The Victim's Brain: How We're Manipulated by Scammers and Liars
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The Victim's Brain: How We're Manipulated by Scammers and Liars
9.99 €
"We are all crippled. Our brains are stuffed with lies, injected under the skin like poison." — Christine de Védrines
"I thought: almost ten years! The members of this family must be degenerates, strange people. But no! They are completely normal." — Daniel Zagury, renowned forensic psychiatrist, author of the unique study "The Brain of a Serial Killer."
How could "completely normal" people, descendants of French aristocrats, turn into psychologically crushed beggars, handing over everything to a con man: over 5 million euros, their family castle, and their will?
This book is the shocking confession of Christine de Védrines, who let Thierry Tilly into her home—a man who presented himself as a friend, financial genius, and savior. For ten years, he kept eleven members of her family in an invisible prison, convincing modern and educated people that they were the heirs of a secret society being hunted. He wove a masterful web of lies, and, caught in the middle of it, they voluntarily surrendered everything to him.
How could this have happened? The answer is provided by Daniel Zagouri, who served as the forensic expert in this case that shocked all of France. He not only wrote the foreword to these memoirs but also allowed the conclusions of his official examination to be included in the book, in which he examined the criminal's mind and uncovered the psychological mechanisms that led his victims to believe and do the unthinkable.
This is a terrifying, true story of mental slavery, proving that any of us can find ourselves in a similar trap.
"I thought: almost ten years! The members of this family must be degenerates, strange people. But no! They are completely normal." — Daniel Zagury, renowned forensic psychiatrist, author of the unique study "The Brain of a Serial Killer."
How could "completely normal" people, descendants of French aristocrats, turn into psychologically crushed beggars, handing over everything to a con man: over 5 million euros, their family castle, and their will?
This book is the shocking confession of Christine de Védrines, who let Thierry Tilly into her home—a man who presented himself as a friend, financial genius, and savior. For ten years, he kept eleven members of her family in an invisible prison, convincing modern and educated people that they were the heirs of a secret society being hunted. He wove a masterful web of lies, and, caught in the middle of it, they voluntarily surrendered everything to him.
How could this have happened? The answer is provided by Daniel Zagouri, who served as the forensic expert in this case that shocked all of France. He not only wrote the foreword to these memoirs but also allowed the conclusions of his official examination to be included in the book, in which he examined the criminal's mind and uncovered the psychological mechanisms that led his victims to believe and do the unthinkable.
This is a terrifying, true story of mental slavery, proving that any of us can find ourselves in a similar trap.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Portrait of a Psychopath: A Serial Killer Profiler