{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews","slug":"true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","podcast_index_feed_id":568948,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42359005.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"🔎 Daily True Crime Stories | Unsolved Mysteries | Criminal Investigations | Cold Cases True Crime Today is your go-to daily true crime podcast , bringing you the latest murder cases, ongoing trials, criminal psychology insights, and shocking unsolved mysteries . Whether it’s breaking crime news, high-profile trials, serial killers, missing persons, or cold cases , we cover it all with expert analysis, investigative storytelling, and real-time updates . 🎙️ Hosted by leading crime analysts , we uncover the psychology of killers, forensic breakthroughs, police investigations, and courtroom drama —giving you the full story behind the headlines . From notorious cases to little-known crimes that deserve attention , we break down what really happened and why . If you're obsessed with true crime podcasts , criminal psychology, and investigative reporting, subscribe to True Crime Today on Apple Podcasts now! 🎧 New episodes daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:47.477723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948"},"episode":{"title":"Jesse Ridgway's Twenty-Year Pattern Mirrors What Researchers Call Attention Addiction","slug":"jesse-ridgway-s-twenty-year-pattern-mirrors-what-researchers-call-attention-addiction","published_at":"2026-06-14T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/jesse-ridgway-s-twenty-year-pattern-mirrors-what-researchers-call-attention-addiction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8915654","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8915654.mp3?modified=1781208423&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Over a four-year period, Jesse Ridgway produced staged family violence content on YouTube under the Psycho Series brand that generated more than a thousand 911 calls from viewers who believed the depicted events were real. Upon disclosure that the content was fabricated, Ridgway stated he \"never lied\" and did not acknowledge the emergency responses his content provoked. That pattern — the production of increasingly extreme content designed to generate maximum audience reaction without accountability for the consequences — has continued and escalated over the subsequent decade. The documented trajectory includes StoryFire, a creator platform that acquired approximately one million users before being converted to an NFT product. A pregnancy announcement whose veracity remains unconfirmed. And an episode in which his wife underwent a medical procedure she publicly described as the worst experience of her life — within approximately 48 hours, Ridgway appeared on national television while she recovered at home. He had been filming on four separate cameras within five days of the procedure. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, with more than thirty years of clinical experience in forensic mental health, examines the behavioral pattern through the lens of current research on narcissism and social media engagement. The dopamine feedback loop associated with audience validation operates on the same neural pathways documented in substance addiction studies — producing measurable tolerance effects requiring escalating stimuli, withdrawal symptoms during periods of reduced engagement, and impaired capacity to disengage voluntarily even when the behavior produces demonstrable harm to proximate relationships. Scott addresses whether the primary reinforcer is financial or attentional — and…","meta_description":"Over a four-year period, Jesse Ridgway produced staged family violence content on YouTube under the Psycho Series brand that generated more than a thousan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2244,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/episodes/jesse-ridgway-s-twenty-year-pattern-mirrors-what-researchers-call-attention-addiction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/jesse-ridgway-s-twenty-year-pattern-mirrors-what-researchers-call-attention-addiction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}