Category: Abnormity
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Perceptions Around the ‘Joker’ Movie
In the weeks leading up to its premiere, this R-rated origin story provoked feelings of alarm, caution, and fear as many were worried for the potential of copycat crimes, with many referencing the man who conducted a mass shooting at the 2012 screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. The theater where the…
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The Abnormal Psychology of Nannie Doss
“Moments before she appeared on TV to be interviewed, the cameraman suggested Nannie remove her glasses and smile for the camera, quipping, ‘You might get another husband if you look nice.’ She replied, ‘Ain’t that the dying truth,’ and then cracked up at her own pun. She was Oklahoma’s biggest news story of 1954 and…
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Women Who Kill: Giggling Granny
“I was searching for the perfect mate… the real romance in life” Nannie Doss was born to a family of farmers in 1905 in Blue Mountain, Alabama. When she was seven years old, she hit her head on a metal bar on the seat in front of her while on a train with her family…
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