
That's a very plausible explanation to how the cause of the gambling addiction gets rooted in the human mind. It's built into our hunter gatherer DNA - and some unfortunate folk cannot resist the behavioural tendencies that are written onto their genetic code.
Yeah, I'm not always a fan of Dr.Grande videos- despite liking him - he was so much more soarring inhis speculation. Way more judicious than the media was. He made points about the casinos that were measured but accurate.
You're very close to the right answer. The survival center of the brain is semi-sentient and autonomous, and can take full control of the body in an emergency. It feels good when it does that. Since it's only "designed" for survival, it's not equipped with a conscience. The larger it is, the more dangerous it is. Drinking activates it, too. “In each of us there is Anʘther, whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how we look to him.” --CG Jung
An addict will lose their mind when a sudden loss occurs especially when theyre in the money. Its quick to go under and slow to get ahead. The thing is, an addict will go through 10 losses with the same bet thinking it has to win soon. Thats where responsibility comes into play. You have to accept the loss and reset, or continue until a comeback is out of the questiom. A lot of people just cant walk away. I can understand how he felt going bust. You feel ripped off, cheated even though you used your own good hard earned money. In the end, i think he was prepared to give the hotel a bad name. If he had won, i doubt there wouldve been massacre.
My mom went from addiction to cigarettes to addiction to gambling. It's not anywhere near as bad as it was but it's still not under control. She is in denial that it's an addiction and she only switched what gave her a dopamine fix. Addiction is in my DNA, from both sides. In my mom's side, we have the gambling addicts and on my dad's side we have the drug, alcohol and cigarette addictions. I definitely have struggled with addiction, but thankfully unlike my parents I have been able to cut them out of my life. I am clean and sober and have been for years now and I'm much happier than I ever was while I was trying to escape my mental illnesses and autoimmune disease with substances. While every day may not be a good one, I've learned to appreciate every one I have.
My mother's family has addiction problems too (among other things) and my grandfather was an alcoholic and gambled (he was great, but he died when I was 8 so I don't remember how far his gambling addiction was, and casinos are illegal in my country so I remember him playing cards at bars, but I think his alcoholism was worst). I'm not sure about my father's side of family, I wasn't very close to them but I will ask my dad just to be sure. So a lot of my uncles have alcoholic and gambling problems. I think because I heard my mom talk about how bad the situation was in her house because my gdad drank and gambled the money away, and I saw my uncles drunk on a semi regular basis, to this day (33) I feel uncomfortable near drunk people that I don't know and even when I know, I feel uncomfortable with people I know when they are too drunk. I drink very little, way less than once a month. And got really drunk just once when my mom died and I was so intoxicated that a friend took me to her house and looked after me. I think this fear I grow up with saved me because I'm diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bpd and others. So is kind of a miracle that I'm not addicted to drugs. Also because my mom always talked to me about drugs, in a honest way and I never had the urge to try. Actually I was already 27 when I first tried weed just because I felt that I wanted to understand what that fuzz was about it. I remember my mom telling me that her dad was awesome, when sober. But when he drank...he was violent and mean. My mom and her siblings are all fucked up in some way. A lot of them are/were very insecure, others very aggressive. Mental health issues is so widespread in my mother's family that my psychiatrist had a field day when I talk to him about the stuff that happened and happens. :(
Stevil: These things do seem to run in families, so there must be a genetic factor. Here's a question that may reveal some of the cause: Does anyone in your family walk in their sleep frequently? I'd really like to know.
I don't think the casino should share the blame. I think the drugs, alcohol, and depression influenced him to do this. He more then likely had some mental issues.
Shawna Burt didn’t you hear Dr. Grande? The casinos manipulated a mentally ill man. They use psychological manipulation. It’s like giving a drunk a fifth of whiskey before he plows through a school zone. No responsibility??
@@wmdkitty You're missing the point. Heroin dealers facilitate addicts who die from overdoses, so it''s ILLEGAL to sell drugs! Drug assicts aren't making a "choice" to shoot up again, it's a compulsion. The same cycle happens with gambling addicts, their lives become out of control and they experience dramatic changes in brain chemistry that have a tremendous impact on their ability to choose. It is compulsive. It is VERY similar.
