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Splintered Minds: The Psychology of the Unthinkable

Splintered Minds: The Psychology of the Unthinkable

By: Sebastian Gray
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Splintered Minds goes past the crime scene tape to uncover what drives people to commit unthinkable acts - and what happens when tragedy strikes.

Each episode explores both crimes and disasters through the lens of psychology: motive, trauma, fear, and the mental patterns that lead to devastation.

You’ll hear stories told with compelling detail and expert insight. No shock tactics. No filler. Just gripping storytelling and a deeper look into the human mind - how cruelty, obsession, and collapse take shape, and how we can recognize them in the world around us.

If you want true stories that challenge how you think about human nature, listen to Splintered Minds.

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Episodes
  • Jeffrey Dahmer: Feeding the Void

    Jeffrey Dahmer: Feeding the Void
    Nov 5 2025

    Inside Apartment 213, loneliness took physical form. Jeffrey Dahmer wasn’t driven by rage or revenge—he was driven by the fear of being left alone. This episode of Splintered Minds peels back the myth of the “monster” to reveal the psychology beneath: how obsession with control twisted into ritual, how the hunger for connection became an act of possession. Through real case detail and clinical insight, we explore how a man trying to preserve love ended up preserving bodies. This is not a story about madness—it’s about the breaking point where the need to hold someone becomes the need to consume them.
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    34 mins
  • Lizzie Borden: Eighty-One Whacks

    Lizzie Borden: Eighty-One Whacks
    Nov 1 2025

    A quiet home. Two brutal murders. One daughter accused. More than a century later, the name Lizzie Borden still cuts deep. In this episode of Splintered Minds, we strip away the nursery rhyme and the myth to expose the psychology beneath the axe: power, repression, class, and the breaking point of a life lived under control.
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    31 mins
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