'The dance of darkness,' for the beautiful, happy and vibrant Sharon Stern, became the dance of death. Sharon Stern, 32, of Hollywood, Florida, aspired to perfect her performance of butoh, a Japanese style of contemporary dance. Instead, she lost her sanity and committed suicide, allegedly driven to despair by her butoh master, Katsura Kan, according to a lawsuit filed by her family. "Katsura Kan brainwashed her against her family and her life," said her heartbroken father, Tibor Stern, 65, of Hollywood, Florida. "He made her forget everything that was happy about life, and told her she needed to experience pain and suffering, until he had full control over her." I just wrote this …
Craigslist: Avoiding Scams and Crooks
In 2013, a Pittsburgh man bilked 194 people out of $53,000 by advertising fake concert tickets on Craigslist. In 2012, a Las Vegas Craigslist seller was nearly robbed of his luxury RV when he was contacted by a buyer wanting to pay in full using Paypal. It sounded good, until she said she was in a hurry and needed the RV ASAP. Luckily the man hesitated, narrowly missing becoming the woman's next victim. In January 2014, a Georgia man sold his Ipad on Craigslist, only to find out the cash he received was counterfeit. During January alone, he became the 3rd victim of Craiglist scams in the city of Augusta. Craigslist, for the most part, is a convenient and inexpensive way to sell goo …
Lovefraud con man William Allen Jordan – AKA Liam Allen – busted by his latest victim in New Jersey
William Allen Jordan is one of the most dangerous psychopaths I've ever come across. I've spoken to at least four of his victims, and he takes mental manipulation and gaslighting to a level far beyond what most garden-variety psychopaths can accomplish. Jordan convinced multiple women in the UK that he was a CIA agent. In fact, he was married to two women simultaneously, and had both of them believing that the other was nothing but an agent working under cover. Mary Turner Thomson wrote a book about her experience called, The Bigamist. Dr. Liane Leedom studied William Jordan for her scientific paper, "Did He Ever Love Me?": A qualitative study of life with a psychopathic husband. Jordan …
Gary J. Aronson treats widow like gold – with money acquired by stealing her identity
By Donna Andersen Lisa and Joe Sorrentino were happily married for 25 years. They worked together every day in Joe's hair salon in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. They enjoyed their family. But life changed in October 2008, when Joe was diagnosed with lung cancer. Lisa Sorrentino had been working part time in the business, but as Joe weakened, she put in more hours and covered more of his clients. Joe died in October 2009, and Sorrentino was heartbroken to lose her husband and best friend. But she didn't have time to slow down and grieve, because now the salon was hers, and she was working 65 hours a week. One of her clients was Gary Aronson. Her husband had been cutting his hair since …
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Katherine Underwood, in disguise, pursues her ex, Budimir Drakulic, who owes her $1.6 million
Twenty years ago, Katherine Underwood, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, started dating Budimir Drakulic, who claimed he was a professor at UCLA. Eight months later, he asked her for money and kept asking until he took everything she had. Underwood sued and won a judgment. Because she couldn't afford a private investigator, she put on disguises and followed Drakulic herself. Donna Andersen just wrote the story for MailOnline.com. I'm not done wig you! The many disguises woman wore to spy on ex-lover who owes her $1.6 m after 20 years …
Maybe victim’s statement helps as parole denied for Iowa stalker Michael Bonert
Michael Bonert, who was sentenced to 21 years in prison for stalking his former girlfriend, Vicki Kuper, had a parole interview in Iowa on March 19, 2014. Vicki attended the hearing to protest his parole. "During questioning he was asked if there are any pending criminal cases," Vicki said. "First he admitted that he has filed for post conviction relief, then he said that there is an investigation that he initiated two months ago against me for perjury. "The board was ready to grant parole today until this information came to light. After that the whole atmosphere changed. They had a very short discussion and all agreed to deny parole. They then went back to Mike and told him that …
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Was this season’s The Bachelor a very public display of love bombing by a sociopath?
Editor's note: Joyce M. Short is the author of a just released book, “Carnal Abuse by Deceit.” The book chronicles her life with a predator, the subsequent aftermath and her road to recovery. It also provides advice for victims and their supporters, and discusses the issues surrounding criminalization of rape-by-fraud. By Joyce M. Short Sure, we all know it's just a reality show. And millions tune in each week to second-guess the decisions, get amused by the fireworks between the young hopefuls, and watch the romantic hook-ups as each bachelor winds his way through the candy-store of 27 beautiful, eager, women. But this season, something seemed very different. Enter, Juan Pablo Galavis, a Ve …
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1,200 phone calls, 45 criminal charges, 21-year sentence: Michael J. Bonert’s obsessive stalking of his former girlfriend, Vicki Kuper
By Donna Andersen Michael J. Bonert, 33, is from Delaware County, Iowa, but at the moment he is a resident of the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City, Iowa. He was sentenced to 21 years behind bars for relentlessly stalking his former girlfriend, Vicki Kuper, also of Delaware County, Iowa. Bonert was charged with 45 offenses, including 24 violations of Vicki's no-contact order. And those were just the incidents that resulted in criminal charges there were many more. Since being incarcerated on August 30, 2010, Bonert has played the part of the model prisoner. One prison psychologist said his behavior was exemplary. Another described him as courteous and …
LETTER TO LOVEFRAUD: He loves, he proposes, he gets money, he abandons
Editor's Note: This Letter to Lovefraud was submitted by a reader from Italy whom we'll call "Alessia." It all started a year and a half ago when I went through a huge crisis with my life that led me to make a decision to simply leave everything and go out of my country (Italy) on a long luxury vacation of four months. Knowing my destination from a past visit, and based on past decision to make this destination my second home, part of my plan was to buy a house on the beach in this four-month period. Arriving to my destination I didn't waste a second. I made a contact to real estate agency and asked to view some houses. Searching for real estate They sent me a 70+ year old real estate …
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Contrary to claims, the PBS Sherlock Holmes is not a ‘high functioning sociopath’
Along with the hit show Downton Abbey, PBS has recently run the series Sherlock. In this remake of the classic detective story, the gifted private investigator is working today, solving the most difficult and puzzling crimes. In a recent episode, Sherlock's sidekick, Dr. John Watson, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is getting married. He asks Sherlock Holmes to be his best man. The big day arrives, and Sherlock must use his extraordinary powers of deduction to prevent a murder right at the wedding reception. Here is more information about the show, including an episode preview: Sherlock: Season 3, Episode 2 The Sign of Three High-functioning sociopath? Early in the episode, …
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