WEBVTT - Erotomania: Stalking for Love

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Criminalia, a production of Shonda land Audio in

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<v Speaker 1>partnership with I Heart Radio. Hello, and welcome to a

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<v Speaker 1>special Valentine's Day episode of Criminalia. So this season we're

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<v Speaker 1>exploring the lives and motivations of some of the most

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<v Speaker 1>notorious stalkers throughout history. And in today's episode, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about a form of stocking called erotomania and

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<v Speaker 1>how it's different from being a hopeless romantic. I'm Maria

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<v Speaker 1>Tremarqui and I'm Holly Fry and listen, everybody celebrates this

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<v Speaker 1>day differently, or maybe not even at all. I grew

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<v Speaker 1>up in a house where Valentine's Day was like a

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<v Speaker 1>family holiday. It didn't have the baggage of like a

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<v Speaker 1>romantic partner has to demonstrate their love to you, like

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<v Speaker 1>so much pressure. Right, Our parents would get us gifts like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a little RB or something when I was

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<v Speaker 1>a kid in like a little box of chocolates that

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<v Speaker 1>was our own. But so I always grew up thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about it as the day when you tell like all

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<v Speaker 1>the people in your life you love them, which has

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<v Speaker 1>served me very well, actually, I'm sure that it has.

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<v Speaker 1>Like shouldn't shouldn't the day be that. Really, I'm kind

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<v Speaker 1>of with you on those. Even with my husband who

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<v Speaker 1>have been in the one time, we've never made a

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<v Speaker 1>big to do about Valentine's Day. Well, maybe go out

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<v Speaker 1>to dinner, but it's just not that loaded weird holiday

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<v Speaker 1>it can become for some people you must have red

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<v Speaker 1>roses or you're going to get worse. Right, So, for

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people, Valentine's Day is celebrated that way

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<v Speaker 1>with flowers and chocolate and these other special and often

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<v Speaker 1>expected items that are gifted to significant others, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is generally, in the best sense, considered a day where

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<v Speaker 1>you celebrate the person you love. So I always think

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<v Speaker 1>it's interesting because, like around Valentine's Day, like romantic comedies

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<v Speaker 1>come out, and it would be fun to look at love.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you boil down the stories of what a

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<v Speaker 1>romantic comedy often is, they don't always help how we

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<v Speaker 1>see stocking behaviors. Instead, they kind of create an image

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<v Speaker 1>of romance that shapes our perceptions and our expectations of

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<v Speaker 1>what love ought to be. Right, a lot of them

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<v Speaker 1>have that grand gesture that is supposed to be demonstrative

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<v Speaker 1>and in fact is often like not cool. We like

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<v Speaker 1>it in the movie, but if it happened to us

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<v Speaker 1>in real life, we'd be terrified. Right, Like Meg Ryan's

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<v Speaker 1>character Annie and Sleepless in Seattle is a good example.

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<v Speaker 1>She behaves in a way that isn't really necessarily so

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<v Speaker 1>much what you might call love struck and charming, but

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<v Speaker 1>rather creepy. I know a lot of people that will

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<v Speaker 1>argue that this is a great romantic story, but if

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<v Speaker 1>you pause and think about it for a minute, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a character who, after hearing a man on the radio,

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<v Speaker 1>decides that she is madly in love with him, flies

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<v Speaker 1>across the country, and then spies on him and his child. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a completely new version of the movie, although it's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly the same version of the movie. If it had

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<v Speaker 1>been pitched that way, it would have been a whole

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<v Speaker 1>different thing, though I know they would have been like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we want to deepen. There's also the

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<v Speaker 1>movie While You Were Sleeping. Sandra Bullocks character Lucy. In

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<v Speaker 1>the movie, she pretends to be the fiance of a

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<v Speaker 1>man that she has never even spoken to. She makes

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<v Speaker 1>really good friends with his family. They know her really well.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't wait for her to become a part of

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<v Speaker 1>it and that she marries his brother at the end,

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<v Speaker 1>which to me seems like some sort of like Victorian

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<v Speaker 1>Gothic like frishmash like some people might argue too, And

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<v Speaker 1>I have seen people discuss this that John cus X

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<v Speaker 1>character Lloyd Dobbler and say anything goes a little too

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<v Speaker 1>far with that boom Box serenade. That has often been

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<v Speaker 1>held as like apex romantic, particularly for people I think

