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Love Behind Bars: Pen Pals to Prison Romance

Love Behind Bars: Pen Pals to Prison Romance

Update: 2025-07-22
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They say you can't help who you fall for... So is it truly possible to fall head over heels in love with a criminal?

From the infamous courtroom "groupies" of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Richard Ramirez, to women who become pen pals with inmates and eventually marry them, this episode of Motive & Method delves into the perplexing phenomenon of "hybristophilia" – or, more simply, loving a criminal.

What compels someone to fall for a person serving time for heinous crimes? Is it a search for control, a desire to "fix" a broken soul, or something far more complex?

In this episode, Tim and Xanthe chat with Clinical & Forensic Psychologist Kim Dilati to unpack why some people, particularly women, choose to build lives, and even families, with those confined by prison walls.

 

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Love Behind Bars: Pen Pals to Prison Romance

Love Behind Bars: Pen Pals to Prison Romance

Xanthe Mallett and Tim Watson-Munro