Shawna Burt no one is justifying his crime or choices here but it seems like you really don’t understand what addiction does to the mind. Addiction is not a choice it’s a disease. One that the casinos will exploit grossly.
@Ward Cleaver I see why you feel that way, try to see it this way: everyone is responsible for their actions, but we need to understand why we do things so we can take action to stop. If a violent dad makes his son violent, the son needs admit it, then find trained people to help him stop. Just bcuz you know the start of a problem does NOT mean that you're off scot-free.And it doesn't mean his father was a monster, some things that we now know screw up people, they were normal in the past. Unless the father was trying to destroy his son, he should be given forgiveness.
@@metallicafan416 It's a joke going back to the 80s of "going postal" and the general discontent of paying taxes. Don't tell me it's not funny cause that's subjective. You just want to complain like a child. Oh pobresitaaaaaa there's words on the internet you don't like.
Dr. Grande, the only reference to *O.C.E.A.N.* 🌊🌊 I could pick up was that he drowned his despondency and SUD in the depths of an ocean of despair brought about by a delusional belief that reason could reverse itself. He displaced the🌚 N.E.O.N. (Letters taken from the acronym OCEAN) leaving out the “C” of Conscience - believing that NEON LIGHTS represented what he was missing in a genuine purpose in life. Very likely his existential beliefs were shattered knowing his Father Was a bank robber, and he indeed followed his dads footsteps. Thankyou Dr. Grande, excellent analysis on the gambling problem. 🍃🌿🌱
He had quite an empty life...so when his gambling no longer satisfied him..he had nothing! Maybe that's it in a nutshell. He had an existential crisis.
This was my suggestion from a few weeks ago that Dr. Grande Liked :) Appreciate u, Todd! The Las Vegas Massacre...still such a tragic mystery. I get that he was depressed, anxious, and suicidal...but how can we rationalize the murders? To my knowledge he had never been arrested or been known to be violent. ...if you haven't already, a mental analysis of Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook Shooter) would be interesting. He had severe OCD, but like Paddock, no history of violence.
@@IAMDC322 I'm not sure about his affiliations, but my son, an army gunner for over a decade, swears you can hear the difference between bump stocks and fully automatic. He and many other soldiers have said those were fully automatic, and there were no pictures of bump stocks released.
@@A.Krispy I'm still, to this day, unsure Paddock was even the shooter. Still found it odd that after shooting himself his gun ended up 4-5 above where his head ended up after falling, arms falling to his sides.
I live in Las Vegas. I remember when this incident happened very well. The police were never able to determine a motive. I never could understand why someone in his position would/could do such a thing. This video perhaps can explain some of his behavior.
This might sound morbid, but maybe he just did it for fun. You don't need a motive like racism, hatred of others, or mental illness to kill people. People can snap in an instant, and maybe that's what happened to Paddock
I think he was a psychopath or at the very least lacking in empathy and became suicidal. He decided to fulfil his sadistic fantasy before ending his life. It's a relatively common motive in mass/spree killings.
The Las Vegas Metro Police and FBI jointly determined that paddocks only motive was infamy. I think they were in a very large hurry to close this thing up. They were not willing to pursue the addiction angle as it puts the entire liability for the incident on the casino.
The center of your life is gambling and all of a sudden the thrill is gone, you keep gambling but the magic is gone then you decide to die but with one last overdose of excitement .
but why did this last thrill have to take out strangers? he had compassion for his girlfriend and family so he had some empathy traits; but what in his brain said I need excitement so I will kill people? It is going from addiction, despondency, depression to methodical planning of mass murder that I just have trouble understanding.
@@kaykayron2012 he probably saw himself as a risk taker, and what is more crazy than doing a mass shooting! Doing something small would satisfy his need for endorphins.He was a high stakes player. It is unfortunate he didn't have any hobbies or outside intellectual interests or relationships that could give him more meaning to his life.He was trully a lost soul! Was he acting on jealous feelings....look at all those young people having fun...or was he highly narccistic...doing this killing spree because he viewed these people like ants and so far below him or a combination of the 2 We will never know.
