Dr. Phil Episode: Raylynn.

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Dr. Phil had a horrific story of a woman, Raylynn, who fell pray to a cult where the cult leader eventually proclaimed he was “God”.  Despite the fact the cult leader openly slept with other women, raped children, and abused his followers, Raylynn was never was able to rationalize his control away.

Raylynn brought her then 14 year old daughter, Sunny, to a hotel and handed her off to the cult leader, whom she lived with to have sex with him, and left her alone. Horrific.

In the video above, you can see Raylynn and her now grown daughter, Sunny, talking to Dr. Phil.  Early in the show, Sunny said she forgave her mother even though she was forced to have sex with Sunny multiple times.

Curly Thorton, the cult leader, died in 1999.   He was clearly a master manipulator and a monster, but Raylynn still seems to be under his control.

Watch as Dr. Phil asks Raylynn to burn the box of memories she has of Curly.  We see tears, but I don’t believe they are from sadness.  Instead, I see a woman who is utterly confused and frustrated–who is still clinging to a belief she said earlier in the show.  She said, “What if Curly is God?”  She can’t let him go!

If Raylynn was totally on board with Dr. Phil and believed Curly was a monster, she would have had no problem letting go of that box and burning it.

Instead, we see a woman who is tortured by letting the box go.  She doesn’t get relief when she burns it, instead she moans out in pain…without a doubt, still thinking, “What if Curly really was God?”

This woman needs some serious help. I hope Dr. Phil gave it to her.

Jodi Arias Goes On Trial

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For those of you who have followed my blog for years, or attended one of my law enforcement training classes, you’ve been introduced to Jodi Arias. She’s a soft-spoken, sweet demure woman who if you didn’t know any better could sell herself to you as a sweet, innocent religious woman who couldn’t harm a flea. But if you fell for her, you’d fall pray to one of the most serious psychopaths of our time. Think Casey Anthony.  News outlets are saying this is going to be one of the biggest cases of the year and I’m not surprised.

Before Jodi even went to trial for the murder of her boyfriend Travis Alexander, she has changed her story three times. First she says she wasn’t at the crime scene, but that changed that story when police confronted her with nude pictures of her and Travis on the day he was killed.

So Jodi’s next story?  It was that she was, in fact there, but she didn’t do it. She witnessed two “individuals” harm Travis. The problem, on the camera that showed Travis and her having sex, was a photo that was recovered by police that inadvertently captured Jodi dragging Travis’ body.

Oops.

When that didn’t work, Jodi changed her story again to say, um, yes, she killed Travis, but it was in self-defense.  I can hear you all say in unison, yeah right!

Her attorneys are saying that she dropped Travis camera in the shower while taking pictures of Travis, and that enraged him — so he lashed out at her and she had no choice but to save her life and kill him.

Hmmm…the gun and knife that ravaged Travis’ body where just there and in reach for Jodi — no planning or effort needed.  It’s flat out laughable!

And add to the facts that Jodi Arias never called police. She just fled the scene.  The odds of her getting off, if you ask me, are one in a million.

Dan Abraham has come out saying that he believes Jodi Arias is claiming self-defense to try to avoid the death penalty.  Yes, Jodi Arias is facing the death penalty if convicted.

But it gets more stunning — Jodi Arias tells Inside Edition in a last ditch effort to manipulate, “No jury is going to convict me…because I am innocent, and you can mark my words on that one. No jury will convict me.”

This time, Jodi, the only one you are successfully manipulating is yourself.  We all see you clearly for who you are:  a raging psychopath.

I didn’t know half the facts we know today about this case, but I didn’t believe a word out of Jodi Arias’ mouth when I first saw her on 48 Hours four years ago. You can read my thoughts here.

New Year Resolution to Lose Weight? You May Pay More!

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Happy New Year!

Hopefully you had a good celebration to kick off the New Year.  Perhaps you even set yourself a new year’s resolution or goal you want to accomplish. Even if you didn’t, many people head off to the gym in the middle of winter to get some exercise after all the holiday eating and lack of exercise, but there is something you should know about gym memberships, if you are planning to do this.

