Do YOU think this is a FALSE CONFESSION?! Body Language Analyst Reacts to REAL Interrogation!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Learn how to read body language and deception to know when someone is lying! And the truth about coerced confessions! In this video I break down real footage from the case of Wesley Myers (The Confession Tapes) and show you exactly what to look for to know if someone is guilty or innocent. I will also break down the elements of a coerced confession. Body Language, interrogation technique, persuasion and behavior analysis all in one video!
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01:40 Is he LYING?
03:50 How to Catch a Liar
07:00 How to read body language
11:00 THE most important question for finding the truth
12:00 the most famous lie ever told
15:00 Expert Level Interrogation techniques
20:00 Gaslighting and coerced confessions
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This is like, one of my ultimate fears. Especially knowing my personality, neurotic and anxious and people-pleasing, and combining that with a power imbalance and being lied to (or gaslit, being told I did something that I know I didn't do), EVEN WITH the knowledge I've gained from these types of videos, in the moment it would be very easy to make me believe a whole narrative that didnt actually happen.
Yeah. This stuff works on the kind hearted a lot more than the cynical. I’m going to make a video this week about how to actively avoid being manipulated and gaslighted. I hope you watch it 😊
@@TheBehavioralArts I definitely will! Just subscribed, cant wait to see more content. Thank goodness for the ability to invoke our rights to an attorney-thats the one thing I DO know to do, if I found myself in a situation like this. Crazy how some people waive that right! Especially situations like the stephanie lazarus case. I'm asking for a lawyer either way, but especially if I were guilty. And a cop. And a terrible liar.
@@juliana.x0x0 yeah. Great plan. Always lawyer up
@@TheBehavioralArts Exactly and a good thing too. People can manipulate you to beleive their lies and forcefully confess which is totally unacceptable! We should realise how vulnerable we are and actively save ourselves from being manipulated.
No one has any right to emotionally manipulate you and make you confess to crimes u didn't commit.
If you end up being questioned by police, keep asking "am I being detained" and "am I free to go", preferably while keeping your voice calm (to avoid escalation). If you are not being detained, you walk out. If you are, you say "I want a lawyer" and "I'm choosing to remain silent". Then stop talking. Never say anything to police you don't have to. The only thing you truly have to say is "I'm choosing to remain silent" followed by silence. Even if you're a witness or not in any way guilty, you can and should stay silent until you have had the chance to talk to a lawyer, (which you may not have access to). I used to do protests a lot and they trained us on this. In my experience (as a white woman) it worked. A cop was at our car window and wouldn't leave us alone after a peaceful protest, and we just kept asking if we were free to go until she left is alone. I know cops can get violent, especially if you're black, but I don't think there's anything you can say to prevent that. Maybe others have advice on what to do in that scenario.
I got chills when i saw them start to manipulate him, i had a school counselor do that to me as a kid because she was convinced my mom was abusing me (she was racist towards us) it's really the most horrible feeling being on the other end of that. It's like everything you're doing is wrong, and there's no arguing, because you're wrong. So accept it. Awful.
After the first part I was pretty sure of his innocence, but the further on the video got the more certain I was. It is truly devastating how law enforcement can use these techniques to manipulate a false confession, especially how much it already has been in the past. When being led out and interviewed by media, I can see he's in no fit state to give any true confession and I'm interested in psychology from a very new casual perspective. I applaud all those who work to get people who have been wrongfully convicted released from jails and prisons. Thank you Spidey for bringing more attention to this matter too.
Yeah it’s so devastating. I can’t imagine going in to answer questions to help them find someone who murdered someone I love, then being arrested for it! It’s so unimaginable because as he’s serving his sentence he’s aware that the person who really did it is out there!!! So heartbreaking. Thanks for watching 😊
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It's astonishing what "law enforcement" did to this man. The most despicable thing is none of these tricks would have work if he wasn't a good person. I'm so glad you exposed this.
You are so right about that. He was victimized due to his kindness and empathy and you can see the pain in his voice even now of how much it broke him that people who were supposed to protect him; deceived him. 😞
Your comment made me think of a quote or saying - "Who's watching the watchers?"
If police are allowed to go unchecked and are able to use their power to manipulate innocent people, you know we're headed towards a fascist society (obsession of crime and punishment is one facet of fascism)
@@davel9514 We already have the best tools to fight this. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. This kind of behavior cannot survive being exposed.
Exactly. Well said. He was so helpful and naive.
