True Crime Psychology and Personality

Dr. Todd Grande is a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator who built a large YouTube audience by analyzing high-profile criminal cases through a clinical lens. This podcast is the audio home for that work. Each episode takes a real case (sometimes famous, sometimes obscure) and walks through what personality research, attachment theory, and diagnostic frameworks can and cannot tell us about the person at the center of it. Dr. Grande is careful to note that only a treating clinician can formally diagnose anyone, and he keeps the discussion grounded in published evidence rather than speculation. What sets the show apart from most true crime is the restraint. There are no reenactments, no dramatic music, no breathless narration. The tone is closer to a graduate seminar than a thriller, which makes the occasional moments of dark humor land harder. Listeners come away with a working vocabulary for concepts like narcissistic injury, psychopathy scoring, and the difference between a personality disorder and ordinary bad behavior. It is a good pick for people who enjoy true crime but want more psychology and less sensationalism, and for students of counseling looking for case examples they can actually learn from. New episodes land weekly and generally run 30 to 45 minutes.