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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

What Caused Karen Read's RAGE Towards John O'Keefe, Psychotherapist Explains

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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What Caused Karen Read's RAGE Towards John O'Keefe, Psychotherapist Explains
What kind of person burns their life down to support someone they’ve never met—especially someone accused of murder?

Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott dig into the psychology behind the super fans of alleged killer Karen Read, questioning what drives ordinary people to lose their grip on reality in the name of "justice." From people flying across countries and going bankrupt just to protest outside courtrooms, to disturbing voicemails and bizarre courtroom behavior, this episode dives headfirst into what might be going on in the minds of Read’s supporters—and Read herself. Is it narcissism? Projection? Insecurity? Why does someone accuse their partner of cheating with the same breath they use to try seducing his friends?

As Brueski and Scott dissect her emotional tirades, courtroom smirks, and lack of empathy—especially towards the children of the man she's accused of killing—it raises a chilling question: what kind of person identifies with this behavior, and why are they so eager to defend it?

What does it say about us when red flags look like rally cries?

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:03.3

Here now, Tony Bruske.

0:06.9

The people who get into this where they are out there with the signs,

0:14.1

and again, if you think she should be free and that she's innocent, that's one thing.

0:19.3

It's going this extra crazy mile of harassing people.

0:24.0

And, you know, basically going bankrupt.

0:26.7

We've heard some people from, they've come from other countries.

0:29.8

Their businesses are failing, but they're there because they think they're doing the right thing.

0:33.4

They think they're being some sort of justice warrior for Karen Reed, despite reality being right there going, look at this.

0:41.7

Is this really what you want to get behind?

0:44.6

Is that just cognitive dissidents where they just don't see it?

0:47.8

Are they themselves narcissists?

0:50.8

Do they possess a lot of narcissistic traits that allows them to have blinders on and

0:56.5

only see a specific narrative? And what type of people are we talking about here that are able to be

1:02.6

hijacked and their lives thrown to this cause? Yeah, I wouldn't say at all that they're narcissists are pathological in any way,

1:13.5

but I think it shows a lack of critical thinking and the ability to get out out of this

1:19.8

conspiracy kind of narrative that, again, I say people like it. Yeah. It's so it feeds this dopamine,

1:26.3

you know, kind of hit that we're fighting, we're crusading,

1:29.6

we're doing the right thing. And they're just not able to look at all sides and analyze carefully

1:36.2

because it feels good, feels good. And that's so often what you see in political rallies,

1:43.1

where people come up with their slogan, their candidate, and it feels really good and empowering to them. And so, and sometimes people get crazy with it. You know, they take it to a violent extreme and we see lots of that. So there's just a lot of problems, I think, in the human brain with our ability to think critically

2:02.6

and not think with our emotions. You know, emotions are important, but when they're the driving

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