Instead of turning on the television the night of the LV shooting, I turned on the scanner and listened to it from the perspective of LE. It seemed as if many hotel/casinos were reporting similar occurrences at their properties. After about 15 minutes I turned on the television and my jaw dropped. A friend of mine at work had his daughter and wife there, both survived the shooting. They ran to a hangar at the airport. Is it weird to be fascinated by these stories? I can't grasp mass killing. Why would you want to kill innocent people you've never even met who aren't posing a threat to you?
This case kept me up at night trying to figure out how and why it happened. Thanks for the brilliant insight. This is by far the most thorough report I’ve seen.
Wow this is one of your best videos. Gambling never appealed to me so I’ve never tried it but I can see how it can lead to an intoxicating adrenaline rush of sorts. Your point on the casinos being well aware of the damage there causing was excellent.
My great uncle's wife apparently had a pretty severe gambling problem. My great uncle was, I assume, a pretty successful doctor and I was told that his wife wasted about 1 million dollars on her habit.
Great research and preparation Dr. Grande! Seems like this tragic event dropped out of the news fairly quickly given the number of people who were killed and wounded. A lot of information that we had not previously heard about Paddock and his life.
Thank you for your analysis. This case had me completely baffled. As usual, you used science and your expertise in mental health in order to make sense out of an incident that made no sense to the average person. I think there were quite a few conspiracy theories about this man and as usual you used science and logic to dispell the myths. You explained away the scary ghosts.
Awesome video, yet again; I'm so glad I found your channel! I remember when this happened in Vegas, I became obsessed as I watched the story unravel and how more & more information was coming to light about Paddock and the circumstances in which the shooting occurred. It makes me wonder: what is it that makes people like me and I'm sure many other viewers of your channel so intrigued by serial killers, mass shooters, psychopaths and dangerous criminals? Would it be possible for you to consider doing a video on why people are drawn towards the macabre, and why some are more so than others?
Could the fascination with murder is interesting. I can tell by the commercials on ID channel its mostly women with this obsession. Could it be some form of Schadenfreude?
Kris Jackson - all of us have a dark side with horrific potential, but watching stories of homicidal serial killers, etc. helps us to mediate those submerged latencies and allow us to continue our law-abiding ways. cues
Phenomenal video. Explained so much very thoroughly. I recently was in Vegas and I stayed close to MB casino and resort. I got chills just looking up at it. Such a tragedy that took place. I liked how you look at things from a very technical standpoint and not through emotion like most would. Subscribed!
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I remember when this terrible incident happened. People were marking each other safe a warning went out. It was classified as the "Violent Incident" on Social Media. I was marked safe, Asked "What is this?" and a friend told me about the shooting on the strip. It was a sad day for us all. We will never forget the victims of the Route 91 Festival.
Definitely in my top 3 channels on RU-vid. Highly informative and detailed. I'd be interested to see Jordan Belfort from the Wolf of Wall Street. Regardless, another superb video, as always!
In studying psychology, I really enjoyed your insight. Pathologies are dangerous given what some have assigned value/meaning to. When not externalized on a form of betterance, people lose their moral grounding. I understand how depression puts people into a corner where they feel there's no way out. But to go to the extent he did with zero regard for people's lives and their own societal value even when only attached to family and friends. It's just astounding someone can commit such an act without having any trace of evidence leading to a motive.
The problem with video poker is even though perfect play will give the house 0.75% edge. Which of course you can make that up with comps. The issue arises from the fact you're only going to hit a royal flush every 400k hands. So even if you're a hardcore gambler who can play 5k hand a day. You're still on average going to wait 3-4 months to hit one. However, somewhere along the line you're going to encounter a run where you don't experience one for 6-7 months, which could potentially break you.
There are many, many people who fit the problem gambling profile you described with Paddock. What I’m (and perhaps others) are interested in is why he decided to randomly fire his weapons at a crowd, killing 50+ people and injured many more, while so many others in his same predicament fail to act with such vengeance. Looking into Paddock’s history, he rarely formed close social ties, had few friends and certainly no good friends, and was a basically loner. To be frank, he was a social misfit; a loser. There are indications that he had Avoidant Personality Disorder, and very likely APD with narcissistic features. His hostility towards others was not impulsive, but calculated. He scoped out an outdoor concert in Boston within the previous year and even booked a hotel room overlooking the concert area. All indications point to Paddock having long-standing adjustment issues that, along with his gambling addiction and grandiose delusions, created a _perfect storm_ of anger, hostility, aggression and hatred towards those who he witnessed interacting freely with each other, easily having fun, sharing events together, and enjoying all the sociable interactions he was pathologically incapable of. He was driven by a bitter contempt for the world surrounding him that he never felt a part of. ...And of course, it was the world’s fault.
