The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook

Sam Vaknin was her idol - Grace is a second year PhD Philosophy student and for years she has admired the man she believed to be a professor. He wasn't just someone she watched from afar, he became a mentor and was even referenced in her Masters thesis. When she recently heard via Sam about what he's calling a "smear campaign" she brushed it off as a misunderstanding over him being a Doctor of Philosophy, who taught a different subject, Psychology. That was until her friend contacted her and informed her it was not a smear campaign, but an investigation into Sam's fraud and abuse of therapy patients. Her world came crashing down as she realised, he had never been interested in assisting her with her studies, his motivation was far more sinister.
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The mystery woman - an alarming incident at one of Sam Vaknin's seminars in Macedonia last year was recorded by one of the attendees who herself believes she was being targeted. The director of CIAPS, Anthony Kila, who is himself currently under investigation for being a fake therapist, was a co-sponsor of this event and did not take  me up on my offer to listen to the audio of this serious safeguarding incident. The mystery woman from Lithuania was branded dangerous and yet Sam Vaknin, using fake credentials as a professor of psychology did nothing to help the woman. He was only interested in keeping the attendees away from hearing what she had to say. Was she another victim tying to warn people? British TV Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton was present. I contacted her to ask for her help. She didn't respond. 
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Monsters do exist - An introduction to HG Tudor, the faceless diagnosed psychopath who keeps his identity a secret but tells Isla Traquair that one day he will reveal himself, even if it's at his funeral. In this episode you'll learn some chilling details about psychopaths and warnings to heed. If a psychopath tells you "his kind" are evil and cannot change, it's advisable to believe them. 
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Analysis Part 2 - In the second part of this special analysis episode Sam's former collaborator Richard Grannon, Director Mark Vicente and investigative journalist Isla Traquair continue to assess the dog whistling videos Sam Vaknin released ahead of the documentary and podcast release. Isla discovers a chilling remark made by Sam to the filmmakers in behind the scenes camera footage. 
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Analysis Part 1 - In April 2026, Isla Traquair, Richard Grannon and Mark Vicente met up in London ahead of the BAFTA screening of the documentary. The social media campaign had been running for two months and Sam Vaknin knew it wouldn't be long before he would be exposed as a fake professor accused of abusing therapy patients. 
As you may already know from social media, Sam's efforts to discredit the film and podcast have escalated significantly since the film's delayed release in July. It had originally been scheduled for May. Sadly some of our predictions have come true in relation to more women coming forward. 
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