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The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity - video
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC. The headline in use is “The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity - video”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan has incurred condemnation from human rights groups and politicians on all sides. But according to Coltan Scrivner, an author and psychologist at Arizona State University and expert on morbid curiosity, people are still likely to watch…
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