This... with the evidence we have which is like nothing, id have to say I believe you hit it on the nose as to why this depraved being did such a thing
For a long time, I thought that the Vegas shooter was the only shooter who didn't fit the profile. Active shooters are always people for whom the system doesn't work and whose life is a failure. I thought this shooter was the only winner shooter. He lost 75% of his wealth. I, also, stopped dating a girl after she gave away the fact that she has a gambling problem.
Sorry this is off topic, but l had a serious girlfriend that l broke up with because of her hardcore addiction to cigarettes. She died this year (2020)...nothing to do with COVID-19...she died of lung cancer. My college girlfriend was a heavy smoker...she wouldn't quit either. She too died of lung cancer about five years ago.
@@edgarcayce2.02 You did the right thing to leave her and it would have been good to leave the other one too. People who have these types of problem need professional help. The boyfriend/psychotherapist doesn't work in these cases. I'm prepared to be a boyfriend/psychotherapist for a woman whose problems are at a level where that would help her.
Part of me thinks that he couldn't stand seeing young people enjoy themselves with loud music and wanted to inflict the misery on them that he feels....typical of bored, sad people.
There are a lot of sick and bored with life people around, but what differentiates them between someone like Paddock, who decides to do something like what he did?
Kris Jackson Doesn't matter, every person is different. His actions are FAR from being justifiable, but I suppose you can "see" why he chose to do what he did.
I get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure about that. Apparently, he tried to set things up in a way that might have allowed his escape and he was wearing a bullet-proof vest. Also, he left no note or 'manifesto'. It's more as if he wasn't definately intending to commit suicide, but was willing to go that way if cornered. Which is what happened.
I consider myself pretty "into" guns. Your description of the bump stock was actually pretty accurate for a channel not about firearms. However from my experience with other gun people most of the ones I've dealt with aren't ok with the ban. Not because of the actual loss of the device (it's basically a range toy) but with the setting of precedent.
Red--This nation has far too many gun nuts, and far far too many mass murders... The Founding Fathers were referring to single shot muskets, not machine guns... What about our right to attend a Fourth of July Parade, and not get murdered?
@Red which is one of the most selfish arguments I have ever heard. People would rather sacrifice children then to allow a ban on something you don’t even use? This is why we are where we are.
Gambling, especially computer gambling like slot machines, creates a state of flow that is essentially hypnotic. Slot machine gamblers are known to fly into a rage when they hit a jackpot, because it breaks the spell - - winning money is not the objective, even though the gambler may think it is.
One may read that and think it preposterous, but you're absolutely 100% correct. The casinos do everything in their power to help create and maintain that illusion...the feeling the gambler gets when they're free of time and space, and they're able to get into that hypnotic flow that you alluded to. Did you read the Chris Hedges book where he gets into that?
A few years ago they opened in MGM Grand near my parents house, and I finally visited it last year. Never been into a casino before, but I found it creepy how people playing slots which is slowly feeding money into the machine like I do when I get a soda. Their expression looks so vacant!
I agree with what you say, but this guy was focussed and clear minded about what he did. He was not under any hypnotic spell or any other influence. He planned his grand finale for months and knew exactly what he wanted to do.
@@tomothybahamothy I read about it in a book by Chris Hedges called America: the Farewell Tour, which has a chapter on the psychology of gambling, especially with slot machines. The phrase used in the book is "anger and frustration."
I feel like trying to figure out what exactly happened in this man's head to make him do such an evil act is going to drive me crazy for the rest of my life.
You are very skilled in these forms of assessments and in communicating your results. I commend your efforts and congratulate you on finding a highly useful endeavor to capitalize upon your talents. In that regard I believe you are a positive role model.
