42. Con Men & The Dark Triad

Today we are covering the Psychology of the Con: victim selection & the Psychology of the Con Artist which includes the Dark Triad of personality characteristics. IF YOU ARE JUST DISCOVERING THIS SHOW / EPISODE PLEASE CHECK OUT our wonderful colleauge, JAVIER LEIVA'S "Pretend" episode on Frank Abignale! Mentions: Private Investigation for the Missing blog https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Missing Maura Murray podcast http://www.mauramurraydoc.com/ Fool Me Twice podcast https://www.foolmetwicepod.com/ The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova https://www.mariakonnikova.com/books/the-confidence-game/ Talking To Strangers by Malcom Gladwell https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/talking-to-strangers/9780316478526/ Online Machiavellianism test: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/MACH-IV/ You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/ L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network. http://crawlspace-media.com/