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The Lie That Changed Psychology: The Truth Behind Kitty Genovese | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Sally Calhoun dismantles one of psychology’s most enduring myths: the story of Kitty Genovese. For decades, students were taught that thirty-seven witnesses watched a woman die in Queens without calling for help, creating the foundation for the 'bystander effect.' This episode reveals that the truth is far more complicated, human, and tragic than the headline suggested. We explore how media sensationalism distorted a brutal crime into a moral lesson about urban apathy, ignoring the actual perpetrator, Winston Moseley, to focus on the perceived…
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