Episode 970 • • 59:51 - 1:03:38
970: Golf Bag Nukes
Forensic Psychiatry Analysis, Spectacle Crimes and Genetics
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner analyzed Stephen Paddock's motives, noting that "stranger mass homicides" are typically committed by younger men seeking notoriety, such as Aurora shooter James Holmes. Welner suggested that for an older man like Paddock, the crime was likely a "spectacle" designed to instigate a specific cause or derivative impact. The discussion also touches on the genetics of psychopathy, noting Paddock's father was a bank robber on the FBI's Most Wanted list.