Jesse “Madison” Holton: Dateline

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Did you catch Dateline NBC this past weekend? They profiled a mysterious double murder that happened in Eclectic, Alabama, in 2016.

Madison’s parent’s, Mike and April, were in the middle of divorce, and no longer living together when Mike found out that Madison had a party at his house when he was at work.

Mike was very upset, and called the sheriff on his son. Madison’s mom was reportedly at the home when the sheriff arrived.

Eleven minutes after the sheriff left the residence, there was a 911 call.

Madison claimed his parents got into an argument behind closed doors, and he fled to the neighbors, in handcuffs put on him by his dad–telling the neighbor that his parents were in an altercation. Madison’s dad was dead at the scene and his mother died later.

Madison was charged with the murders and served over a year in jail. Then the prosecutor dropped the case.

It’s quite a story, if you saw it.

What do you think? Do you think Madison is a killer or not?

I will share my thoughts in the coming days in the comment section.




Julian Assange and President Trump

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Julian Assange has been taken from away from his safe perch and arrested today. Did you see the news?

When you read about Assange, you see things like “villain” or “hero”–he is quite the controversy, without question. He’s even been called a terrorist by some–yet he has many defenders.

So who is he: Is he an honest guy fighting a corrupt world, or is he himself part of the corruption?

It’s very hard for me to read people who defend Assange as a hero because they obviously believe him.

While I haven’t given Assange much time personally, I will say when he spoke out on Sean Hannity’s show in 2017, he gave me a very clear window into his truthfulness, and I will tell you I wouldn’t trust this man or his motives one centimeter.

Not one.

He is, in my opinion, 100% dishonest when he denied Wikileaks involvement with Russia, and the Trump team.

I believe he, without question, absolutely talked to Putin and Trump, as well as their surrogates. He leaves no doubt in that interview as to what the truth is. He leaks continually.

Assange is a master manipulator who is skilled at evading questions, redirecting conversations and focusing people on what they want to hear to keep them away from the truth. He is capable of fooling many on a grand scale.

Furthermore, I find it so funny that Trump comes out today in denial about knowing nothing about Wikileaks.

You can mark my words, if the truth gets exposed, you will see what an obvious piece of fiction this statement is on his behalf and as well as the statements made by Assange never having spoken to Trump or Putin.

May the truth get exposed…


Diane Downs on 20/20: Are you a good detective?

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The story of Diane Downs was profiled on 20/20 this past weekend. I have to admit I am only half-way through the show as it was two hours long. But there was a shocking moment in the first half (guessing approximately where I stopped) that I saw that blew my mind! Did you catch it?

It’s one of those moments that if you have attended my class, I show you examples of–where the human mind hears one thing, but switches it to another because they cannot reconcile the truth as being that obvious. I think it is a protective measure at some level 99% of people do this! It’s the weirdest phenomenon I have encounter teaching people about deception.

Basically, a person can say a very TRUE statement that leaks the truth in a huge way –that is SO PROFOUND–it should stop people dead in their tracks.

But what happens in these situations is that people’s subconscious mind can’t reconcile what was actually said–was said. And so the mind distorts it. The listener actually subconsciously changes the words the person who is telling the truth said to make it benign!!!!!!!

When liars admit their deeds openly in an unexpected reveal, people will literally hear something different! It happened in the black widow case in Texas. And now its happening again.

Diane Downs said something very profound. On the show, we don’t see her say it, but we see someone else who interacted with her repeat her words. I trust this person is telling us 100% the truth.

I wrote those words down because they were MIND BOGGLING. And I searched Google today to get the clip. When I typed in the words, guess what?

They were completely modified on 6 different websites quoting the story!! Including ABC news! And yet when I listen to the actual statement said, it is completely different. This is what happened with the black widow killer too. The news journalists literally change the words, as well as others who write about the story! Because its that surreal.

Do you know what I am talking about? How good of a detective are you? Did you catch it??

Check back later this week for the answer!

Note: I do not know if the clip above contains the segment I am talking about. And I am guessing I was half-way through. I may have been a few minutes more past the half-way point–just so I don’t mislead anyone when I quit watching because I was tired.

Liam McAtasney on 20/20

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If you caught 20/20 this past weekend, they featured the story of Sarah Stern’s murder. The story was surreal to watch. You get to witness the accused and convicted killer talk in open-frankness about his deeds. It’s something you rarely get to see. I warn you, it’s stunning and horrific at the same time.

Liam McAtasney, the man who killed Sarah, comes across as emotionally void as you can get. He is haunting to the core. But I also get the sense he was highly intelligent.

Intelligent you say? Then how come he got caught? If he was that smart, he wouldn’t have been caught!

Well, actually, that isn’t necessarily true.

Intelligence is no match for arrogance. Arrogance will always trip even the most intelligent people. People like McAtasney lie and successfully manipulate people so much and so often that they start to feel invincible. They can do and get away with so many things–they start to feel supremely intelligent and smarter than everyone around them. They do bolder and bolder things until they commit these heinous crimes convinced no one will be the wiser. I see McAtasney as this type of person.

The other part of the story I found fascinating was why McAtasney went to his filmmaker friend. Do you have a sense of why he did that?

Was it guilt plaguing him? Was he itching to get this crime off of his chest?

I would argue, no, that is not why he went to his friend. He didn’t have an ounce of regret or remorse–not in the slightest.

Watching McAtasney confess, it was clear to me that it wasn’t enough that he killed sweet Sarah and got her money–that didn’t fulfill his needs. No, he needed to be given attention for his supreme intellect. He wanted to be seen as the outrageously smart, intelligent man he saw himself as, and be admired for it. He wanted to impress his friend with how clever he was–how he managed to do this most incredible feat and get away with it! He smiles multiple times talking to his friend as he confesses to his disgusting murder.

Pretty twisted, of course, but thank god he had that need to do this. His arrogance tripped him! Without the cooperation of his friend who worked with the police to capture his twisted thoughts, McAtasney may have gotten away with his crime.

For me, McAtasney and his roommate were full of hot spots in every interview.


Computer-generated Fake Faces

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Last week I wrote about how rapidly advancing computer technology is making it possible to manipulate people in videos to look like they are doing and saying things they are not. If you didn’t read it, click here.  It’s quite scary! Now, Nvidia has used artificial intelligence to create “fake people” who look very realistic! You have to check this out!

With all the claims of “fakes” these days, I think it is good we are aware of the potential fakes that can exist and how to spot them.

There are some good sources out there for you to learn how to spot these computer generated fakes as well.

Check out these two good sources:
AI can generate fake faces now. Here’s how to spot them
and
How to recognize fake AI-generated images

Are you good at spotting fakes