Adam Saleh and Julie Popovich

/in /by

SALEH TALKS
Click to watch the story

A reader asked me for an opinion on this story. I am not familiar with it. However, I did watch the video of the suspect talking (see link above). Here is my opinion:

Adam Saleh says the right things, does the right things (outside of talking TOO MUCH) yet oddly his expressions are NOT in alignment with his actions.

Throughout this interview, he keeps smiling, smirking and flashing expressions of glee.

With that, I have to ask myself WHY is this guy happy? He appears genuinely happy, as if he were having tea with friends talking about a joyful event in his life — not the murder of a missing woman where **he has been named a suspect!**

Other times, he tries to act like he cares about the murdered woman (talking about her funeral after saying he didn’t know her) or people in general — yet he doesn’t show a flicker of TRUE emotion to back it up. He is a classic “neutral” person.

If someone is innocent and the finger is being pointed at them — they get worried, afraid, and stressed. Adam was only stressed at the beginning of the interview when the cameraman set up. After he got rolling, all his stress dissipated.

**Why isn’t Adam worried, afraid or stressed?**

That is the big question and a biggest tip-off that something isn’t right here. It’s the biggest red flag!

Adam also says he is shy yet in the video he is very outgoing –possessing all the social skills to be convincing. I think Adam is “selective” in his socializing, but he is NOT SHY though he wants YOU to believe he is shy.

Adam strikes me as someone who believes he is super intelligent and that may in fact be part of his downfall. Does he believe he could commit the perfect murder? He is very calculating at what he says and how he says it — almost so he doesn’t have to tell a lie when answering certain questions. He avoids lying by saying it just the “right way”.

There are other things that add up to a bigger picture as well. While each of these things I’ve listed below are NOT indicators alone — when combined with his inconsistent attitude above and the group of clues below — my eyebrows are seriously raised:

1. Adam talks on and on – as if trying to convince his audience. It’s like he believes he can convince anyone.
2. He stutters,
3. he word-searches,
4. and speaks in odd sentence structures.
5. He also salivates a few times and swallows oddly

Do I trust this guy? My answer is no. I’d be afraid to be with him alone because he is “charming” yet without emotion.

Who would be happy standing in his shoes when they are innocent? Anyone??

Is he enjoying all this attention or what?

Neil Entwistle

/in , /by

Have you heard about Rachel, Neil and Lilian Entwistle?

Rachel and Lilian were found shot to death in their home, and Neil, the husband and father, was later located back where he grew up in England. Authorities put the time of death of Rachel and Lilian somewhere between Thursday and Sunday. Neil Entwistle’s flight left early Saturday morning.

Authorities are calling Neil Entwistle a person of interest but not a suspect.

What is most odd about Neil Entwistle right now is his behavior. He hasn’t come back to the U.S. after learning about their murderers — but worse, he hasn’t come back to see that they are properly buried nor to attend their funerals. This behavior makes me very suspicious.

When two people who you are supposed to love the most are murdered, most people can’t help but become passionate – and want to aid in the search for their loved one’s killer. They want to make sure they take the care that is needed to tie-up the loose ends. They do it out of love and compassion for the ones they love most. Mr. Entwistle doesn’t seem to be showing any care, whatsoever.

Furthermore, I’ll bet you murder rates are higher among unemployed men. Mr. Entwistle was unemployed.

I would love to see Mr. Entwistle on video speaking — if anyone sees it — let me know. The case doesn’t bode well for Mr. Entwistle regardless.

Call for Video Links

/in /by

Do you know a story (local, national or international) where you wonder what the truth is? If so, ask me.

All I need is a video-clip with a close-range head-shot of the suspect talking for a few minutes.

Oh, it helps tremendously if the suspect is being asked direct questions pertaining to the situation. I can’t read lies when people don’t lie. I am not a psychic. My skills are based on concrete, tangible clues.

All links welcome!

How I Specifically Detect Lies…

/in , /by

At first, I thought that my decision-making process and determination of a who was lying was all subconscious, because I called a liar within seconds to minutes. But after looking back and forcing myself to think out loud for over a year now, I’ve realized that there are processes that I use to detect a liar that I can consciously recollect. The processes are not set in stone like A, B, C, but rather they are random and only drawn upon when needed.

Regardless, I still process a lot of information within seconds, and I have no explanation for how I do it. I suspect it is due to my innate ability.

Most of the time, it takes me less than three minutes to determine if someone is lying when they are asked direct questions. Sometimes I can spot a liar in 20-30 seconds. However, there are times when it can take up to 10 minutes or longer.

