This is kind of a surprise bonus episode. I've been working for months on a true-crime series of podcasts from my hometown of McCook, Nebraska, where a heinous double murder was committed out of a love-triangle gone bad--and the people killed had no direct involvement with this salacious three-way affair. It's a bonkers story.
I not only interviewed the lead investigator of the case, but I also talked with the author of a book about it (IN COLD STORAGE, University of Nebraska Press), and will include audio from official police interviews and the murderer's confession.
I wanted to include a forensic psychologist on the podcast to bring some clinical insight into the mindset of the people involved and how normal, everyday people go off the rails and do things they would never rationally do under normal circumstances--and I found one, Dr. Mario Scalora, PhD, from the University of Nebraska. Listen for him on upcoming episodes about this jaw-dropping case.
But I also started talking to Mario about our nation's collective mental health right now and what the hell's been going on with the insane number of mass shootings, the uptick in violent and overall crime, divisiveness and just how people seem really pissed off and angry about everything.
This episode is a result of that extended conversation which I thought was pretty interesting and I hope you do to.
Recorded at the Hi-Way Diner in Lincoln, Nebraska. Go Big Red!