Drew Peterson’s Story on A&E

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Susan Murphy-Milano hosted a segment on A&E on Drew Peterson. She gives us more background details to the stories of Kathleen Savio and Stacy Peterson.

I particularly like how she explains Drew Peterson’s personality. She’s right on the money. Drew was a charmer. Most people would have gravitated towards him in social situations prior to the news coverage that showed his arrogance side. Drew was, at one time, a very likable guy.

Read one of my earliest posts on Drew Peterson here, shortly after Stacy went missing.

Dateline “Something About Susan”

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Did you see Dateline Friday night?  They aired the story of Susan and Peter Williams.  They were going through a divorce when Susan decided to hire a hitman to kill her husband.  You get to see video of Susan hiring the man to do the job.  It reminds me of Dalia Dippolito.  Susan is cold, callous and without emotions.  She is cocky and arrogant, and it bites her in the butt!

The undercover agent gave Susan several opportunities to extricate herself from the situation (which should have been a big red flag), but she missed it because she was so intent in her quest to eliminate her husband.  Truly worth watching, if you missed it!  You see someone who is very sick, but exists among us in relative normality.  Well, she did anyway.  Now she is locked up.

The Head Shake

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Many people struggle with head shakes and nods and if the person means what they say, especially if they shake their head, but say yes.

Here is an example of Michelle Obama.  She says, “I can say that I enjoyed this year” and yet she shakes her head no.

Does this mean she didn’t enjoy this year?

No, it does not.  Her head shake is not in contradiction to what she is saying.  Often times we emphasize what we feel with a head shake. Its normal and natural, and throws a lot of people.

If you want to know if someone’s head shake it out of line, for beginners, it should be in opposition to the words “yes” and “no” to correlate or have significant meaning. There are other instances that have significance, but its more complex.

Please refrain from political comments.  This blog is about deception, emotion and understanding human behavior.  The only thing I will say about Michelle is I love how humble she is–considering her position and status.

Thanks, Gregory, for the question.

Criminals Look Different From Non-Criminals

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Arrest 1.photo © 2009 Dani | more info (via: Wylio)
Here is a fascinating article in Psychology Today by Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at London School of Economics.

The article talks about how people can identify criminals in a list of photographs from non-criminals.  Does it surprise you?

I am a firm believer that our face communicates information about us, and this study doesn’t surprise me in the least. I can look at a face and know immediately if I should have concern. I believe this is one element that helps me be stellar at deception.  Faces give me a wealth of information which I draw upon to determine if someone has a higher propensity to be deceptive, dangerous, etc.

Personality (Facial) Profiling is very powerful and one of the tools that I have drawn on all my life. I thought everyone did this until scientists told me otherwise…

I have profiled the faces of over 100 strangers to date and scored 90% accurate–judged by the people’s photos who I profiled. 

What Emotions Do you See Here?

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Thanks, SG, for sharing this. I will share my thoughts in the comment section below.