Public unease about Kelly turns into a backlash. ibid.
R Kelly Sex Cult: Girls Held Against Their Will. ibid. article
Shortly after the cult accusation, a TV documentary series Surviving R Kelly detailed his abuse of underage victims over a period of 25 years, with 7 of them appearing on camera. ibid.
He’s trying to play the victim but there’s no genuine emotion. ibid.
A string of federal charges … He was found guilty of all charges. ibid.
* Cliff: When he’s say no, a little head movement saying yes … He’s clamping he’s hands together … And we see the tension in the legs … = porkies
* C: Anxiety = breathing with the chest, almost like a gasp for air
* C: Single-sided shoulder shrug = I’ve no confidence … Manipulators from his hands … Micro head gesture that is no … = highly likely to be a porkie
* C: Shoulder shrug, eye closure blocking = be highly suspicious because he’s choosing to block and is leaking information
Derby 2012: A tragedy that stunned Britain. First their father was seen as a hero. Then suspicions grew. Faking It Special s1e12: Mick Philpott
Ten seconds in, the performance of fake sadness is on. ibid. Cliff
Having lost six or their children, they still can’t get a tear? And you can see Mick go red in the face and almost trying to force one out. So the emotion for their children isn’t there, for what ever reason. ibid. Kerry
We’re ten years on now and yet this case still shocks. How can someone play so fast and loose with their children’s lives? ibid. Kerry
He was claiming £50,000 in state benefits. And lapping up the notoriety. ibid.
‘Get a job! Get a job!’ ibid. Ann Widdecombe
Mick Philpott had a long history of abusive behaviour towards women. ibid.
Mick Philpott arranged a press conference but said no questions would be allowed. ibid.
But there’s no tears. ibid. Dawn
His children were possessions for him. ibid. Kerry
* Cliff: Not genuine sadness … none of those features would be part of a genuine sadness expression.
The child whose murder shamed a nation. And the adults who filled his life with torment. A suburban house of horrors. And a story concocted by a dad and step-mum how dissected frame by frame. Faking It Special s2e1: Labinjo-Hughes, Arthur, Discovery 2023
The shocking death of a young British mother. Her husband’s desperate plea. And his failure with words. A murder that fuelled protests against domestic violence and sparked suspicion of foreigners. Faking It Special s2e2: Caroline Crouch
He’s trying to create the impression of sadness by hooking his fingers into the corners of his eyeballs. ibid. Cliff
11 May 2021: Police arrived at the luxury house north of Athens to a devastating scene. In the main bedroom they found the lifeless body of a young woman. Her name Caroline Crouch ibid.
We’re talking Clockwork Orange levels of violence here and sadism. ibid. Kerry
He’s in automatic pilot: it could be that he’s not actually experienced that emotion. ibid. Dawn
They didn’t come into his home and this was staged. ibid. Cliff
Caroline was 15 when they met and he was 28. ibid. Kerry
How had Babis managed to call the police when he was tied, blindfolded and gagged? ibid.
He asks for an ambulance. We’re supposed to believe that at this point he didn’t know he needed an ambulance. ibid. Dawn
Those diary entries charted the history of their relationship. ibid. Kerry
There’s no tears. He’s trying to create the impression of sadness. ibid. Cliff
Perpetrators often use thank-you speeches. ibid. Cliff
And the police were finding more problems with his story. ibid.
* Cliff: We get the eye closure (distancing), low volume, double-sided shoulder shrug = deception red flags
* C: Single-sided shoulder shrug
A spirited young woman documenting a dream road-trip across the USA. Projecting the sunny image of the perfect life. The wellness influencer followed by thousands on Tiktok and YouTube. And the seemingly happy loving fiance, always be her side, always positive. A search across America on the road and online. What happened to Gabby Petito gripped the world, but was the answer there all along? Faking It Special s2e3: The Murder of Gabby Petito
Sometimes scratches on a perpetrator are all that you will see when a women has been subject to non-fatal strangulation. ibid. Kerry
Separated, Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie started to tell very different stories. ibid.
Two witnesses had reported the couple fighting outside a restaurant. ibid.
But she also indicates with her hands her throat. ibid. Kerry
Very often victims of domestic abuse don’t want to make things worse for themselves. ibid. Kerry
September 11th 2021: Gabby’s mother, Nicole Schmidt, reported her missing. ibid.
Utah police made the bodycam footage public. ibid.
* Cliff: He’s highly anxious: Thoracic breathing, raise upper chest, squeezing hands, raised brows
*C: Rolling in of lips suggests anger
*C: Hands a rolling throttling movement – gestural slip
A beautiful mum bludgeoned to death in her own home. And a supposedly devastated husband with a strange taste for the limelight. Grieving partner or brazen liar? Faking It Special s2e4: Joe O’Reilly
If we look at his hands, he’s reliving the moment where he was actually in the bedroom. ibid. Cliff
We’ve got all these indicators clustering within about five seconds that make him prime suspect number one. ibid. Cliff
The murder of a beautiful young mum in an idyllic village caused a media sensation. And to the surprise of officers at the scene, her husband seemed to welcome the spotlight. ibid.
That’s extremely graphic detail for a grieving husband to be using. ibid. Dawn
They learned more about the state of his and Rachel’s marriage. ibid.
But how does he know she might have been gurgling? ibid. Kerry
Police had established that O’Reilly’s extramarital affair had been going on for months. ibid.
Shortly before her murder, Rachel had found out about the affair. ibid.
* Cliff: Eye closure nine frames (distancing), little headshake no – gesturing negation of this claim
* C: Single-sided shoulder shrug & head-shake no = lie
Kidnapped, raped and murdered: the victim who united women in anger and grief. Her abductor and killer a serving policeman. Could he have been stopped before he struck? Faking It Special: The Murder of Sarah Everard, DiscoveryPlus 2023
If you notice the top half of the T-shirt here – he’s probably breathing once ever second. He’s in trouble now, and he knows it. ibid. Cliff
Couzens is probably one of the worst people to ever have been entrusted with a police uniform. And he’s also one of the most appalling liars. ibid. Kerry
Officers obtained dashcam footage from two vehicles that passed Sarah on the night she disappeared. ibid.
A computer check showed the vehicle was registered to a car-rental centre in Dover. It had been hired by a man named Wayne Couzens, a serving officer with the Metropolitan Police. ibid.
Some of his former colleagues actually used to refer to him as The Rapist. ibid. Kerry
* Cliff: Anxiety shows in deep swallow, prolonged head shake no (convincing tactic), five head shakes = deception
* C: Constrained shoulder shrug x8 = no confidence in what he is saying, big swallow at end = lie
*D: Pronoun omission (distancing). Pronouns are notorious for giving us away!
*C: Leaking information: shoulder shrug, chest breathing, expanding pauses, shrugs get larger
*D: Convince mode, shutting down the conversation
December 2023 and the star witness at Britain’s Covid Inquiry makes his long-awaited appearance. Faking It Special: Tears of a Crime: Boris Johnson, DiscoveryPlus 2024
Can this man even lie straight in bed? ibid. Kerry
Crises don’t come any bigger than Covid and the revelations of rule-breaking in Downing Street. ibid.
His body is confessing here. ibid. Cliff
When he worked at The Telegraph, Johnson’s editor was Max Hastings, who’s a very well-respected journalist. And he had this to say about him: Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his private or political life, if confronted by it in an identity parade. ibid. Kerry