@@windywednesday4166 Very true. And I also think this type of behavior by detectives is rare nowadays. Thank God.
These stories of false confessions have always freaked me out. With such a stressful situation and power imbalance it is bound to happen sometimes. Please share your tips for us to protect ourselves if we are ever in this unlikely situation. I would love to see more videos like this.
It’s funny you should say that. I filmed tips to protect yourself from gaslighting and manipulation at the end of this video but I removed it for 2 reasons
1) the video was getting too long
2) i was emotionally affected by this case and it was coming from a place of anger which would be doing you guys a disservice.
I will refilm a video about that and post separately. I agree with you. Imagine going to jail for any amount of time for something like this. The guy couldn’t even grieve his loss properly 😢
Thanks for watching 🤗
@@TheBehavioralArts I look forward to your follow up video with what you mention above ☝️. I appreciate and respect ✊ you doing what’s right for everyone. Even though I know most understand why anyone would be (and most certainly should be) very upset about these kinds of situations, and have a variety of emotions when seeing injustices. ☮️ ✌️ peace ✌️ ☮️
Assert your right to a lawyer 👍 *especially* if they’ve actually Mirandized you. The moment they say the word attorney you say, “yes, thank you, I would like to speak to an attorney”
@@czarnick2 In June of 2022 the Supreme Court ruled in the civil case Vega v. Tekoh that suspect who do not receive a Miranda warning cannot sue an officer for damages.
So if you don't know your right to a lawyer and the officer doesn't inform you of that right, too bad.
@@kristajones7202 Interesting, I’ll have to look at that, thanks. Surely that doesn’t actually undercut the fundamental Miranda protections, right? Officer liability seems like a wholly different matter from admissibility, but then sometimes SCOTUS does things that completely baffle me. 🤷🏻♂️🤯
I believe this guy is innocent. The way he's leaning forward and so confidently saying no when asked if there's anything tying him to this. He's clearly being very compliant and open, he doesn't have anything to hide. Gave me chills towards the end when you talk about the gaslighting and the lying. It's devastating that people like that investigator could use his skills for bad like that. And like you said, we can clearly see he's in this weird daze when being interviewed by the media and apologizing to the family. He really seems like he's hypnotized. This poor guy, it's so sad. Great video Spidey, very interesting.
Thanks! I had a lot of help making this video! Glad you enjoyed it 🤗
Okay, so, I’m freaked out at how the man being interrogated remains so calm! I’d be a basket case if I was being questioned about a horrific thing I didn’t do! He speaks so clearly, and in full sentences.
The lying and gaslighting really bothers me. Just for me, that kind of stuff is immoral, regardless of occupation or intent. And I feel like people that are kind or timid or eager to please are the ones that are most likely to be manipulated by it. So it kind of feels like some of these measures are more likely to succeed with a good person instead of a murderous criminal to me. Which makes me even more uncomfortable with some of the tactics interrogators use. It's like their mindset is; "Okay, if you can't get anything and you're desperate, lie. Try to manipulate and convince the suspect that they may have done it.. maybe you can confuse them and change their mind." Especially telling him that he blacked out. Feels unethical to me.
I was conflicted on guilt or innocence after that first clip. I'm so disappointed that cops could be so lazy to push someone, but we keep seeing this. As trained investigators, they should have been at least as conflicted as I was and let him go, keeping him as a person of interest until they found some actual real evidence.
Agreed! The problem is once they have it in their head that they “know” who it is they go in there with a bias and are only looking to validate that bias at all cost. 😔
I learned from all of your video.
I appreciated the progression of it.
The beginning where you pointed out specifics that show when he's being honest. I loved that you'd show the video explain how a truthful and liar would respond, then moved on.
I appreciated how you pointed out when the gas lighting started and how it was used.
And the sleep walking way he spoke at the end really is heart breaking.
Thank you for giving your time and knowledge for good
Wow. That’s awesome. I’m glad you enjoyed the different parts 😊. I absolutely agree, it’s so sad the way they psychologically broke him.
This was great 😊. I have to say after digging into criminal stuff for many, many, many moons 🌙, I have found the one subject within criminal behavior is observing interrogations, studying each style, each person interrogated teaches me something and I find myself never getting enough. Thank you for a beautiful breakdown, and especially of a case I had not heard of. I am now a fan and a subscriber of yours! Keep being a badass rockstar!! You will blowup sooner than later! ✌️
Thanks so much! What a kind comment. I’ve blown up in my performance career. This is passion and spreading good information. If it blows up; great. If not: we’ll have some fun 🤩
I’m a fellow fan, and also addicted to watching interrogations. All of us know the Col Russ Williams murder case and what is sometimes called the greatest interrogation by Jim Smith. There is another case out there with what I consider just as good or better. The detective is SO effective it is hypnotic to watch. Ramsawmy double murder case. Watch that interrogation!
