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How do you know if there is potential for the man that you love to one day turn on you in the worst possible way?
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So, we actually reached out to a forensic psychologist, Jeffrey Frasier, to get his take. Jeff says that
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Bullinger appears to have an insecure attachment style, which makes him highly reactive to potential public
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humiliation. I haven't touched on this yet, but Mike was actually brought up in an LDS household. Jeff says that people
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who are brought up in rigid religious households might lack coping skills when confronted unexpectedly. We don't know
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if that was the case for Mike, but if so, it leans more toward the theory that he was surprised and panicked. Now, the
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background with his first wife and the fact that he was in this second or maybe third marriage, living a double life for
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so long also makes Jeff think that Bullinger lacks empathy. So, while most people might admit fault or ask for
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forgiveness or feel shame, Bullinger is more likely to be violent because he doesn't have those same barriers between
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a logical solution and homicide. Jeff actually brought John List up when we were asking him about Bullinger. And for
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those of you unfamiliar, in 1971 in New Jersey, John List killed his mom, his wife, and his three kids at their house
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and then disappeared. He assumed a new identity, got remarried, and went 18 years totally undetected. And when he
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finally did get caught, he said he was in major debt and just wanted to spare his family the shame of losing their New
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Jersey mansion. It's like White Lotus season 3.