In this episode I am digging into the controversial and rare psychological condition most commonly known as folie à deux, or sometimes shared psychosis, or sometimes shared delusional disorder. What exactly is shared psychosis (if it even exists), and what can it look like? What are the trends among people said to have this disorder which might give us clues about how shared psychosis can occur? What are the legal implications of using shared psychosis as a defense when people commit brutal crimes? I take a stab at these questions for you, talk about folie à deux in the fictional horror landscape, and bring you an unsettling bedtime story about two boys who conduct a shameful experiment involving an old dog, a raft, and the sea. Why indulge in a discussion about yet another rare psychological condition that may or may not be a real thing? Because whether you want to recognize it as a formal disorder or not, there is no denying that the idea that one person’s delusions can be contagious to another in a folie à deux is totally Creeptastic!

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