This is reminding me of when a loved one was falsely accused of some nasty stuff by an abusive ex-partner. The police asked if we’d both be willing to take a lie detector test. We said no, because it’s junk science and they accused us of looking it up. When you’re being interrogated by the police doesn’t feel like the best time to admit to a habit of falling asleep to true crime shows 😅
At the end of the video - watching videos of police interrogations when I see the "hey I get it... this is why you'd do this" it feels so obvious to me what they are doing that I'm amazed it's even attempted much less that this apparently works. .
But listening to this it clicks in... I was raised by a narcissist. I stepped away 30 years ago. But these tactics immediately feel like manipulation to me. Having said that, my reaction is to end the conversation and walk away immediately. Not sure if it's avoidance or just knowing that it will do me no good to argue. I'm not sure what would happen if I couldn't walk away. I'm older and smarter now - and watching these videos makes me realize that the second these tactics are used would be a good time to "walk away" by lawyering up.
This particularly breaks my heart because I spent years of my childhood truly believing that it was possible for me to do and say things and not remember any of it.
I am from the South. I know men like Wesley, their mannerisms and way of speaking to people. It's not shocking that the detectives' tactics worked, but it's heartbreaking. I do believe he is not guilty of murder. Most people can tell - whether they can or can't verbally express why- if someone is bullsh*ttin' them. Wesley wasn't doing that, and I wouldn't need an expert to tell me why - although I am really grateful for the education you provide on the topic. I've recently found your channel and love all of the content so far!
Many years ago a friend of mine told me that if for any reason I was ever interrogated by police the only words I had to say were "desconozco, niego y rechazo" (I don't know, I deny, I reject) and then call him (he was a lawyer) I laughed because I used to think that no one would confess a crime he didn't commit. Then I watched the documentary Making a murderer, and was horrified to see police manipulating that poor boy, that opened my eyes! Thank you for your great analysis!
That’s terrific advice “I don’t know” or even better “I can’t remember” is a very difficult obstacle for any interrogator to overcome. I agree, these coerced confession cases are horrifying. Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Spidey! I just found your channel. It's extremely fascinating to hear expert insights. You are the James Bond of body language. You have a good heart and you only seek the truth. keep making great videos. Thanks!
This was hard to watch. They clearly manipulated him into questioning his own mind. Your analysis was astonishing. I've learned so much already from you.
thank you. Since the behavior panel talking about false confession, ive had a big question mark in my head about it. this was a great video, thank you for covering it.
I'm a safeguarding practitioner in UK and predominantly investigated abuse cases involving older people whose mental capacity might fluctuate due to dementia for example and the majority of carer abuse is seldom through malice or deliberate intent. For that reason we train in investigation and interviewing techniques that is literally the opposite of everything in this type of criminal interrogation. The potential for hazing and manipulating on both sides is vast so seeing blatant use of lies, feeding this guy false evidence until he's cornered and cowered like a kicked dog is shocking to see. If you know how to do it and what tricks to use, it's so easy to really haze, daze and make people believe an entirely different version of events it's frightening. What I do find from experience however is sitting back silently and letting someone talk will often mean they talk themselves in and out of trouble and do the job for us half the time. Cocky people with something to hide can't stop talking and take your silence and attention as being confirmation that you're somehow sucking it up and buying all their shit so they keep going and going until they've gone too far to get back out.
Jesus this channel is criminally underrated
I love your videos man, cant get enough of them, thank you. Its sad but this actually happens a lot all over the world, ive seen a lot of cases where they keep pushing and pushing untill somebody just gives up and say they done it. Its horrible.
This literally hurt my heart.... This poor man....
Poor guy, i cried when I saw this episode on Netflix. Benchwatching you since yesterday... Subscribed and enjoying your channel a lot! Thanks!!
Thanks 😊
Great video, Spidey! I'm addicted to your videos, they're so informative, educational, and very interesting. Thank you for all you do, I appreciate you so much! 👍😃
Jesus Christ - that was brutal to watch. Have to read up on the case to know the full details -- but glad he finally made it out alive, and am glad high-profile cases like 'West Memphis Three' and Steven Avery case have actually brought the topic of coerced confessions to light, and there are stricter laws to prevent/reduce such instances.