The reason for the delay in making a call is that some liars don’t lie right away, or worse, they are psychopaths. Psychopaths are the trickiest of people to read, because they are without emotion and without remorse. When someone doesn’t feel remorse, nor display any emotions, I lose 50% of my clues. Furthermore, if a psychopath is highly intelligent, he won’t mess up his facts, which makes it almost impossible for anyone to catch his falsehoods. It is the psychopaths who are highly intelligent who most often get away with the worst crimes.

According to Dr. Maureen O’Sullivan, who studies lie detection wizards, “There are two categories of clues to a lie: thinking clues and emotional ones.” (Source: “Wizards” can spot the signs of a liar, AP, Oct. 14, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6249749/?GT1=5472).

To further elaborate on that, specific examples of emotional clues are facial expressions, body language and spoken words. In essence, is the person reacting normally to the circumstances? Are they truly happy? Are they truly upset? Are their facial expressions consistent with what they are saying? Are they shrugging their shoulders like they don’t know when they are actually saying yes? Is their body language consistent with their words? Do their words match their emotions? Are their actions matching their projected emotion? Are their responses appropriate for how they are feeling? Do they convey how someone should feel in their situation?

While this process may sound simple, I believe it is rather complex, because to determine a liar, you must be able to answer these questions quickly, almost without thought. For most people, it is hard to spot such inconsistencies—even given the time—but for me, this process happens instantaneously. It’s almost, if not, innate.

The second set of clues are thinking clues. Thinking clues are what liars give off when they are making up the truth or trying to tell you a story they “made up” in their head. More specific examples of thinking clues are hesitations in speech, stuttering, stammering for words, weird word order, or speaking incoherently by incorrectly choosing the wrong words or not completing sentences. Other times, liars will speed up or slow down their speech. Or a liar will confuse the facts, so when added all together, the facts won’t add up. However, one or two clues alone are not enough to call a liar; it is the compilation of all the clues—emotional and thinking—that paints the broader picture of a lie.

Microexpressions are emotional clues that deserve a subtopic of its own. Microexpressions are flashes of emotions that come across the face of an individual who is lying. If someone is trying to conceal a strong emotion, it often leaks out in 1/25th of a second. This is known as a microexpression. Over ninety percent of people don’t see these (more).

Furthermore, according to Dr. Ekman, a facial expression expert from the University of California at San Francisco, you can’t mask your true feelings. When you are happy, you smile one way. When you are mad but pretending to be happy, the muscles you use to genuinely smile are not used and other ones are. Hence, when you wonder if you saw a fake smile, you probably did! In essence, you as a human do not have the power to activate your true happiness (smile) muscles unless you are truly happy. Wizards—scientifically proven human lie detectors—hone in on these falsehoods in expressions, according to Dr. O’Sullivan.

To me, Scott Peterson is famous, because I believe he was one of the first few microexpressionists I noted consciously. He tried to act sad and worried, yet he couldn’t help but flash microexpressions of glee. His expressions of glee only lasted for a fraction of a second, and most people didn’t even see them. Watch Scott Peterson’s famous Barbara Walters interview: Perhaps you will be one of the few who can spot them.

I also find I use a personality catalog in my head or personality-matching technique when trying to spot a liar. I don’t use it every time, and I don’t know specifically why I use this technique—I just do. This technique involves matching personalities of people I’ve known in the past to people I am observing now.

For example, if I notice that you have traits of someone else I’ve known in the past, my mind will immediately match you up with that person. The person’s face I have known in the past will just pop into my head without thought, and I will then consciously compare behaviors. If you are similar, you should act similarly. It’s amazingly powerful, though I must state I believe there are hundreds of different personality types. I’ve come to call this paralleling. Paralleling is something I don’t do by choice, people just pop into my head from memory without thought.

People, while very different in many ways, typically have a set of standard reactions which are normal for their personality type. So, armed with that knowledge, knowing someone well, I can predict their behavior pretty accurately. This technique of personality matching gives me red flags immediately if things aren’t adding up for this individual’s personality type, and I quickly hone in to a deeper level of observation. I’d say I use this technique about 10–30% of the time.

I also look at personalities in general. Certain personalities are more likely to lie than others. If you come across as a braggart or an arrogant individual, I will quickly watch you for inconsistencies. If you are not able to laugh at yourself and you are defensive, I will look for cover-ups. If you are happy and yet willing to admit your downfalls, I will be less likely to spot anything.

It all comes down to the question: How down-to-earth are you? The more down-to-earth you are, the more likely you are to be honest. This technique allows me to hone in on the dishonesty much more quickly.

