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Kill - Inside the Mind of Lizzie Borden - Living with Murder - The Psychology of Aftermath

Kill - Inside the Mind of Lizzie Borden - Living with Murder - The Psychology of Aftermath

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How does a mind live with murder for thirty-five years? Episode three examines Lizzie's psychological endurance from trial through death, exploring whether she maintained innocence through dissociation, sociopathy, or extraordinary discipline. Analyze ten months in jail preparing psychological armor, the performance of innocence in court, and post-acquittal social imprisonment at Maplecroft. Investigate the mysterious eighteen ninety-five break with Emma after thirteen years—did guilt become unbearable or did Emma finally demand truth? Examine twenty-two years of solitude, consistent denial until death, and whether someone can successfully compartmentalize double murder across decades. Modern psychological profiling reveals possible diagnoses: antisocial personality disorder, dissociative disorder, or trauma response. The psychology of never confessing and living successfully with terrible knowledge or terrible injustice.
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