Definitely, a lot to learn from the video about how innocent people behave when put under pressure of direct hard-hitting questions. Great video, cheers!
Thanks man! So glad you enjoyed it 😊
I think I was sold when he said, "I love her." If he said he "loved" her, that would have been more of a red flag to me.
This broke my heart I hope he enjoys the rest of his hopefully long life in happiness, freedom and peace ♥️
Re: his use of "Sir", my first inclination is that in the southern U.S., and that it was 25 years ago, it would be common for a person to refer to a person of authority as "Ma'am", "Miss" or "Sir". This raises no red flags for me.
I feel like police and interrogators should really have to go both ways and when they find overwhelming evidence pointing to someone's guilt, they should consider just as heavily whether they can find any possibility of innocence as well. When your job is all one-sided and quota-based it's wide open and rife for abusive practice as we see here. It's worrying how many of these interrogators seem entirely comfortable and at ease with what they do and I can't wrap my head around what they think and why it becomes a thing because I'm sure few police officers set out with this aim when they start.
Trying to unravel people who have or might be having bouts of confabulation is the one time you really need to be sharp and careful to double check where you're at and make sure you're not actually wrong as investigators. For those not familiar, “confabulation” is where someone has false memories of something and believes 100% everything they're saying so aren't lying and being deceptive as such; the brain is filling gaps in memory they believe are true. It's similar to how gaslighting works but the person *believes* what they're saying so much it makes you question whether you have it wrong. For that reason it's sometimes incredibly hard weighing up someone who is just an excellent liar tried, tested and proven over time or someone who is suffering with a genuine problem but someone who is confabulating can make even the most hardened, seasoned interviewer go “Hang on... Have I got this tits up?” and that to me is all the more reason to take five, step back to review things.
That’s one of the worst stories I’ve heard of in a long time. I pray to God this man has a marvelous life for this treatment.
Oh man that makes me really sad. I feel horrible for the poor guy!
i know it’s an old video but i just found your chanel and watched it. to be honest at first i wasn’t sure if his innocent or guilty. but closer to the end i was in tears. it’s so devastating and unbelievable how he was convinced by the police - the people who should protect us and help us - that he really killed his girlfriend. his face was like a mask in that confession. it seemed like he wasn’t there, like he couldn’t believe the words he was saying. truly broken men.
thank you for this video and all your work 💚
I wish you’d have started doing these videos years ago. I needed them in 2016 in preparation for the following year. My life would be so much better right now. I freaking hate gaslighters.
For the first guy, keeping in mind I couldn’t see his face that wel so I went on how he said things, I think he is innocent because no hesitation in his voice.
My deaf and developmentally challenged son reported a crime of assault against himself to the police. The police decided that he was the actual assault perpetrator because he was older. They then badgered him for 6 1/2 hours until he "confessed". They convinced him that, in order to stay out of jail, he needed to "admit" to this crime.
First impression: Innocent. I believe he really would freak out if they found his hair.
Final impression: What they did to this poor, loving man is despicable and unforgivable. This is why I like to watch @Unsolved No More. Detective Kenny Mains would never, EVER do something like this. It’s both infuriating and heartbreaking. Thank you for covering it.
He set him up already with the first question. He found his weakness
Oh man... That 24th minute really got to me, made me tear up. This is freaking horrible.
I started watching the channel much more recently than this video. It was recommended to me by one of the AH vs JD videos, and I've been sorta working backward in this channel watching the backlog. So I've heard plenty of information here, but this is the first time I'm actually stopping and giving my analysis as you suggest, before continuing to watch the video. I rewatched the tape and paused at 2:21 to write this.
The man here in the tape seems to be answering very straightforward. He's not being overly specific, or overly defensive, and isn't elaborating in any way. He's directly answering the questions. The whole time, he doesn't move his hands, he doesn't hide his neck or lower his chin. He's shaking his head when he denies committing the crime, which is a consistent gesture. He's polite, but not overly polite.
"Is there any reason you think I wouldn't be able to clear you?" - "No." : He's confident in that because he knows for a fact that he didn't do it.
"Did you kill her and not mean to?" - "No sir I didn't kill her.": Very direct denial. Once again very confident that he knows the truth.
"They tell me they've found a hair, could that hair be yours?" - "No sir." : At this point I'm a broken record. He knows it wouldn't be his.
