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Beyond the Veil: Episode Three - The

Closing of the Daybellian Mind

July 15, 2020

EPISODE LENGTH 100:23

 Audio clip of Chad Daybell “this is how people think I act. There’s Woody Harrelson, in the movie

‘2012’…”

 Analysis of Daybell comparing himself to a fictional character and a conspiracy theorist

 Analogy about a 3 legged stool and the foundation of this analysis and the factor of closed-

mindedness comes into play with Chad Daybell and his eventual crimes

 Explanation of mental maps and the role they play in family culture and relationships

 Extreme Mormonism

 Family therapist by the name of Boszormenyi-Nagy who’s argued that closed families expect a

degree of loyalty around the same beliefs, and, if you think about that, children whose survival

depends upon being accepted by their families

 Chad's brother came out with a statement during the investigation, pleading for Chad to

cooperate with the investigation.

 Carol Dweck, who is a psychologist at Stanford, has done a lot of research on what she calls

mindset versus nurture debate

 Something else that comes into play which is really, really important in terms of understanding

Chad Daybell, and that's what’s called confirmation bias. Confirmation bias was described by the

psychologist Scott Lilienfeld

 Examples from his books to kind of show his closed-mindedness

 Background on Chad’s LDS Mission, explanation on how Chad filters everything through this

closed mindset of ghosts and paranormal experiences

 Jennifer Crocker’s psychological studies early on about confirmation bias

 Research findings about the paranormal that psychologists have found, is something called

illusory pattern perception

 Thomas Gilovich, who teaches at Cornell, in 1985. And it's called the “hot hand phenomenon.”

And how that research might apply to someone like Chad.

 Audio clip of Chad Daybell describing a ghost named Eddie from one of his books.

 John Martin Fischer is a philosopher provides distinction between intuitive and analytical

thinking how this could apply to Chad’s visions

 Chad’s near death experiences discussion

 Explanation of “Veil” in Mormon doctrine

 Police released these emails that Chad wrote to Lori explaining his rating system

 Chad’s after hours prepper event pendulum/ necklace trick

 Playing on people’s vulnerabilities, their desire to feel special

 Chad Daybell’s train dream from AVOW

 What’s the lesson from Joshua Bell, and these moments of transcendence in terms of Chad Daybell

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