Who is Isiah Thomas? For the uninitiated, he was a great college and NBA basketball player, a “hall of fame” legend. If you want to see how superior Isiah Thomas the basketball player was, just go to YouTube, punch in his name and watch the highlight footage that speaks for itself. In short, Thomas was an electrifying, all-time great point guard and champion at every level at which he competed—from high school, to Indiana University where, precociously, he led the Hoosiers to an NCAA basketball title, to the Detroit Pistons, whose NBA misfortunes he somewhat singlehandedly changed, immediately, after the Pistons drafted him out of college. Thomas subsequenty led the Pistons to …
Mother goes to the pub, her baby dies
In this tragic story from Ireland, a woman left her six children alone while she went drinking at a pub. The youngest was a six-month-old infant, born premature, was strapped in a car seat. Unable to breathe properly, the baby died of positional asphyxia. Read Tragedy of baby left for a night in car seat who choked to death on BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. …
LETTERS TO LOVEFRAUD: I did not choose this guy
Editor's note: Lovefraud received the following e-mail from a woman who we'll call, “Cybil.” She was married to a sociopath, and is now raising two toddlers, paying 75%+ of their support, and being run into the courts, stalked, threatened and harassed. Today I was thinking about this comment I get a lot from the supposed "resources" I have. What I have found is that there really is not much in the way for resources out there for abused women. Even my family, who have been helpful and are starting to "get it" little by little, can be a little backhanded in their support. The comment goes like this: "Well, you chose this guy. You chose to have kids with this guy." It is always said after …
Sociopaths explain their own words
Perhaps the hardest thing for those of us targeted by sociopaths to grasp is the extent of their inhumanity. Sociopaths have no empathy. They do not feel connections to other human beings. We are mere pawns in their games. They view the world as predators and prey—they are the predators, everyone else is prey. We ask, “How can this be?” We object, “He said he loved me!” (“She said she loved me!”) We argue, “I said I was leaving and he cried! He begged me to stay! He said he couldn't live without me!” (The female sociopath did too.) Well, let's take a look at what their words really mean. A Lovefraud reader visited Sociopathworld.com. “They had a discussion going on things they …
The Bernie Madoff undie auction
The U.S. Marshall Service auctioned off Bernie Madoff's personal property yesterday, with proceeds earmarked to compensate his scam victims. The New York Post reported that one buyer paid $1,700 for Lot 380, which included 138 pairs of ultra-luxurious Charvel socks, and 11 pair of brand-new, monogrammed designer boxers. Read Bernie Madoff's undies go for $1,700 at auction on NYPost.com. …
“Love Fraud” book earns 5 stars in first independent review
In the book publishing business, reviews by respected sources are critical. As soon as we had printed copies of Love Fraud — How marriage to a sociopath fulfilled my spiritual plan, we sent it to about a dozen reviewers like Publisher's Weekly, the New York Times Book Review and the Library Journal. The first review is in, from the Midwest Book Review. Founded in 1976, the Midwest Book Review publishes monthly book publications specifically for community and academic librarians, booksellers, and the general reading public. Of the 169 books reviewed in the Small Press Bookwatch for November, 2010, Love Fraud is one of two books listed as a “Reviewer's Choice.” Here's what they …
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Teenage murderer starts a new life–then the mask slips
In 1983, in a tiny Wisconsin town, 14-year-old Peter Zimmer brutally murdered his adoptive parents and brother. Because of Wisconsin laws at the time, he never went to jail—he spent three years in a school for boys, and then, as the only remaining member of his family, claimed his inheritance. Twenty-five years later, Jovan Collier—his new identity—started a romance with Candy Williams in Florida. Everything was fine until Candy found his ads on a racy dating site and ended the relationship. Then the real trouble began. Last night, the ABC News show 20/20 did a story about Zimmer/Collier. Read Teen's dark secret: He murdered his family on ABCNews.com. Watch the show …
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Lovefraud reader exposes Andrew Harper, Australian con man
Police in the Australian state of Victoria are looking for Andrew Harper, who claimed to be a billionaire but took off with one woman's $60,000. Read Police search for smooth talker Andrew Harper on HeraldSun.com.au. A group of women that he scammed, including a Lovefraud reader, fought back by creating the following websites: http://andrewharper.info/ http://andrewjharper.blogspot.com/ http://andrew-harper.blogspot.com/2007/03/wow-what-conman.html …
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Traveling the distance
By Ox Drover I got to thinking the other day about how our strength and ability to carry an emotional load of “stress” is sort of like a long-distance walk or ride or race. People who travel in various long distance endurance races, or just for their own purposes, have to limit the amount of weight that they carry. Some people who do long distances on foot even cut the handle off their toothbrushes to reduce the load they have to carry by even a fraction of an ounce. If I had to carry a five pound sack of flour to our local post office, which is about three miles away from my farm, up and down several steep hills, I could do it without a great deal of time involved, but would probably …
Arizona con man rips off investors; wife held responsible
Cindy White met a and married a man who seemed to be a kind, successful investor. He turned out to be a complete fraud who swindled his investors. White knew nothing about it, and was not involved in the business, but authorities in Arizona have her on the hook for $1.5 million. Yesterday, KPHO TV in Phoenix covered the story. Watch the video and read the story at kpho.com: Husband's double life leaves woman with $1.5 M debt. Cindy White is planning a book about her experience, and hopes that you'll comment on the article. …
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