"How would you feel if your hair was found there?" - "If my hair *was* there, I'd freak out." : Would be a reasonable reaction for someone who's innocent. But again, he doesn't seem concerned because he knows that it isn't the case.
"How would you explain it?" - "I couldn't explain it." : Also very reasonable. He knows he wasn't there, so in the hypothetical situation presented, he wouldn't be able to explain it.
But I think the mistake here on his part unfortunately, is he could've seemed to have accepted the hypothetical frame that the interrogator introduced by answering that question so directly. Instead of simply saying that the hypothetical being introduced *couldn't be true.* Answering it might be bent to be seen as giving the idea some legitimacy.
He did try to emphasize that afterward, but I do think a little bit of damage was already done by that. How much? I'm not sure.
He does seem to get a bit more nervous as time goes on, but anyone would likely be nervous in that situation.
Its really so sad that they didn't even care about actually finding the murderer, about actually avenging the person murdered. They just want to get a confession from an innocent person so they can look good.
Ok. First impression:
The interviewer is definitely leading... Mr. Meyers sticks to his story. He doesn't waver, not even when the questions directions are changed to try to get him to implicate himself.
I think he's innocent...
This broke my heart . The man even has very kind sweet voice. Hope is not in jail anymore 🙏
wow i could not have been more wrong in my last comment this is why i love this channel because I'm learning from it that i wouldn't have thought but to be more a wear in the future. all in all i thought this video was great under the circumstances because of that poor man being treated that way. thank you spidey, looking forward to the next video :)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with your intuition disagreeing with what I’m saying for 2 reasons.
1) our intuition can only get us so far and with practice we become better and seeing the signs
2) despite all my training, experience and studies, I can always be wrong. It’s an extremely educated guess 😊
At 8:26 where you mention his over-politeness, if I listen to his accent, it could just be the vernacular that they may use in an answer that requires a definite 'no', and it wouldn't necessarily mean that he's actually being more polite. Now, I haven't watched the rest of the video yet, but that was just something that caught my attention.
Paused at 2:27 (yes I’m binging your vids, procrastinating doing work and recovering from covid) It seems like he is being very genuine.
And this is a perfect example of why you never talk to police without a lawyer present. Whether your guilty or not.
Paused. I like these where we make initial determination by a quick read without knowing any details.
Ok Spidey, I only saw it once and it was grainy. I could be off but I say innocent! His body language was leaning in, as if interested and wanting to hear more. This tells me that he did not know what details would be asked and he was anxious to hear. A guilty person pretends to be calm. His body posturing was open shoulders and facing forward. Ready for an attack. His arms were wide as the shoulders. This is an animal instinct to appear bigger when we don’t want to be scared and intimidated an aggressor. He was not hiding but felt attacked. His answers were clear and unwavering. His head shake was “No” every time. His answer about to “not be able to explain” is sign of truth. Deception would always have the appearance of an answer. His use of contractions are signs of truth. The only thing that could give me pause is his final statement before the cut in the tape. The wording seem declaring but insinuated that he knew something. His words had finality but seemed off from normal speech. This is a 30 sec read. Could be way off but not likely.
Great read! 💯
@@TheBehavioralArts I will research this guy. I can’t believe it. That was not a true confession
Hey Spidey, great start of the video so far, curious where its heading to.
My first thought is that he is innocent, there is no social distencing in his answers "I did not kill Theresa Haugtes"
Also the emotional way he respond to the questions isn't in a way thay he that tries to hide something. No agression towards the interogator, not trying to frame someone else or make something up to make himself more clear it all looks honest to me.
After seeing the rest of the video this reminds me a lot about the peter reilly confession, that was written in caildini's book pre-suasion, where he was interrogated for 24 hrs and the interrogator printed an image in his head that he commited a murder.
In the end he started to believe the image and confesses for a crime he diddn't commit.
Once again a great video, with a lot of awesome insights
Dude you really did good on this one!!! Some really excellent observations
Paused again at asking for the polygraph part.
First I can’t believe he confessed. He seemed like a zombie and looking down in shame. Now I am not sure.
I was a cop for 10 years. I have been asking questions and once sitting on the other side of the table from IA. They told me all kinds of stuff, called me a lair, threatening me, etc. I never wavered, NEVER. Two days later, they realized that they were not even looking at me. I got a half apology, well 25% apology and a report saying complete innocence. I felt hurt and wronged. There is no way in heck I would have confessed to something I truthfully did not even know about.
