Episode 1 - Dissociative Identity Disorder

Our first episode takes you through what was once known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Now recognized as Dissociative Identity Disorder, we open our season discussing our curiosities about this mental illness. From the truth about Sybil to recent court cases where D.I.D. was used as a defense, we delve deep into our curiosity. Is D.I.D real? How does one prove the existence of various identities? Was the famous Sybil case fact or fiction? Listen as we try to answer these questions and more. Hosts: Quills Rodriguez (Producer) Penn Aragon (Editor, Podcast Art) Sources/Citations: Primal Fear (Film) 1996 Directed by Gregory Hoblit Produced by Gary Lucchesi, Howard W. Koch, Jr. Paramount Pictures United States Sybil (Film) 1976 Directed by Daniel Petrie Produced by Jacqueline Babbin Lorimar Productions United States "Meet the Mother with 20 Personalities" 2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show /OWN Oprah Winfrey Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2atzoaA2NI Standard YouTube License "Sybil: A Brilliant Hysteric?" November 23, 2014 Clyde Haberman Retro Report | New York Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRBZ0Kjisl4 Standard YouTube License "Sybil Exposed: A College Friend Remembers Shirley Mason" Published on Dec 28, 2012 Debbie Nathan, author of "Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4S50E4uqTE Standard YouTube License "Famed Psychiatric Story of 'Sybil' seen As a Fraud" ABC News Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3F94WnlBFw Standard YouTube License "Meet the Six Personalities Living in This Woman's Head" USA Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhICGCXnUE Standard YouTube License