(1) Your comparison of casinos to hypothetical drug-providing businesses was striking. Never have I thought about that, and your logic resulted in an epiphany for me about casinos; (2) Your knowledge of firearms is extremely impressive and, in these kinds of analyses, it is hard to imagine benefitting at the level we do benefit and understand, if you did not have and share such a monumental understanding of firearms--AND it is amazing that you can explain the firearms in any relevant analysis with such conciseness and clarity. There is NOTHING as good as your program anywhere on the net. Thank you for all your work you do, especially the research, to bring this treasure of awareness and fascination to us.
Surely it's a bit of a stretch to come down so firmly on gambling addiction as the culprit for this tragedy? There's no doubt that it had a role in Paddock's behaviour, but this guy was always moving towards negativity. In these situations a perfect storm of nature, nurture, circumstances, opportunity and cultural influences determine the outcome. This guy was a one off, I would bet that he was a very unhappy man throughout his life and there was probably very little which could change that. He was truly a product of a sick society. Merry christmas!
True point but that doesn't fit in many people's narrative, or even the one from the Media. All in the therms off "why he was doing it" because he wasn't your typical "living in your working poor mom's basement" school shooter. I suggest that a great amounth of people have a difficulty to understand because he had some cash in the bank. Which is totally cynical.
My ex husband did gambling. He always wanted me to go with him and sometimes I would so I could keep him out of trouble. But he wouldn't listen and would get mad at me. I usually won more than he did and everytime I'd win, I'd cash out and go into the ladies room and hide it in my shoe to keep to help pay the bills or he'd take it and lose it. I've had to call taxis to get home when he wouldn't leave and I had to go to work. Several years after I divorced him, he passed away after getting beat in Reno when he was gambling with some other people and ran out of money. I'd recommend never getting involved with someone who gambles; you can't help them and they will drag you down and take your money.
Can you please cover Randy stair. He was the one obsessed with a Nickelodeon cartoon and shot up the supermarket he worked at during his overnight shift.
Brilliant as always ‘doc. I’ve always wondered what could’ve possibly been going on with this guy and could never find a good answer. This made perfect sense. You truly have a talent for these analysis’. kudos!
I love how knowledgeable Dr. Grande is about firearms and if he doesn’t know something he does his research. So great to hear somebody just give the facts and not try to persuade you to think a certain way.
It's hard to ignore the influence of the criminal father, whether nature or nurture. Also, the gambling addiction seems to be both a cause of his downward spiral but also an effect of other factors. I wonder why the three brothers didn't succumb.
Hi dr. G. Please consider the Grant Amato case for a future episode, very interesting case and would love to hear your opinion. As always, thank you for the great content 😁
This event disappeared from the media so fast that people hardly remember. There were so many oddities about this whole thing and so many questions went unanswered. I haven't seen anything this huge (mediawise) disappear that fast since the OKC bombing.
You have to understand that the casinos live on the highrollers and celebrities and privacy. They get whatever they want. If they were to reveal everything about this man who was high roller ...nobody would trust the casinos or blow their money. Why you think they wanted to settle so fast. They weren't about to go to trial, and reveal all of their security failings. So basically if you are staying at a hotel there. The only ppl they give a fk bout protecting is the wealthy
@@moarroz I would agree with you had it been a few people shot and killed but it was far from that. This was too large in scale to be summed up to "protecting the wealthy". Remember, the mob founded this city and terrible shit has happened there for a long time. In the 90s they had nothing but gang members from L.A. causing trouble all the time. Vegas has cleaned up nicely since then but no matter what happens there, people haven't stopped going.
@@moarroz That's very possible, I admit. But because this event got secreted away so fast we'll never know what really happened. His wife's back in the Filipines and other than a brief interview with investigators she totally disappeared
My whole family are gamblers. They frequent vegas. My mom was all excited to go and i was like yeah haven't been back there since i was ages 9-12. Then my partner decided to cancel dish and get apple tv instead. He kept telling me to watch apple music instead of youtube for "better quality"...I'm not an apple fan. But i found eminem videos so i clicked. I happened to first click on his darkness video. And i totally forgot about it myself. Like how tf was the window broken? Did they ever explain that. That's what freaks me out. I thought the windows n buildings were safe or at least hard for a person to break. Scary. I don't even really gamble but i like to protect my mom wherever she goes lol
If he was angry at the casino, he would have shot up at the casino workers, not the concert that had nothing to do with the casino. Really, no one knows why he did it.