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<v Speaker 1>in our age group that grew up where that hit

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<v Speaker 1>it exactly the right time. I think so too. I

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<v Speaker 1>think every gen X er was, you know at some

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<v Speaker 1>point like say anything in the boom Box scene. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you think about it now that you're like not

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<v Speaker 1>a teenager, yeah, maybe not. But it's it's not just

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<v Speaker 1>in the movies, so I mean, it's it's a real

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<v Speaker 1>life phenomenon. It's not just Meg Ryan. For instance, in

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<v Speaker 1>the early eighties, probably one of the biggest ones that

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<v Speaker 1>we all will know is when John Hinckley Jr. Shop

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<v Speaker 1>President Reagan. If you didn't know, he did it to

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<v Speaker 1>impress actress Jodie foster Um before the shooting, though, he

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<v Speaker 1>asked Jody to give him a chance, and he wrote

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<v Speaker 1>to her quote, Jody, I would abandon this idea of

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<v Speaker 1>getting Reagan in a second, if I could only win

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<v Speaker 1>your heart and live out the rest of my life

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Um we'll just take a pause there for

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<v Speaker 1>a MOUs so obviously taken too far, romantic gestures could

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<v Speaker 1>result in criminal charges, and not for stealing your loved

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<v Speaker 1>one's heart. It is a problem if you start to

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<v Speaker 1>pursue someone who does not want your attention, your time,

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<v Speaker 1>or your energy, and then you keep doing it when

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<v Speaker 1>that has been made clear to you. It is also

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<v Speaker 1>a problem if you're using an aggressive or obsessive tactics

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<v Speaker 1>that make the other person uncomfortable or afraid of you.

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<v Speaker 1>So spotting the difference between a stalker and a romantic partner.

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<v Speaker 1>If you knew how to do that, you could save

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Yeah, for things to be considered stalking, the

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<v Speaker 1>contact made by the stalker has to be unwanted. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about non consensual interactions, even if they're fairly benign

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<v Speaker 1>social type interactions. Today, around half of all stalkers in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States are former domestic partners, and up till

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<v Speaker 1>one and four of the entire US population has experienced

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<v Speaker 1>being stalked. That's a huge number. Um, So to the professionals,

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<v Speaker 1>it's stalkers with the most emotional investment who are considered

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most dangerous types of stalker. Uh. This

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<v Speaker 1>type of stalker is more likely to have thoughts along

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<v Speaker 1>the lines of, you know, if I can't have you,

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<v Speaker 1>no one else can have you either, And there are

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<v Speaker 1>studies that back this up. The research says that stalking

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<v Speaker 1>is associated with lethal and near lethal violence against women

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<v Speaker 1>and definitely rings true. As many as sevent of internet

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<v Speaker 1>partner female murder is preceded by stalking. So that's all

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<v Speaker 1>a little heavy, and we probably all could use just

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<v Speaker 1>a moment of a break, So we're going to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>and when we return, we're going to draw the line

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<v Speaker 1>between romance and stalking because it can be a little fuzzy.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to criminalia. So now let's talk about what

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<v Speaker 1>erotomania is. So that question we first posed, how does

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<v Speaker 1>one differentiate between a hopeless romantic and a stalker? We'll

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<v Speaker 1>just start with a short answer and just go from there.

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<v Speaker 1>The real distinction here is that love is selfless, but

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<v Speaker 1>a stalker's let's say, affections aren't selfless, their demand ending,

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<v Speaker 1>and those affections are based on the belief that the

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<v Speaker 1>person who is stalking has an entitlement to the other

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<v Speaker 1>person's affections and in some instances, in entitlement to their lives. So,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have been dumped, it is a really terrible feeling,

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<v Speaker 1>and you might engage in some types of intrusive behaviors.

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<v Speaker 1>You may plead for your partner to return. This is

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<v Speaker 1>an abnormal It's considered a pretty normal behavior, but researchers

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<v Speaker 1>have found that when that behavior continues for more than

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks, it is more likely to transition to becoming abnormal,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it becomes hard to stop it. Yeah. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>they did studies where they had brain scans of those

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<v Speaker 1>who had been recently jilted, and they found that those

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<v Speaker 1>brains are actually more active in the areas that are

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<v Speaker 1>associated with things like anxiety and anger, and pain and

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<v Speaker 1>addiction and risk taking, an obsession and compulsion. So, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's a former partner or a complete stranger, this is

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<v Speaker 1>where your internal quote unquote creepy meter comes into play.

