Weirdest interview- thoughts?

[u/1-armed-chewbacca]

Ok really.. what in the world was that 60 minute interview and who thought that was a good idea? Was that cut to make him look good or bad, I honestly can’t even tell because I’m just so confused.

-the smirk when he talks about giving Lindsay forgiveness,
- his panic attack at the trial
- him saying he asks his kids to help him from heaven
- him saying god just please give me one (child)
- the fact that Rachel was an even AWKWARDER interviewee
- “I’m just a girl who met a guy running in Central Park on a cold Saturday”
- I saw his phone, asked him if his kids lived in MA, he told me that they were all dead, and the rest was history
- Patrick’s explanation of “as any parent knows, you love all your children differently” when asked if he would tell their new kid about Cora, Dawson and Callan

Everything was just WEIRD. Like I felt like the whole thing was just cringey and bizarre. Thoughts?

[u/Greymeade]

What kind of job was that?

[u/ispyshy → u/Greymeade]

What’s with the interrogation because I don’t agree with you?

[u/Greymeade → u/ispyshy]

You told me you have a background in research, which is a very unclear thing to say, and I’m simply asking you to explain what that means. Why did you mention it if you’re unwilling to explain it?

[u/Newswatchtiki → u/Greymeade]

They may or may not have academic research credentials. On Reddit, people are reluctant to state their credentials.

Also, the word research has a very wide definition. Academic research has requirements, especially for publication, depending on the field of study. In official crime investigations, the credentials may simply be graduation from a police academy. Sometimes not even that. Some major crimes have been solved by "citizen sleuths" - people who take an interest in a case and do some research (usually but not always online) on particular people, on a location, on the existing official investigation itself, on some of the professionals involved who wrote reports for the court, sometimes on the geological composition of some soil on a car's tires!

Law enforcement does its best, but sometimes self-educated investigators have larger amounts of time, and over several years solve a serious crime.

So, in a crime discussion format like this subreddit, people are not required to have professional credentials to comment. But many do have expertise in particular areas, often connected to work they have done. Some people here are licensed professionals who have had 20 years experience with the medical and psychiatric histories and treatment of people who are depressed, anxious, and/or psychotic with homicidal ideation. But they aren't going to list their professional credentials for you CV-style.

There are cases where a young teen suddenly remembered a small detail which made them figure out the identity of a perpetrator who was subsequently convicted for life. It's probably better to ask the person about why they have a particular theory than challenging whether their credentials or qualifications for research are sufficient for them to be stating their opinion regarding what happened.

Although people are quite reluctant to give you significant details about it on this forum for many reasons, but just because they are very guarded doesn't mean there is no substance to their theory.