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Joni E. Johnston, Psy. D.

Nov 18

The Poker Player and the Predator

A Heartbreaking Look at the All-too-Common Relationship Between Mental Illness and Violence This story is a tale of violence and mental illness. But it’s not the story you usually here, the one where a horrendous crime occurs and — inevitably — we all look at “crazy” as a probable cause…

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The Poker Player and the Predator

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Nov 7

The Torment and Stalking of Five Female Doctors

This Reads Like a Halloween Movie But It’s a Real-life Horror Story — Imagine it’s January 25, 2021. Like every other day, you head to the Veteran’s Administration, where you work as a physician. First, though, you drive your kid to their elementary school. …

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The Torment and Stalking of Five Female Doctors

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Oct 18

Hunting for Humans in Stockton

Suspected Serial Killer Wesley Brownlee Arrested While Searching for His Next Victim — Stockton residents have spent the past six months afraid to walk out of their front door. Especially at night. Since April 21, 2022, a man wearing a black mask has gunned down seven seemingly random people in the early morning hours. He shot one in a park; another in an…

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Hunting for Humans in Stockton

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Sep 22

How Many Chances Should a Serial Killer Get?

The parole of Colin Pitchfork shows just how hard it is to predict future risk. — In 1983, twenty-seven-year-old Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann in a small village in Leicestershire county, England. It was his first murder but far from his first offense. Starting at age eleven, Pitchfork engaged in various troublesome sexual behaviors, exposing his private parts first to his friends and…

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How Many Chances Should a Serial Killer Get?

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Sep 19

Christina Adams Claims to be a Sociopath

I’m Sure Her Victims Believe Her — When someone claims to be a sociopath, err on the side of caution. Believe them. That’s exactly how thirty-year-old Christina Adams described herself to Marion County, Florida deputies on Friday, September 16, 2022, after her arrest for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Her victims — a male and a…

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Christina Adams Claims to be a Sociopath

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Aug 20

Psychic Cynthia and a Case of Spiritual Fraud

The Legacy Harry Houdini Left Me — I don’t usually feel like spitting on someone. But I’m glad I’m hundreds of miles away from this woman because the urge comes over me every time I read about this case. I blame it on Harry Houdini. Not only was Harry Houdini a kick-ass escape artist, but he also…

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Psychic Cynthia and a Case of Spiritual Fraud

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Jul 27

Why Would a Son Who Has Everything Murder His Loving Mom?

When Money and Love Aren’t Enough — On July 19, 2022, an uncommon murder took place in an unlikely place. Twenty-six-year-old Doug Solomon beat his 65-year-old mother, Diane Gallagher, to death with a table lamp. He then leaped out of their 16-floor New York City luxury apartment building. Both died at the scene.When …

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Why Would a Son Who Has Everything Murder His Loving Mom?

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Jul 17

Sadistic Southern California Serial Killer Captured Forty Years Later

The Recent Arrest of Billy Ray Richardson Shows Justice Never Forgets — Trina Wilson, image provided by her mother Latasha Thomas Richard Ramirez. Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy. Lonnie Franklin. William Bonin. Do these names ring a bell? Southern California was a “hotbed” of serial killers in the 1980s and 1990s. Indeed, the number of active serial killers (captured and not) during…

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Sadistic Southern California Serial Killer Captured Forty Years Later

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Jul 9

Pregnancy, Lies, Kidnapping and Murder

Who Would Steal a Baby Just to Keep a Man? — Update: On October 3, 2022, a Bowie County jury deliberated just one hour before finding Taylor Rene Parker guilty of capital murder for killing Reagan Hancock and her unborn child, Braxlynn. The punishment phase will begin on October 12th. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Of the 500 people who…

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Pregnancy, Lies, Kidnapping and Murder

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Jun 28

A Hundred Years of Murder-Suicides

Children Lost to Violence Then and Now — Let me tell you a story about two little girls, 9-year-old Georgetta Von Buhren and her big sister, 12-year-old Marie. Their story recently came to light when a modern-day treasure hunter named Chelsey Brown bought a mysterious photograph in a vintage New York store and decided to find out the…

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A Hundred Years of Murder-Suicides

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Joni E. Johnston, Psy. D.
Forensic psychologist/private investigator//author of serial killer book. Passionate about victim’s rights, the psychology of true crime, and criminal justice.
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