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Buried Alive | The Elusive Gary Krist | 5

2024/4/9
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Cassie DePeckel: 本系列节目讲述了1968年加里·史蒂芬·克里斯特绑架并活埋芭芭拉·简·麦科尔的事件,以及这起令人震惊的犯罪行为对受害者及其家人的深远影响。节目探讨了克里斯特的犯罪动机、心理状态以及他此后的生活经历,并对受害者麦科尔展现出的非凡的韧性和宽容精神表示赞赏。 Steve Fennessy: 作为一名记者,我深入调查了克里斯特的生平,包括他的童年经历、犯罪过程、服刑期间的表现以及出狱后的生活。我的调查揭示了克里斯特复杂的人格特质:他既聪明又具有反社会倾向,他善于操纵他人,并试图通过各种手段为自己辩护,争取假释和赦免。尽管他犯下了令人发指的罪行,但他却展现出非凡的适应能力和生存能力,并试图在社会中重建自己的生活。然而,他始终无法摆脱过去的阴影,最终再次触犯法律,再次入狱。我的报道旨在呈现一个客观真实的克里斯特形象,并探讨罪犯改造的可能性以及社会对罪犯的宽容与惩罚之间的平衡。 Steve Fennessy: 克里斯特的童年经历充满挑战,父母经常外出捕鱼,将他与哥哥留给镇上的人照顾,这让他感到被遗弃和忽视。这种童年经历可能对他的人格发展产生了深远的影响。在逃狱后,他化名乔治·迪肯在麻省理工学院工作,展现出非凡的智力和能力。然而,他内心的反社会人格障碍却始终挥之不去,最终导致他犯下绑架罪行。在狱中,他努力学习,取得了医疗技术员资格证书,并参与了狱内团结委员会的工作,试图表现良好以获得假释。出狱后,他试图在社会中重建自己的生活,但由于媒体报道,他的过去被曝光,最终导致他的行医执照被吊销。他再次卷入犯罪活动,再次入狱,这表明他始终无法摆脱过去的阴影,也无法真正融入社会。

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Journalist Steve Fennessy discusses his research into Gary Stephen Crist, who kidnapped Barbara Jane Mackle in 1968, and Crist's life before and after the crime.

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Atlanta-based journalist Steve Fennessy began researching Gary Steven Krist’s past for an article he was writing for Atlanta Magazine back in 2006. The assignment took him on a deep dive into Krist’s life, from his upbringing through the aftermath of one of the most notorious crimes of the 1960s: kidnapping and burying Barbara Jane Mackle alive. Today, Fennessy joins host Cassie De Pecol to share what he uncovered about Krist and what it was like writing our series, Buried Alive.

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