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<v Speaker 1>There is an author by the name of Gavin Debecker

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<v Speaker 1>who called it the gift of fear. We all have

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<v Speaker 1>a gut feeling and our internal mechanism for detecting danger.

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<v Speaker 1>The short version of this is like, just always trust

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<v Speaker 1>your gut. Is something feels creepy to you, better safe

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<v Speaker 1>and sorry. So there's this specific type of stocking that

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<v Speaker 1>we keep mentioning but we haven't really gotten into, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's erotomania, which is a mental health problem, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a form of paranoid delusion. It's usually also linked to

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<v Speaker 1>another mental health condition, such as schizophrenia, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to be. With this condition, a person has delusional

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<v Speaker 1>and intense beliefs that another person is in love with them,

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<v Speaker 1>and that person, interestingly, is usually someone who is of

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<v Speaker 1>a higher social status, such as a celebrity or a politician,

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<v Speaker 1>but fixations on random strangers and you know, acquaintances aren't

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<v Speaker 1>unheard of. A stock are suffering from arotomania might act

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly normal in most parts of their life, but as

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<v Speaker 1>this obsession and delusion grows, some stalkers begin to see

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<v Speaker 1>hidden messages and nonverbal cues in everyday things, such as

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers on license plates or the messages on those

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<v Speaker 1>Valentine conversation hearts that they feel like, are you know,

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<v Speaker 1>validating their feelings right, which they are absolutely not. But

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<v Speaker 1>um So. This condition also seems to be a little

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<v Speaker 1>more common in women than in men um and it

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<v Speaker 1>usually happens around midlife, maybe later, And while it might

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<v Speaker 1>last for a few weeks, it could also last for years.

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<v Speaker 1>Stalkers with erotomania may do things like loiter in the

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<v Speaker 1>victim's vicinity, telephone or text their victim, leave gifts, or

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<v Speaker 1>even post information or spread rumors about the victim, either

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<v Speaker 1>on the Internet or in some other public place, or

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<v Speaker 1>even by word of ma else So interestingly, the statistic

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<v Speaker 1>came up in our research about this condition, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>not specifically about stalkers. This statistic is about the whole population.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty six percent of Americans admit to stalking a partner,

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<v Speaker 1>either their current partner or an x by checking in

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<v Speaker 1>on them online without their knowledge or consent. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty common. I'm not actually surprised by that number,

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<v Speaker 1>but I feel that the number is high, although I

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<v Speaker 1>probably would have guessed higher, right. I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's not completely outside the realm of possibility that someone

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<v Speaker 1>on a whim, whether it's like someone you were romantically

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<v Speaker 1>involved with or not, but just someone that used to

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<v Speaker 1>be in your life. You'll go, I wonder what they're

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<v Speaker 1>up to, or maybe you even want to see, like

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder how much their life fell apart? Right, give

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<v Speaker 1>them a quick search on a social media network, which

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<v Speaker 1>I actually really personally think is okay. I think if

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<v Speaker 1>you keep going back every day, then you have a

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<v Speaker 1>little rights a one time check in you know what

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<v Speaker 1>up to now pretty normal. It's kind of like it

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<v Speaker 1>grows out of that sense that we all have of

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<v Speaker 1>being so easily connected to information that we want. That

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<v Speaker 1>transition to looking up someone you used to date or

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<v Speaker 1>you used to know pretty normal. In my book, if

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<v Speaker 1>you feel stalked by someone in this manner or in

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<v Speaker 1>any other type of stalking, authorities recommend being forceful and

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<v Speaker 1>direct when confronting the person about their unwanted behavior. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>try to let them down easy or worry about hurting

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<v Speaker 1>their feelings. Stalkers who want your love and attention are

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<v Speaker 1>not in the right frame of mind to really understand

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of being let down easy. You can't leave

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<v Speaker 1>anything open to interpretation. Basically, so when forceful and direct

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<v Speaker 1>communication doesn't work, or if you are super uncomfortable doing

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<v Speaker 1>it yourself, the authorities can intervene and deliver that message

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<v Speaker 1>for you. Welcome back to Criminalia. Now that we have

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<v Speaker 1>talked about Valentine's Day, Holly, um, it's the least romantic