Those interrogation techniques should be banned! I'd rather have a guilty person walking free than an innocent person behind bars, especially for life. I think it happens more often than people realize. It breaks my heart wide open.
I haven’t finished yet, but I wanted to give some context for the “sir” he said. I worked security at a place for a while and this guy from, I think it was Ohio, maybe further south. Anyway, when he talked to his coworkers, no sir or ma’am, just chatting. When we did searches, we’d ask a question and he’d always say sir or ma’am. Not every time, but when we asked a question like, can we open up your trunk. It wasn’t in his baseline, but he’d pop a sir in there when I asked something regarding the search. It’s a southern thing. My aunt is the same way. She never says sir to me, but it pops up on occasion when she talks to my dad, a retired cop. Culture can play a role and I think that’s where it comes from in this instance.
I did consider that. He sort of has that Forrest Gump thing going. But even when talking to the detective he used sir once or twice. Again, it’s nowhere near enough for a cluster so I think you’re 100% right it’s just a southern respect thing.
From what I can tell so far he seems innocent. He directly says that he did not commit this specific crime. He doesn’t try to over explain or take the mental virus when he is asked if he could explain it. He also shows no signs of decoration as far as i can see other than one time he does a self soothing gesture but that could be due to anything.
This feels itself like a crime. They were well prepared, and probably felt superior to him, so their judgement was the final judgement. What's worse, no ammount of money can bring you back lost reputation and wasted years.
He’s honest was initial reaction & I’m glad I was right as reading people is something I don’t do well. If I had to rate things I’m afraid of being questioned like this is pretty high as I have a history of saying whatever will make the noise go away and leave me alone.
Yeah the peacekeepers are the ones gaslighters often target. I’ll make a video with tips on how to avoid this kind of manipulation soon. Thanks for watching 😊
Wrong Spidey!...the reason this makes you so sick is not whether or not the interrogators actually believed he was or was not guilty, but because of the tactics they used to justify their belief of him being guilty or not- THAT'S why this makes you so sick. They show themselves to be as sick minded as any criminal on the planet. They just have a badge to carry a certain level of authority. Very sad. God repair that man. And thank you for your raw honesty Spidey-
This is absolutely tragic. 😢
My first impression was that he seems very convincing, but i didn't instantly think he was innocent.
When people say they can't imagine false confessions, I wonder if they can really put themselves in these interrogation rooms for the HOURS that they go on and the headgames that are being played the entire time. Anyone who has been used, tricked, gaslighted, abused, manipulated, victimized, can relate. Whoever has the authority can convince you of a new truth, hands down. Regardless of your perceived strength of character. It's not even about that.
My first impression he's not lying
Like you mentioned, truth tellers tell, liars sell
He's just answering the interrigator's question
Liars will tend to bullshit around, avoiding questions, giving weird, detailed stories, and he is answering the questions very straight forward, and I don't really see any forms of deceptions from the interrogation scene
I have seen this on Netflix..What horrific hell this man must have gone through..
very thorough analysis Spidey ….
so many great tips 👍🏻👍🏻 thank you
My pleasure 🤗
I was really disturbed by him, the interrogator,Saying he has thought about killing his wife before too. Even if it is socializing that was very disturbing to me. If I were in Wesley’s place I would have looked at him like he’s a little crazy.
Heartbreaking!!! 😢 Lord, have mercy on that innocent guy and on those horrible investigators 😢🙏
Absolutely disgusted by these interrogators.
Wow, he's acting the opposite of the liars we saw in other videos. It's good to see what honesty looks like now. When guilty people were asked if they did a crime they would distance themselves from it and not say the victim's name, but this guy said very specifically that he did not kill her (I forget the name). He also showed shock when asked the presumptive question about his hair and didn't try to make up an excuse for why the evidence would be found, because he honestly doesn't believe his hair should be there. He sounds very innocent to me.
Thanks for putting this together. I learn so much from these types of videos. Sad that they chose to manipulate him based on nothing truthful. Makes me wonder if there are any tips for someone who is honest and truthful to be able to withstand that kind of mind manipulation for hours?
