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Crazy, Not Insane

Murderers are made, not born.

Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.

20201h 57mNRDocumentary

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About Crazy, Not Insane

Directors
Alex Gibney
Cast
Dorothy Lewis, Laura Dern, Eric Lewis, Gillian Lewis, Richard Burr, Bill Hagmaier
Genres
Documentary
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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