If you are heading to get a gym membership and are overweight, there is a good chance you won’t get as good of a membership rate as your skinny friends.  Seems counter-intuitive, doesn’t it?   You would think gyms would want people who need to lose weight to join their club, but no, it appears they want pretty women and much prefer them to those who are holding extra pounds because pretty woman are eye-candy. It’s sad, but true. Watch the video above to see for yourself.

I recently wrote on my Facebook page that I believe we are living in one of the most deceptive times in our lifetime.  Where we used to expect and demand decency in business, we now tolerate absolutely deceptive practices without banning together to stop it.

And gyms are not the only ones who are outrageously offending us with shoddy practices.  Hotels, airlines, online stores–they are all getting in the game.

If you don’t shop around and read the fine print, or understand what the words “2 tickets left at this price” really means, you’ll get taken to the cleaners without so much as a clue!   When you dig, you will be surprised at how misleading companies have become in attempt to get you to pay top dollar for something!  For those who do their homework, they are likely paying 20-50% less than someone who doesn’t. 

It’s mind-blowing to be frank that they are getting away with this, and the only way I see this stopping if people wise up and stop supporting these tactics.

Last year I bought a router online at Walmart. It was inexpensive so I skipped doing my homework and did I get a big surprise! When I went to the store and happened to walk by it–guess what?  The store price was a good ten dollars cheaper for the same item (33% off!!).I was shocked and immediately returned the item and purchased it again through my local store.  I’m not paying for these gimmicks and I hope you don’t either.

Whenever you think you have the system figured out, too, I can promise you one thing:  The stores will be one step ahead of you again–setting things up to make sure they get your top dollar UNLESS YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK every time you shell out your dough.

Be smart in 2013 and let companies know you are NOT falling for their gimmicks. They don’t work.  Do your homework and save!  You can easily afford a free vacation on your savings–there is no doubt about that!

Happy New Year!

Abduction of Quinn Gray on Dateline

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Originally posted September 2011 (re-run)

If you didn’t see Friday night’s Dateline, you missed a whopper of a story.  It was two-hours of action, deception and lies.  I would have to say this was one of the most hotspot littered cases I think I’ve ever watched.  Quinn Gray couldn’t have been a better subject!

For those of you who saw the show, here is Quinn Gray’s ransom note. 

So many hot spots:

  1. Notice Quinn’s normal bubbly written text?  When people are held at gunpoint, they get nervous and nervous hand writing isn’t so sweet and smooth! Hello.

  2. Quinn writes, “I need you read this and be calm!!”  Who under duress is going to think like this?   Just be calm, honey!

  3. Quinn writes, “…do not be a hero.”  Hero?  Who would think about heroes when you have a gun pointing to your head? 

  4. Quinn writes, “This is professional.”  What victim of a crime is ever going to think her abductors are “professional”?   I could see law enforcement calling someone professional, but not a victim unless they were talking about a crime in hindsight–not during the actual crime.  How does she know they are “professional” at this point? She hasn’t seen them do anything, if this is real and they just broke into her house. It’s ridiculous.

  5. I find it very odd she tells her husband they want $50,000, but he cannot get more than $9,500.00 out of the bank.  Had she tried at one point?  Would you know this if you were held at gun point?  Very odd information for a “victim” to have… She could have called the bank with the kidnappers and asked about  how much she could withdrawal, but she makes no mention of it.

  6. Then she says they only have $7,000, which makes it even more perplexing that she should would know about the $9,500 number because why ask if you don’t have it?

  7. Her use of the word “stupid” stands out to me as well.  When you are facing life and death, and you may not see a loved one again, and I can’t imagine you would worry about them doing stupid things.  You would worry about their life instead.  It’s odd to say the least. She doesn’t seem worried about him at all, does she?

  8. It’s odd how she is so sure she will be fine if he just gets the money.  Why would she be so sure?  A kidnapper wouldn’t give her the time to write that over and over again!  Time is of the essence if they are all standing around in her house, mind you.

  9. She writes, “Please do this honey!” Honey?  Again, its ridiculous!! 

Clearly, by her own word choices, she was not a woman under duress.  Had I found this ransom note, I couldn’t help but chuckle!!!! It tells a heck of a lot information, and while you couldn’t write it off, I would have been very skeptical. 

Word choices tell us so much…

When Eyes Deceive – Eyewitness Testimony

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