hello this is dr grande today's question is can i analyze the case of the stockdale family murders just a reminder i'm not diagnosing him in this video only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this if you enjoyed this video please like it subscribe to my channel and consider supporting me on patreon i will put the link to patreon in the description for this video first i'll look at the background this case i'll move to the timeline of the crime then offer my analysis timothy and catherine stockdale lived on their small family farm in beach city ohio the couple had moved there to keep their four sons calvin charles jacob and james safe from bad influences at some point the family formed a bluegrass and gospel band which they referred to as the stockdale band they started performing publicly sometime around NUMBER_TOKEN and were reasonably successful timothy and his sons played various instruments like the guitar banjo and the mandolin jacob played the fiddle he was a three-time ohio youth fiddle champion and won ohio state's grand fiddle championship catherine was the manager of the band she believed there was nothing as wholesome as playing old time bluegrass with your family catherine was known as a strict mother who homeschooled her sons she restricted her sons from having much contact with the outside world as part of her religious belief system for example her sons could not watch tv or play video games she believed that these items produced redundant minds and lazy children i'm not sure what a redundant mind is is that like an extra mind that a person doesn't need it's not really clear what she meant catherine's sons were forbidden from using expletives she did not want her sons exposed to any sexual influences violent language drinking smoking drugs or rap music catherine discouraged her sons from dating saying they needed to focus on a moral life rather than thinking about girls catherine had her sons on a highly regimented schedule they did school work ran the farm performed chores and practiced for their band performances they were busy from sunrise to sunset she believed this would keep their minds pure and their bodies healthy catherine implemented a token economy in the house whereby her sons could complete chores to earn tokens they would earn an extra token if they performed the chore with a glad heart her sons could use the tokens to buy mildly entertaining activities for example a few minutes listening to a family-friendly radio show as their mother supervised or sticks of chewing gum in NUMBER_TOKEN the stockdale family appeared on the abc series wife swap the producers of the series had specifically looked for a family with strong faith-based values to create a significant disparity with the other family they would switch with timothy and catherine were initially reluctant to participate it doesn't really make any sense that they would have based on their values but their sons really wanted to so they gave in and the family was on the show by NUMBER_TOKEN calvin and charles had moved out of their parents home so it was just timothy catherine james and jacob who still lived there now moving to the timeline of the crime on june NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN at NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN pm a NUMBER_TOKEN call was placed from the stockdale residence the caller disconnected
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