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<v Speaker 1>Valentine's Day show of all top very much. So I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be at your house watching you through your window as

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<v Speaker 1>you put together in this special drink for us, and

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<v Speaker 1>I would invite in and give you one, but you

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<v Speaker 1>have to wear a mask. Well I would, but I

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<v Speaker 1>would prefer to stand outside your Okay. So I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make something fun for Valentine's Day. Whether you drink

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<v Speaker 1>it with someone that you love or just on your

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<v Speaker 1>own or both. I'm just going to tell you right

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<v Speaker 1>up front, there's a lot of alcohol. It's called it

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<v Speaker 1>Sneaks Up on You, and it is basically a twist

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<v Speaker 1>on a Long Island iced tea. It's a little tongue

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<v Speaker 1>in cheek and I don't mean to in any way

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<v Speaker 1>like down play the seriousness of stalking. But I just

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<v Speaker 1>thought for a drink that would be a fun name

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<v Speaker 1>because it does, it tastes delicious, and then it's too late.

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<v Speaker 1>It starts with a handful of strawberries. Muddle those strawberries

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<v Speaker 1>in your glass. I used to pint glass. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like three or four strawberries in the bottom is great

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<v Speaker 1>if they're medium, too large, and then you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>pour in three quarters of an ounce of vodka, or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're me, just bumped that one up to announce

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<v Speaker 1>because of vodka favorite, just pour it. No, don't pour

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<v Speaker 1>with a bandit. Yeah, I'm sorry, don't follow my instructions.

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<v Speaker 1>Three quarters of an ounce of rum, three quarters of

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<v Speaker 1>an ounce of tequila, three quarters of an ounce of gin.

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<v Speaker 1>I only use a half ounce of triple sec and

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<v Speaker 1>then an ounce of rose syrup, which is really the

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<v Speaker 1>magic trick here. I love when you put rose in

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<v Speaker 1>the but you are definitely not lying when you call

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<v Speaker 1>this a twist on the Long Island. It's basically the

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<v Speaker 1>recipe for a long Island until you get to the

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<v Speaker 1>rose syrup. I also add a few drops of bidders.

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<v Speaker 1>Floral bidders are great for a drink like this. I

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<v Speaker 1>have one that actually has rose as the primary note

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<v Speaker 1>in it. And then after you muddle the strawberry is

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<v Speaker 1>good to throw ice in. But if you've forgotten until now,

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<v Speaker 1>throw the ice in now, and then you just top

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<v Speaker 1>it with either a lemon lime soda or a ginger ale.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I just sliced a couple of additional strawberries

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<v Speaker 1>and put them on the rim as a garnish to

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<v Speaker 1>make it very pretty. It's so pretty. It tastes like roses,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't taste any of all of those ounces

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<v Speaker 1>of alcohom which is amazing. Like it's a It's a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful little drink. It's a very pretty color, and it'll

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<v Speaker 1>get you something. Don't like to use um white rum

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<v Speaker 1>and silver tequila in their long islands. I am not

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<v Speaker 1>picky about that. I had a gold tequila and my

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<v Speaker 1>rum was actually a colored drum. It came out a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful rose gold color. It looks so don't worry about

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<v Speaker 1>the rum color. It comes out looking great. Yeah. So

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<v Speaker 1>this might be my favorite drink I've ever. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've said that a few times before, but I firmly

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<v Speaker 1>say this one for the moment at least wins until

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<v Speaker 1>I come up with something better. Does this displace the

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<v Speaker 1>white toad drink? To me, it's a better drink than

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<v Speaker 1>the white Toad. I will continue to probably favor the

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<v Speaker 1>white Toad because it's easy to make and I can

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<v Speaker 1>just churn those out and have that the limits a

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<v Speaker 1>lovely this there's a lot more work, You've got more pull,

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<v Speaker 1>there's muddling guy ling exactly. You might not have fresh

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<v Speaker 1>strawberries on hand all the time, but I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a winner. So whether that is your Valentine stay drink

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<v Speaker 1>or just something you want to try any old day

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, it sneaks up on you as well

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<v Speaker 1>every other episode, right, this might be a good time

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<v Speaker 1>to let people know this is a shorter season than

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<v Speaker 1>Poisoner since it is creepier, not not as long. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>move on to a whole other crime to different creepy.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. We hope you have enjoyed this

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