EP79: Chatroom Confessions of Murder

Crimes and Consequences

Imagine you are a member of an internet support group for problem drinkers. One day as you are perusing through the chatroom discussions, you stumble upon a disturbing post from a regular named Larry. In his post, Larry details murdering his child three years earlier and how he got away with it. What do you do? This is the shocking story of the 200 members' reactions to Larry Froistad's confession of murder and the power of the Bystander Effect.
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Sources:
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/10/biztech/articles/10confession.html
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/2668/
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/30/us/on-line-trail-to-an-off-line-killing.html
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6608691232651917520&q=Larry+Froistad&hl=en&as_sdt=80000006