Today we cover the very recent case regarding Matthew Coleman and his family. As always, listeners may find the details graphic. How can a conspiracy theory go too far? And at what point could this have been stopped, if at all?

Definition:

https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

In academia:

https://philarchive.org/archive/PIGPRO#:~:text=According to Popper, the 'conspiracy,the conspiracies of the gods.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2021.1917364

https://www.britannica.com/topic/conspiracy-theory

In a criminal case:

https://www.aol.com/matthew-coleman-qanon-dad-charged-124313246.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABFaIXNG6CBF3rkBYOq5yL_rk4ibZBeRSWv_6PME2pgVvPq10j3puigO3SJCJDRShVVSLIdkjhegrqNvzOAesM202I8esKELnCrqjh8q2sxuwA7dAvMLblPgopk4zYblJB6XFK8IYNRuvbH6Dmg19iNUjumBhHiUdtCYa_o7xFV1

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/santa-barbara-man-indicted-san-diego-killing-his-children-mexico

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21040988-matthew-taylor-coleman-fbi-docs/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-dad-killed-kids-serpent-dna/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1gpet92/on_august_9th_2021_it_is_alleged_that_matthew/

Photos:

matthew-coleman-b2106286.html

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/arraignment-postponed-for-santa-barbara-man-charged-with-murdering-his-children

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/qanon-the-conspiracy-web-creeping-into-u-s-politics-quicktake

This case covers a domestic violence case and how a whole family can blow up at the hands of one person. Tiggy also educates James on the law of diminished responsibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M'Naghten_rules

https://askewslegal.co/insights/criminal-law/the-defence-of-diminished-responsibility/#:~:text=The legal defence of diminished,consideration of mental health factors.

https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-disorder

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1111/1556-4029.13789

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22879041

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/familys-heartbreak-beloved-harlow-mum-9531224

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2340134/Mark-Golds-Let-finish--Murderer-demanded-police-let-stab-girlfriend-arrested-moments-fatal-knife-attack.html

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2013-06-12/harlow-killer-gets-life/

https://vlex.co.uk/vid/r-v-golds-792604053

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-20115446

https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-golds.php

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-18868258

https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2015_0053_judgment_4d36e99af2.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0053

This week we cover a famous case in which those involved in the story themselves travel together to discuss the implications of their case. What is the weapons focus effect, and how can it change an innocent man's life forever?

Definition:

https://www.college.police.uk/research/projects/effect-visual-distractors-weapon-focus-effect-eyewitness-memory#:~:text=One phenomenon that has been,the individual holding the weapon.

In academia:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10545598/#:~:text=E. F.-,Loftus et al.,when he held a check.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10545598/#CR67

In a criminal case:

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ronald-cotton/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/etc/script.html

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/the-perfect-witness

Photos:

https://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/picking-cotton

https://www.alamy.com/ronald-cotton-right-is-shown-in-this-1984-police-photo-following-his-arrest-on-rape-charges-in-burlington-nc-cotton-was-convicted-of-the-rape-of-jennifer-thompson-in-january-1985-eleven-years-later-he-was-released-from-prison-after-dna-testing-showed-that-bobby-poole-left-pictured-in-a-1985-police-photo-actually-committed-the-crime-burlington-police-department-via-ap-image509086492.html

https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/news/jennifer-thompson-the-concentric-circles-of-harm/

This week we cover negligence and a horrific case regarding a teenagers needs not being met. Even with a phone available to the victim, she was still unable to call for help. We explore this and more in today's episode.

