Robert Durst, the eldest son of a New York real estate tycoon, was devastated when he was 7 years old when he witnessed his mother commit suicide by jumping off a building. As an adult, his wife Kathie, good friend Susan, and neighbor Morris have disappeared or been killed one after another. All clues point to Robert's serial murders. Even he has admitted that Morris was dismembered by himself. He was sentenced to self-defense and acquitted. But then he took the initiative to contact the documentary director to participate in his own documentary, and in a self-talk between filming, he said "Of course they killed them all" to the microphone that was not turned off, so he was arrested. But so far it has only been sentenced to seven years.
The truth about the facts is of course everyone wants to know, but what is more interesting than the truth is the details of Robert's characteristics and behavior, which are abnormal and intriguing.
1. Calm and careful attitude
Robert, who is over seventy years old, in addition to being a little cold and pale, can even be called handsome and elegant. He took the initiative to contact the documentary crew and was willing to be interviewed, during which he talked about himself as calmly as he was talking about what happened to someone else. It is not so much a certain degree of emotional cognitive impairment, it is more a kind of intellectual strong objective rational neutrality, he is very clear about what can and cannot be said, and he does not know anything about the part of the case that he thinks can be admitted. cover up.
2. Asking for risks is worse than being fearless
He, who had already lived a secluded life, chose to expose himself to the public's vision in the form of documentaries.
It can be seen that he was even contented with the filming process, and regarded every confrontation with the police and the crew as a new life experience. Rather than saying he was afraid of going to prison, it was more unwilling to lose this game. Anyway, it doesn't make much difference whether I spend the rest of my life in a real prison or in a luxurious prison on earth. Besides, my team of lawyers is so strong, they are well versed in any subtle loopholes in the law, and they have mastered everything to exonerate me. method; as long as I stay firm on key issues, nothing too bad will emerge.
3. People can't tell whether it's a low-level mistake or a playful upper body
It stands to reason that after recording so many episodes, it would not be clear that the microphone was still on during the filming, so he had a terrifying and wonderful speech in the bathroom, which showed the split personality vividly, and directly admitted the crime. And also put a big move directly, which makes people addicted.
In addition, he also made it clear that the reason for participating in the filming of the documentary was that he was not satisfied with the previous movie "All good things" based on him. He must be more satisfied with the shooting effect this time, right?
Investigating the psychological causes, maybe the pain of losing his mother at a young age plus the delusional disorder of persecution (he thinks that the reason why his father did not let him avoid witnessing his mother jumping off the building was intentional) plus his ingenuity is not recognized by his family (everyone thinks his personality Perverse and neglecting his talent) combined constitute the cause of his abnormal personality. There is always a kind of dislocation in him: in the wrong time and in the wrong position, he is obviously so smart and even excellent, but he is not appreciated and loved by the people around him. So in the process of growing up, he has never been able to achieve reconciliation with the world, and then developed another perfect self-consistency that belongs to him. Within this logic, he is full of superiority and impeccable. And his adult life is more like a protracted performance work. In order to make this work perfect in his mind, he would sacrifice other people's lives to make it happen, just like Hannibal.
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