I actually filmed tips on how to avoid this kind of thing at the end of the video but it was getting too long so I’ll just make a separate video on that subject 😊 glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheBehavioralArts Awesome! Thanks Spidey! My initial thought was ask for proof but they could fabricate that too. :(
southerners say sir and ma’am all the time, especially to people who are perceived as authority figures. when i was younger i wasn’t allowed to leave a room until i said “yes sir/ma’am” or “no sir/ma’am.” it’s engrained in our behavior, and it’s a word used out of respect rather than solely politeness. the sir is cultural
First impression: I thought it was odd he didn’t use contractions in his assertion of his innocence. He didn’t say. “I didn’t kill her.” He said, “I did not kill Teresa Haught.” He was very precise and punchy with those words. He did a similar thing with “I am not guilty… of this crime.” And I kind of interpreted that as him saying he’s not guilty, thinking back to other things that he’s guilty of and thought, “Well… maybe I am guilty, but certainly not of THIS!” So he added the “of this crime” to specify what he’s not guilty of. I feel like I’ve heard somewhere that not using contractions like this can be a sign of guilt. I’m no expert or analyst of any kind, but it’s hard for me to know in this instance. He could very well just be trying to be as clear as possible because he’s kind of in shock that’s it’s even in question. So I don’t know, that caught my attention, for better or worse
It’s such a small clip to base truthfulness on, but my inexperienced opinion is that he’s being honest. The way used the word, “Kill” was a giveaway to me. There was absolutely no psychological distancing there. If he had done it, he may have said something like, “I did not touch that girl.” Similarly, when they asked him if there was any way his hair could be on the scene, he left zero room for alternatives. He asserted that it was impossible. This puts him in a vulnerable position, because if they DO find hair, he has no excuse. A guilty person may try and preface any evidence found by explaining it before they find it. So if asked the question of if it’s possible to find his hair, they may mention that it’s possible because he’s been there before but it was a long time ago, or set up some kind of “plausible” explanation for the hair being there. An innocent person wouldn’t even give it a second thought. Like, “No, I haven’t been there. Therefore it’s impossible for you to have any DNA evidence linking me to the scene. It’s just not possible.”
the most importnt thing i get from this is:
1) leave
if i cant, then:
2) lawyer up
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About him saying "Sir;" I lived in the South for decades. All the "Sir"s said to me was, "Working guy from the Deep South, talking to someone in power or that he respects for some reason (& especially if the Sirer is of a lower socioeconomic level of the Siree)." Overpoliteness (at least in certain situations) is just business as usual in many parts of the South.
My God, this fucking breaks my heart, he lost the one he loved most and then they took 16 years from this poor innocent good man. 💔
I hope he was able to find some semblance of peace in the last few years he got back. 😢
Aw.. look at 25:10, your shoulder, your one shoulder, you know actually.... . And I like the way you choose to tell us 😅 you are a brilliant ❤
I'm going through this exact same thing right now. And the sheriff's Department Suppressed. Video evidence. Altered video evidence to wear. The timestamps don't even match. And the DA accused me of confronting one of the witnesses who lied with a gun, which never happened. So Tuesday, I have to go in there and play. My $50,000 lawyer has given up. Because they coerced a confession where. I told him, I will confess, but I'm gonna lie when I do it. Because he said that I need a guilty confession. So I, I gave him one, and I told him it was a lie.
First impression:
1. He's not distancing himself from either the woman or the crime. He feels comfortable enough to name her, and he says "this crime".
2. He doesn't succumb to the repeated attempts at the mind virus. His entire body is very certain that he wasn't there and the hair isn't his.
No distancing at all from the crime… mentions her by name… and the crime no time to think just straight truth
I totally relate. It is heartbreaking to see some of that. Well done gr8 vid
This is heart-wrenching, how can those interrogators sleep at night? If they are that skilled then they are far from ignorant, I believe whole-heartedly they has serious doubts and that should have been more than enough to not condem this man.....terrifying!
I note that he uses the present tense, "because I love her." That suggests to me that her death is not real to him yet. If he had killed her, he most likely would have used the past tense because it IS most definitely real to them. EDIT: Ah, now you said that, haha
The use of " sir"...he is southern, and we southerners tend to use that for emphasis. No sirree Bob, I never would!
That is so ugly to blame an innocent person based only on the fact that he is not that well prepared in defending himself as those cops are. His only defense is his sincerity against their professional skills of psychological attack. Those cops should be in jail right now.
This is trully heartbreaking
First Impression: innocent. He’s leaning forwards in a relaxed manor. His hands were relaxed and his thumbs exposed. His head shake was consistent with his answers. Self soothing by rubbing his thumbs together, but stressful interview. No other soothing gestures.
First impression, I believe he's being completely honest in that first clip.
