Mind. Motive. Media.
Every criminal case generates two stories: the one the evidence supports, and the one the public is told. Mind. Motive. Media. is about the gap between them.
Host Melissa Deadrich holds a master's degree in psychology with a forensic concentration. Each episode, she goes beneath the headlines to examine what mainstream true crime leaves out — the psychology the genre gets wrong, the legal distinctions that disappear in the narrative, and the people whose stories deserve a more honest telling.
This is true crime for people who want to slow down, look closer, and ask better questions. Because the crime is only the beginning.
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Episodes
4 episodes
Episode 03: Built to Confess
In July 1997, 18-year-old Michelle Moore-Bosko was raped, stabbed, and strangled in her Norfolk, Virginia apartment. Within months, four of her neighbors — all active-duty Navy sailors with no criminal records — had confessed to the crime. With...
Episode 02 - Perugia: When Four Systems Fail Together
What happens when a media narrative, cognitive bias, a legal structure, and a single prosecutor all fail in the same direction at the same time? In this episode, forensic psychologist Melissa Deadrich breaks down the Meredith Kercher case — not...
Episode 01: Why Are We So Drawn to True Crime?
Before diving into specific criminal cases, host Melissa Deadrich sets the stage by turning the lens on the true crime genre itself — examining why we're so drawn to these stories, how media framing shapes what we believe, and what biases we br...