Lovefraud has just posted a new case study on Lovefraud.com. It’s probably the most frightening article in True Lovefraud Stories:
Mark Ledden stabs his wife 11 times, then accuses her of attacking him
This is the story of a man who would probably score at the top of the PCL-R, the tool that measures psychopathic traits. He was charming, scamming and over sexed. He coldly threatened violence. Then, when he was crossed, he brutally acted on his threats.
It is also the story of a woman caught in a no-win situation. He seemed like a good guy, a responsible guy, when they became involved. Three months later they were engaged, and three months after that she was pregnant.
After the second child, Mark Ledden started threatening to kill his wife if she ever left him. By this time, Denise knew him well enough to take the threats seriously. She knew he was capable of committing that act of violence.
She also knew that if she left him, he would track her down and make good on his threats. So she stayed—until he did commit violence so atrocious that he was sent to prison. Luckily, she survived.
What do you do?
This case brings up the most difficult scenario when involved with a psychopath: What do you do when he (or she) threatens brutal violence, and you know the person means it?
What good is a restraining order? In reality, they are nothing but pieces of paper, and violence-prone psychopaths don’t care about paper.
Do you go off the grid and completely disappear? If so, how do you start over? You’ll have no identity, no background, no support network.
If Denise had called me for advice while she was still with this man, I don’t know what I would have told her. So I ask Lovefraud readers for your views. How would you advise someone who is living with a psychopathic volcano that could explode at any time?
Hey, Aussie girl, I also have SLEEP APNEA and Ii sleep in this contraption that looks like a DARTH VADAR mask with a machine that makes the sucking sound in addition to the track suit! Besides, I don’t want the house to catch on fire and me have to run outside naked, I might spook the asses or the firemen might run! LOL ROTFLMAO
Once I did a naked “moon dance” and it caused a terrible lightening storm! So just don’t want to take any chances again.
Say, did anyone ever tell you how to stop sex in people over 50? TURN ON THE LIGHTS! LOL ROTFLMAO Snort, snark, choke! Hee hee
Oxy – Oh my! (as Hens would say) I have just had a vision of you as you have described yourself. I am afraid to inform you that I must herewith withdraw my recent offer of accomodation at my abode. Please be assured that no personal insult is intended; I simply love my animals way too much to subject them to such a thing. It would be wrong of me to be a member of the RSPCA and then to invite your visit, which could well leave them impaired (one way or another).
Yours respectfully,
Aussiegirl
LMAO, so Oxy, does that mean I still have 7-1/2 more months to leave the lights on?
aussie, what happened in court?
DearAussie, my feelings are DASHED! I was teaching the asses how to swim and tying floats on the RV….all my plans have come to naught! LOL
Star, darling, you can leave the lights or or turn them off as you please! Just Think maybe you might want to keep the snakes in their cages. LOL Oh, my, as Hens would say, I’m gettin’ silly now! LOL
Oxy, my snakes want nothing more than to crawl in bed and cuddle the cats and humans. They cannot do that if they are locked in their cages. But don’t worry, I only let them out when company is staying over. (You can’t out-silly me! ha ha ha)
Star,
Actually I’m not afraid of your snakes, non poison ones are not any threat to anyone except like you noted if they get too large….but the poison ones around here I have seen poison snake bites and I will PASS ON THAT so don’t take any chances…paper wasps are also beneficial insects too, but because I am allergic to them I spray every one I can find….and keep the epi pen close as well!
I actually encourage non poison snakes around here and will catch and bring them home and turn loose in the yard if I find them other places….but by actually keeping down the mice in my barn I discourage them from living here which is sort of a lose-lose thing, but it also keeps the poison snakes away as well as they stay where there are food supplies of mice.
There is a hog nosed snake that we see from time to time out by the aircraft hangar, we’ve seen him occasionally for the past 8 or 10 years, they are so COOL as if you bother them they will rise up and hiss like a cobra and actually have rear fanged venom that isn’t really very toxic but they will strike at you but NOT ever bite. If you keep on pestering them they play dead and roll over on their backs with their mouth open and tongue hanging out. If you turn them right side up while they are pretending to be dead, they will QUICK AS A WINK TURN BACK OVER UPSIDE DOWN. As babies they mimic the color (but not quite the pattern) of a copper head. Interesting little critters and one type eats ONLY frogs.
Once when my husband’s grandson (city kid) came to visit we saw the snake and he and I pestered it for a little while so he could see what cute critters they are but when we do see it we don’t ever harm it and wouldn’t. Actually, I wouldn’t mind having one of them for a pet, they are like the “fainting goats” that keel over if you make a loud noise…sort of unique, not just “ordinary.” LOL
The hoggies are adorable! I’ve never seen one in person but several people on my reptile site have them. Just FYI, there is no such thing as a poisonous snake. They are actually “venomous” snakes, rather than poisonous. For an animal to be poisonous, you would have to become sick by eating it or ingesting something on its skin (like poisonous dart frogs). Just wanted to make that distinction. And I would also be afraid of rattlesnakes if I found them around my home. If it’s me or the snake, sorry but the snake has to die.
And I’m glad you’re not afraid of my boas. Cause they would love to cuddle you! (All 5-1/2 and 6 feet of them!) 🙂
Thats a funny one, Oxy,-How to stop people over 50 having sex. Reminds me of another one.
Q.”Do you smoke, after having sex?”
A. “Dunno, Ive never looked! LoL
Love,
Mama GemXX
Star, when we were in South Africa we dug out a 14 ft (I think it was a “rock”) python with 60 eggs. They actually stay with their eggs, which in this case were about the size of a duck’s egg, larger than a chicken, even a jumbo egg. The babies were about to hatch and were still embryonic but within a few days of hatching. We opened a couple of the eggs to check and even at that stage they would try to bite you. She weighed 75 pounds and it took 8 or 10 guys to hold her. I remember her head was the size of both my hands together and her teeth looked like dog’s teeth they were so big.
Stargazer –
“my snakes want nothing more than to crawl in bed and cuddle the cats and humans. ”
Star, I am just amazed that they don’t try to eat your cat/s!!!!!!