Episode 545: True Crime Time

In this gripping episode of True Anon Truth Feed, host Drew Non and guest Rachel Corbett dive deep into the psychological and societal obsession with understanding violent criminals, using Corbett's own traumatic childhood connection to a murder-suicide as a springboard. Corbett, a features writer for New York Magazine, recounts how her childhood father figure, Scott Johnson, murdered his new girlfriend and himself—shattering her perception of safety and normalcy. This personal trauma fuels her exploration in her book, *The Monsters We Make*, which dissects the myth of criminal profiling, from phrenology to modern predictive policing. The conversation exposes the dangerous illusion of control we seek when trying to decode evil, revealing how institutions like the FBI weaponized pseudoscience through the 'mindhunter' myth, and how systems like predictive policing in Florida turned children into 'pre-criminals' through surveillance and harassment. The episode culminates in a chilling portrait of art dealer Andrew Crispo—a charming, sociopathic predator who manipulated, groomed, and orchestrated multiple murders through sadistic rituals, all while evading justice. Corbett’s investigative journalism reveals a world where power, wealth, and trauma converge, and where the line between predator and victim blurs, leaving listeners questioning whether we can ever truly know the monsters we create—or if we’re already one of them.