The interrogator asks a question to reveal any deception, like you've mentioned before, "Is there any way I won't be able to clear you of this?" (Or something very similar) and Wesley straight up answers "No." That's very telling that he was sure of himself and knew he was telling the truth. Again, as you've mentioned before, people who are lying will often say something like "I don't think so" or "I hope not" or "I was there earlier, that might be why.."
I noticed he also said "I did not kill" which is not deflecting from the seriousness of the situation, liars often say things in lesser terms, like "hurt" or "touch" while avoiding the word "kill."
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So far as I know about deception, I don't think this guy is guilty (I've watched the video till 2:28, so I don't know about your opinion). His answers were very specific, everything he just said was only focusing on the accusation and did not say anything unnecessary. I don't know about his body language but his speech, as I believe, did not have any sign of deception.
Btw I believe that the detective or the others did not ask him the same specific questions over and over before this interrogation so that he would not care to specifically lie anymore.
Hey Spidey - love your channel here! I've been binging your videos in no particular order, but this is the first time I've seen you mention a polygraph, and I'm curious as to what you think of the use of lie detector tests (the machine kind). I've heard that they're essentially pseudoscience that can be used against someone in a court of law, so I was surprised when you said that willingness to be subjected to a polygraph was a good sign; I'd think automatically refusing them in any situation would be understandable, the same as calling a lawyer regardless of guilt or innocence. Would this really be considered a red flag to interrogators? Can't a polygraph be misused to convict an innocent person or clear a guilty one? Would you be willing to make a video on the subject?
This was my great aunt that he killed. And the bad thing is, is that nobody knows all the facts from it. This man has put my family through so much and ppl are saying that he is innocent when he isn't. The reason he got out was bc a judge talked to a person who was on the jury. He was not proven innocent so plz do your research B4 you form a opinion. Also the ppl in that show was absolutely disgusting, they called her white trash. How could you talk abt someone like that! She was literally murdered. But they wanted to make it seem like she was a bad person and she wasn't. They only had one person from our family on there which was my great grandma. And they had almost everyone in his family on there, this was so one sided so plz don't always believe what you see/hear.I also love how ppl are saying "that poor man" when she was beaten to death with a jar and was set on fire. And if we want to get technical he tried to set her on fire which didn't work so he set the bar on fire. Also fyi his skin was literally found under her finger nails
I don't understand how anyone could be such a vile devil, to do something so utterly evil as to manipulate someone into confessing to something he has not committed. I WANT to believe it was - it is being - done out of good will, that they didn't realise they were coercing him, that they genuinely thought he was guilty. I hope they at least strongly suspected him and pushed in good faith they're fighting for the truth, unaware of what they're doing. But they also knew enough about interrogation and psychology to start the interview in such a model way of putting themselves on his side etc... I want to believe police doesn't let murderers go and put innocent people in jail - with full awareness. But even if it happened once in the history of the world, that is beyond terrifying, and beyond irreparable injustice.
Was there someone in this case someone they could've been protecting? Somehow, at least having any reason behind something like this, no matter how immoral, like corruption or bribery, would make this marginally better, if only because somewhat possible to understand. If something like this was done just to reach the target, just to make any arrest at all, just so they can say they caught the perp even though they knew they could not possibly have done so... Somehow this level of cruel, ruthless indifference and petty selfishness scares me more than criminal entanglement.
I paused the video and I believe this person is innocent. I believe that because he's looking directly at the interrogator speaking in a calm collective manner and was composure his voice didn't raise the lower he just sounded genuine
Nope! Not talking to you Mr Police Officer, not without my lawyer. Nope! Not taking a lie detector test without my lawyer. Goodbye!
First impression: He's sounds truthful, because his answers are immediate and firm denials. I don't see any deception on his part.
Afterthought: If you've never experienced gaslighting it is hard to understand how powerful it can be and how much it makes you doubt your own memories. This is such a sad case.
Also im feeling deeply horrible sad and impotent for the gaslighter getting its way...aka the poor man being manipulated that terrible way.
Now after watching the video to the end. I have been that guy, far to many times too. No wonder I am always confused.
He looks pretty sincere about it for the most part but the thing that caught my eye was the grooming with his hands and covering the groin...
It is very on in the footage because it’s too early. He doesn’t seem to be backtracking or trying to convince the interrogators .... he’s just answering their questions.
This reminds me of when the FBI falsely prosecuted thousands of people with fake hair analysis.
Now I've noticed that non contractions are in my baseline 🤔
First impression: He’s innocent. Singing body language
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