Have you been to a casino that would be quite difficult and devastating to his ego. Causing more narcissistic injury. He stained that damn casino cuz i won't go back there....fuk that lol
speaking of poker, id love to hear your thoughts doc on if human vs human poker is more skill or luck? cheers from the uk doc and thanks for all the hardwork you put in into making these vids. stay safe!
as an entrepreneur he was a risk taker. in his business he worked, risked and was ultimately rewarded..with millions. perhaps he was simply replicating that experience but in this case lost. and with no way to win decided to commit suicide. and with each action of the rifle, each casualty was some small win in his mind. Im not diagnosing anyone here. ty Dr grande
I agree with your assessment of Steve Paddock, I’m an alcoholic and sober for 33 years but I throughly understand addictions and how they can manifest themselves in destructive ways, I understand what vulnerability’s are all about especially coming out of a dysfunctional family environment.
I like how the doctor can relate the arc of Stephen Paddock’s life in such a narrative form. I wonder if Paddock could have had a severe form of adult ADHD because of all the risks he took in life.
Thank you Dr. Todd Grande for your excellent analysis of the mental health of Stephen Paddock. I don't believe that he committed this crime by himself. Nonetheless, I find it interesting that his father was a bank robber who escaped from prison. The cycle of dysfunctionality certainly plagued Stephen as well. I have spent a lot of time in Las Vegas and dated 3 or 4 gamblers. They were all addicts and substance abusers. They all suffered from depression. One of these men couldn't even get up from the poker table to meet me for our date. A definite red flag that something is seriously wrong. Stephen Paddock was treated by mental health professionals in Nevada who prescribed his anti-anxiety meds, but those records were never released. Your analysis is the best explanation we are ever going to get.
Interesting Dr. Grande. I've never been a person to gamble whatsoever nor have much respect for casinos in general. I really like the way you put things in your conclusion. I never thought of it that way before. It makes me sad that, we as a society, allow that destructiveness to vulnerable people.
The motive of revenge against the casino is the best theory I've heard about this incident. I have often wondered about the role Valium played in Stephen Paddock's behavior. According to Wikipedia the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines have the counterintuitive side effect of producing rage and aggression in some individuals. Could that have played a role as well?
there is no actual difference between a 'held down' trigger on a fully automatic weapon and a bump stock, except that you feel it more on your finger and that it is less user-friendly. a fully automatic weapon uses recoil the exact same way, only it doesn't exert any pressure on your trigger finger when it returns the bolt for another go. in other words, this is not just a semantic ambiguation, but a mechanical disambiguation where it is not appropriate. generally speaking i am a big fan, but i do feel like this was a surprising take. the important distinction between semi and fully automatic has to do with the *pulling* of the finger. if you're not pulling, it's auto in most ways.
I live and Work in Las Vegas. That night , I had the evening off, my supervisor called me around 7:00pm and asked me to work at MGM resort just 1/2 mile from the Concert and Mandalay Bay.... I turned it down. 3 hours later it was Crazy town . I live only 2 miles from the strip, Cops, Ambulances, Fire trucks, Helicopters and people every where , soooooo tragic !!!. ( Hey y'all , just a heads up, the Mega Corporations bought up all the Casinos, the Mob is now Wallstreet, You can forget about Video machines, they Nolonger payout... Also, the Casino Comps are worthless, compared to what you put in $$$$$ !!!. I've experienced better days, but now, " forget about it !!!". In the 60s and 70s you could really experience the true Vegas. The Mafia treated the players like royalty. I don't Gamble any longer, been there done that, No more !!!.
Dr. Grande, you seem to know quite a lot regarding firearms. May I suggest two adjustments in terminology : the human action of actuating the trigger is PRESS; as trigger PULL is defined as the amount of force required to engage the trigger in a reward position. This trigger PULL is measured with a specific tool using pounds or kilograms. Trigger PRESS is the application of this force by the user. Also, I would suggest the term FIREARM rather than WEAPON. A WEAPON can be almost anything. Further, the law in most States, such as Florida, ONLY CONSIDER A FIREARM TO BE A WEAPON IF IT IS USED ILLEGALLY. There are other reason I could send if interested. Just my thoughts, Sir.
It's refreshing to hear a clinical/technical breakdown of a case like this done by someone who obviously has a personal knowledge of the firearms involved.