So far, to date, these are the skills or techniques that I use within seconds to minutes to quickly spot a liar.

* * * * * * * *
Call for links, stories, articles where lie detection is needed. Do you know a story where you wonder what the truth is? If so, ask me. All that I need is a video clip with a headshot of the suspect talking, for preferably a few minutes.

The Dog Whisperer’s Motives

/in /by

The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior speaks out against Cesar Milan.

“The Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians (SVBT; www.svbt.org) have uniformly spoken out against the coercive, “dominance”-based techniques employed by Mr. Millan on his television show “The Dog Whisperer.”

I highly recommend Tamar Gellar’s approach to training dogs over Cesar Milan.

USA TODAY article about Caesar Milan

“A television producer is suing dog trainer Cesar Millan, star of TV’s The Dog Whisperer, claiming that his Labrador retriever was injured at Millan’s training facility after being suffocated by a choke collar and forced to run on a treadmill.”

* * * * * * * *

After seeing Episode 4 of the dog whisperer on the National Geographic Channel, I am confident that Cesar Millan’s motives are not out for the best interest of man or his best friend. I believe Cesar’s motives are out to line his own pockets.

In Episode 4, Mr. Millan is asked to train JonBee, who is considered a red-zone dog. A red zone dog is a dog that is very dangerous to society.

What Mr. Millan does to put JonBee in submission was simply horrifying, irresponsible and flat out unprofessional. And while I personally don’t agree with his approach, his actions in the face of his approach were reckless and dangerous to humans, and other animals. It was in his recklessness that I believe his true intentions were seen.

Mr. Millan (aka The Dog Whisperer) puts a noose around JonBee’s neck and forced him to the ground while literally strangulating the dog until the dog is so weak from lack of oxygen that he couldn’t fight back. JonBee, whose eyes were literally bulging, is about to pass out from lack of air when Cesar Millan loosens the noose and claims victory that JonBee submitted. That’s when Cesar Millan claims that the dog won’t get up and run because he has submitted.

The truth is JonBee was practically strangled to death, yet Cesar Millan never says he is using this technique though anyone can clearly see it with their own two eyes. The dog was forced to submit physically because he didn’t have the strength to respond without oxygen. After Cesar Millan removes the noose, JonBee just lays there in an exhausted pant. He doesn’t have the energy to even get up! The response from JonBee wasn’t due to “training”. It was due to physical, brutal abusive behavior.

Does Cesar think people believe he just forced the dog to the ground and he submitted? That is not what happens and you can clearly see it on the show.

Cesar Millan shows his intentions are not out for man or his best friend when he does NOT discuss his approach, or the ramifications. Instead, the Dog Whisper sits there and basks in his glory. This behavior is reckless and shows a lack of caring for man OR his best friend.

If a person believes that after nearly choking their dog to death — the dog will no longer be a danger to anyone –it is false — even after weeks of practice. An aggressive dog has to be taught not to challenge every new person it meets. It has to be given confidence and trust — not instilled with fear.

If a person attempts to do this dangerous and lethal technique incorrectly, they could seriously injure or even kill their dog. Doesn’t the dog whisperer care about this??? And worse than that, if the owner doesn’t do this technique exactly perfect — the owner himself faces getting potentially mauled. Where are Cesar Millan’s genuine concern for others? It was clearly lacking, in my opinion.

As a professional, or an expert — Cesar Millan owed these warnings and precautions to his TV audience and yet he didn’t give them! It shows his true motivations. It shows a lack of caring for dogs and their owners.

Dangerous dogs should not be wrangled with and forced into physical submission unless you know what you are doing — and I say you shouldn’t even do it then. It’s barbaric. We have mentally ill dogs like we have mentally ill people, and violence doesn’t eliminate the problem with either of them.

More than that, the owner of JonBee was hoping to rehabilitate him, and give him away. Cesar Millan was grossly negligent to not inform the public or the owner of JonBee that this training was NOT enough to ensure that this dog was no longer a danger to others. Clearly, there was much more than needed to be done! Sadly, the Dog Whisper said nothing.

Instead, the show continued on to show JonBee’s owner physically putting his dog into a submissive position without strangulation techniques three weeks later — where it was clear that JonBee outright feared his owner — and did what he believed he HAD TO do to survive. JonBee was not a happy, thriving dog who was trained. He was brutally forced to fear his owner.

Cesar Millan wants to be the big hero on the show who tamed this “wild” dog. He didn’t actually tame the dog, or put the dog into a corrected position with expertise or training. Instead, he physically deprived the dog of oxygen to the point the dog didn’t have enough life-sustaining oxygen to get up and fight back.