Two Cases: You Decide

I have been struggling about how to classify two cases lately. The first case is Daniel Wade Moore. He was tried three times for the murder of Karen Tipton. In the first trial, he was convicted and sentenced to death, but that was overturned. The second trial ended with a hung jury, and last time around he was set free and found innocent. I wrote my first opinion about the case after the first trial was overturned here. Now, today, Moore is a free man.

Read moreThis case is not cut and dry, even though I feel justice was finally served. I did not believe Moore committed this crime long before he was set free, but I am not sure how we should classify this case. I am looking for your help. What do you think?


The second case is regarding the Stanley sisters, Erin and Kelly, from Indiana. Both girls, who were teenagers, ended up dead six days apart. Both girls died at home when their parents were present. Both girls died at night. In a surprise twist, the boyfriend of Erin, who died first, James McFarland, was charged with murdering both girls yet McFarland wasn’t even known to be at the house when Kelly died. He was in the bedroom with Erin when he realized she wasn’t breathing right and summons for help. The arrest was shocking and didn’t make any sense, and I stood firm on that from the beginning, even though I never saw McFarland speak publicly. You can read my thoughts on the case here (scroll down to read my first post). In 2007, when McFarland was arrested, I spoke out about my concern. In a strange twist, in early 2009, he was released and all charges were dropped.

How should we classify this case?

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My Thoughts on the Admitted Liar

In my last post, I shared a comment from someone who called themselves a pathological liar. I want to say that I have no exceptional skills here to identify if this person is legit or not by these few words alone. I can only look at the words they write, like everyone else, and see if they fit with people who I have known in the past who are chronic liars. When I do that, the words written do ring true and are believable for someone who is a chronic liar. I personally don’t think this comment by “Liar Liar” was a hoax.

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Read morePeople who lack a conscience seem to be aware they don’t feel guilt or remorse, and know they are missing this emotion. They know they are unique and different. Yet in a twisted reality, I think it is this conscious understanding of their difference that becomes their biggest tool. They seem to realize people who feel remorse, compassion and empathy are excellent targets to use in their quest to get anything their heart desires. If they can find the right people, they can target their wants and needs, and meet them twice as fast than honesty would ever allow.

I believe there are high-functioning super liars that live among us and dupe more people than we’d ever want to know. I have witnessed more than a handful in my lifetime and what makes a super liar is not only a lack of a conscience (empathy or sympathy), but a keen wit to keep facts straight and an exceptional understanding of human behavior. If one possess these three traits, they are quite dangerous, because they will lure and use most of the population without anyone being the wiser for many years, if not a lifetime. It’s flat out chilling to witness.

I have witnessed normal everyday, honest, trusting smart people fall into the spell of a chronic liar/manipulator more times than I care to admit, and more often than not, with highly-skilled liars, the victims are absolutely clueless. I have seen communities rally behind these people, because they buy the lies they are fed.

I have even tried to pry open the eyes of honest people in these circumstances only to get rejected by them, because the chronic liar long ago sniffed me out as a threat, and painted me as evil before I ever spoke up. Super liars are even challenging for me. Their game plans are well thought out and executed to prevent people like me from exposing them. They are usually one step ahead of everyone, most of the time.

You must remember, these cruel people know how to role play better than everyone else in society, and they will play the parts they need to in order to accomplish their goal. They will elaborate great schemes to get what they want, because in the end they don’t feel remorse. They actually get an emotional high that they outsmarted everyone and that no one is the wiser. This game of cat and mouse is what continues to drive them, and ultimately what creates their superior self-image of arrogance. It gives them great confidence, which is a natural tool to gain the trust of others. They find it fun to outwit, outplay, outlast and outsmart their opponents, and often up the ante over the years to chilling levels, because they get away with it for so long.

Think of Hitler. Think of other evil dictators who came to power. They didn’t come to power being evil. The evil only surfaced once they established a trusting base that they later could manipulate.

People who are capable of great evil are the ultimate chameleons of our society. They quickly judge, assess and pick their soldiers, charting them on mission where the true motivator is disguised in fancy fluff, so they can win their personal war and achieve their personal goal with precision, speed, accuracy and ease.

But what is interesting about these people, as “Liar Liar” wrote, is that they do feel pain. They feel their own pain and that pain will often cause them to lash out with evil intent. These people are usually very vindictive, even if they do it anonymously or in private. Their pain can often be their downfall, because it fuels their desire for revenge, and revenge without a conscience is what ultimately exposes their evil deeds to the average trusting person, but often it is too late, and the victim by this point has usually paid the ultimate price.

Confession of an Admitted Liar

A reader left an interesting comment yesterday on my blog post titled Pathological Liars. I thought I would share it with you.

I will be comlpetely honest (for once). I am a liar. A Pathological liar.Some of you out there asume that we are scum and that we are evil, and that is a little too harsh to say. You must understand, when it says we have no morals…WE CANT. I really do wish that I could feel guilt, so that I might stop lying so much. I don’t. I never have felt guilty for anything that I have done, I dont think that I ever will.Read more

Apperently, some people have it so bad that they don’t feel other emotions as well. Which makes since, saying that me and my friend (yet another liar, there are a lot of us you know) did not cry at our friend’s funeral. We lack the emotions for us to properly restrain ourselves from lying to ones we love. Emotionally though, we can feel pain. Don’t think that there are some pathological liars out there that feel horrible when they hear the comments that you are writing about them. (I for one think that its funny, and i dont really care) And yes, I belive that I will probably burn in hell for this. But until then, I shall be smiling my evil little grin and crying my fake tears…lying my way easily through life. You think that it is a bad thing to be a liar. I find it wonderful. Things are so easy for me. I manipulate people to think certain things of me, others, and situations. It has been 10 years in this town, no one has ever guessed that I am lying. (most pathological liars have good enough memories to remember what they told to whom) And Honestly, I hope that there are not too many people like me. I am sinful, mean, cold hearted, maybe even souless, and I dont care at all. (I have tried therapy, but i ended up lying to the therapist…so yeah that didnt work out too well). Signed, Liar Liar

What do you think of this?

Read My Thoughts Here

Cool Facial Expression Tool

Here is a cool facial expression tool that Chris, a reader here at Eyes for Lies, pointed out to me today that he and I think you will enjoy. Thanks, Chris!