Helped me understand that my dads gambling addiction wasn’t all that different than my meth addiction even though he calls me stupid for my addiction and tells me how much better he was than me for choosing the horse track and his stupid system to winning over shooting methamphetamine like I chose
And a lot of narccism. I bet he considered himself SPECIAL and HIGHLY SUPERIOR...this was his one way ( he hoped ) of proving his specialness...and deepdown..feelings of inadequacy...which didn't fit that image...hence this rather desperate final act.
You provided a very good explanation of what is a "bump stock". Most people don't know this. With that many people grouped together, rifle accuracy affected by the bump stock really did not matter. What makes this case so puzzling is the suspect's lack of motive. Your opinion that he had a gambling addiction combined with depression is the best explanation I've heard about this case to explain the suspect's actions.
My theory at the time was that Paddock was an arms dealer. That his claim of being a pro poker player was just a front for his illegal business. His brother even said " Stephen was an arm.... Wait i don't want to have this taken out of context". Lots thought that the brother was about to say " an army of one". I postulate that he was about to say " an arms dealer".
This is a really mysterious case, and I always thought it was odd how quickly it was dropped by the media. The shooter didn't fit into any of the usual profiles for this kind of behavior. He was successful, had no history of violence, was not socially isolated, had relationships with women. The gambling addiction doesn't explain the kind of anger that would drive an act like this. I think you were too quick to dismiss his interest in conspiracy theories.
The take away was marvelous. One could substitute a political figure with the casino. Placing all their bets on one candidate. Another insightful video.
I moved out of Vegas about 2 months after this incident. I worked at Caesars palace for a while and was on my way to work when this tragedy happened smh
I live in Vegas and was close to the shooting at the time of. Paddok doing this by himself was not possible unless bullets can go around corners. Big cover up going on for sure.
When you talk about the brain pathology, I was reminded of Chris Benoit. I know his case has been reported by numerous parties but would love to hear your take on it! This is the first I heard of Steve Paddock and it's just tragic! I appreciate your commentary on casino as well♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
To paraphrase the late Rick James, Dopamine's a Helluva drug! But seriously, I've seen the effects of gambling on my extended family. It's literally insane. People that should otherwise be well-off & living comfortably, are on the verge of homelessness.
I feel like if he really wanted revenge on the casinos, he would've had a manifesto explaining what they did to him. There was more at play. It may have just been a fuck you to humanity in general.
As someone who worked as a Slot Tech in a big casino for six years, I can verify that Dr Grande is 100% correct in his assessment of video poker machines. You cannot “count cards” with video poker. They run on RNG (random number generation), and are games of pure chance, just like slots. I know all the digital casino games inside and out, and unless they are SPECIFICALLY labeled as “skill based” (not even legal in most places), they are all purely chance. HOWEVER, the “percentage of return” doesn’t work the way Doc said. The 99% return, is calculated over MILLIONS of “spins” (plays of the game). I could sit you at a 70% return game, and a 99% return one, and you couldn’t tell me which was which.
I don't go to Vegas anymore, I simply mail a check to the casinos every year thus saving a bundle on airfare and lodging. Thanks for another great video, it was very informative.
when people start talking about the government taking their firearms, given everything we know thats out in the open about how our system and lobbying works, it makes me worry they are up to something themselves. not enough to panic, it just sets off that flag.
I had a lot of friends who were there that night, I was actually there the weekend prior and almost stayed to go to the concert. In 2019 there was a shooting at Saugus High School, which my friends and I graduated from and had children and other relatives who were at the school for that shooting. Being present for one mass shooting is scary enough, but then to have your children in one shortly after is devastating.
He scouted other locations. He always did things for other people. Everyone who knew him said he was very generous. Is it possible that after Sandy Hook, he wanted to create a tipping point to finally get some regulation on guns? Maybe by shooting a massive number of voter age, conservative people at the largest venue in the U.S., he could get the attention necessary to bring about reasonable gun regulation. Just a thought. When I heard that he scouted Fenway and another location in Vegas, but chose this concert, this is what came to mind. I'm a correctional officer with 34 years experience and a R.N.
Good presentation. I very much liked your wrap-up and the emphasis on gambling as a no-win, losing behavior, sanctioned and encouraged by government and the gambling industry.