Definition:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/negligence

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/criminal negligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_negligence

https://go-legal.co.uk/reasonable-person-test-in-professional-negligence-claims/?srsltid=AfmBOopf1SYgxrNLAJLB6X2pA9CG-26WJSyXT_QOQFO4Y32ckFINpgSu

In academia:

professionalnegligenceclaimsolicitors

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35913874/

https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.12536

Negligence in a criminal case:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/kaylea-titford-father-admits-he-heard-daughter-screaming-the-night-before-death

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-02-07/how-the-abhorrent-neglect-of-a-vulnerable-teen-was-hidden-from-the-outside-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kaylea_Titford

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/14/kaylea-titford-had-no-care-plan-in-place-when-she-died-review-finds

Photos:

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/kaylea-titford-father-jailed-for-more-than-7-years-over-obese-daughters-manslaughter-as-mother-gets-6-years-12821352

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/clinical-negligence/

This week's episode covers the shortcuts in our brains and what happens when we don't use them! It underpins all our daily interactions, and James and Tiggy find out that they could never become council house cleaners!

Definition:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.html

https://www.medicinenet.com/what_are_the_four_types_of_schema_in_psychology/article.htm

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-schema-2795873#:~:text=Simply put, a schema describes,is available in our environment.

In academia:

https://www.verywellmind.com/piagets-stages-of-cognitive-development-2795457

Event Schema in a criminal case:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/action-your-creditor-can-take/changing-a-court-order-for-debt/#:~:text=If your creditor has taken,full by a certain date.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/20/lodger-body-hidden-sheltered-housing#:~:text=Pring's skeleton was finally discovered,following a county court order.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8633012.stm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267987/Bristol-flat-Alan-Derrick-lived-10-years-corpse-hidden-sofa.html

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2019/07/27/grisly-discoveries

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-flat-where-tenant-alan-derrick-lived-216356

Join Tiggy and James as they discover the concept of psychological autopsy and the case of Kristen Trickle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_autopsy

In academia:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10483187/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540261.2024.2378075#d1e164

Psychological autopsy in a criminal case:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristen-trickle-colby-trickle-kansas-psychological-autopsy-criminal-case-to-determine-mindset-of-fatal-shooting-victim-48-hours/

https://hayspost.com/posts/0379c4b5-8e93-4dcb-8d83-cfb4b8537b90

Photos:

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/location-not-allowed

https://www.kake.com/kansas-man-who-killed-his-wife-used-insurance-payout-to-buy-sex-doll/article_b2d8efe1-ea52-5bc1-9adf-c95caf19c8fe.html

https://www.facebook.com/ColbyTrickleMusic

FLASH- now you remember everything. How does that work? What's the research about? What's your personal flashbulb memory? Join us as we discuss one of the most intriguing and widespread flashbulb memory of all.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/flashbulb-memory.html

https://www.simplypsychology.org/flashbulb-memory.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8007835

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.984

https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publications/crashing-memories-and-reality-monitoring-distinguishing-between-p

Flashbulb memory in a criminal case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip#Joining_Young_Bosnia

https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/june-28-1914#:~:text=When it was learned that,perceived threat to Serbian independence.

https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Bosnia#Formation,_membership_and_ideology

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/25/the-trigger-gavrilo-princip-surprisingly-sympathetic-review

Today we talk about how too much confidence is a bad thing. Tiggy tells James about how a flight ended in death and destruction when two pilots make a BET on how to land the plane. That bet costed lives, and what happened to the pilots?

https://www.scribbr.co.uk/bias-in-research/the-overconfidence-bias/

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/career-map/sell-side/capital-markets/overconfidence-bias/#:~:text=Overconfidence%20bias%20is%20a%20tendency,behavioral%20finance%20and%20capital%20markets.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389615000944?via%3Dihub

https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2681&context=faculty_scholarship#:~:text=For%20income%2Dgenerating%20crimes%2C%20the,offending%2C%20controlling%20for%20other%20risk.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377781931_Managing_Overconfidence_Bias_in_Decision_Making_A_Review_of_the_Literature

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/black-box-down/id1503540842?i=1000527474261

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/326909

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_6502

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/russia-plane-crash.html

https://www.unilad.com/community/russia-pilots-land-passenger-plane-blind-disaster-bet-792951-20231031