A collection of cases, minds, and motives.

  • The panopticon effect

    The most powerful prison is not built with walls, but with the fear of being watched. In psychology there are many mental experiments that are designed to change a person’s behavior, ideas, beliefs, activities, etc. These experiments can be seen as unethical or dangerous, but there is one that is one of the most fascinating…

    Why do people kill?

    Not all killers are monsters As a society, we visualize killing as an act of pure evil and the most desperate and deranged act a human can commit. But is killing an act so unspeakable? What does it take for a person to commit such an act, and why is it so horrible? First and…