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Ed Gein - The Psychology of Justice: Evaluating, Understanding, and Learning from Ed Gein

Ed Gein - The Psychology of Justice: Evaluating, Understanding, and Learning from Ed Gein

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 Ed Gein The Mind of the Original Psycho: Episode 3 Summary - The Psychology of Justice Episode three examines Ed's psychiatric evaluation, schizophrenia diagnosis, and the insanity defense that determined him not guilty by reason of mental illness. The episode explores his decades of institutionalization, treatment attempts, and why he remained fixated on Augusta despite medication. Comparing Ed to other necrophiles and mother-dominated killers reveals what made his pathology unique. The episode investigates nature versus nurture, questioning whether genetic vulnerability or abuse created the monster, and explores criminal responsibility when mental illness is severe. Concluding with prevention strategies and what forensic psychology learned from Ed's case, it examines how one destroyed child became America's most studied killer.
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