207 The Domino Effect of Murder With Psychologist, Author, Podcast Host, Speaker, and Homicide Survivor, Dr. Jan Canty
This is going to be a different Cops and Writers episode. Today’s interview is like something you would see in a movie or read in a piece of fiction. Unfortunately for my guest, she was forced to live and still lives this nightmare.
Dr. Jan Canty was married and going through the process of attaining her PhD. Unknown to her, her husband, a psychology professor, was leading a double life of frequenting a prostitute and befriending her pimp. This cost him all of their money, and ultimately his life, in a brutal killing where he was chopped up into pieces and spread out over Michigan.
Dr. Jan Canty recounts this harrowing series of events in her book, A Life Divided: A Psychologist's memoir about the double life and murder of her husband - and her road to recovery.
Dr. Jan Canty is a Psychologist, Author, Podcast Host, Speaker... and Homicide Survivor. She has worked in clinical psychology for over thirty years in a private practice setting, large psychiatric hospital, teaching graduate school and consulting with attorneys and the federal government. She is an author and hosts the Domino Effect of Murder Podcast.
Dr. Canty is a champion of the often overlooked or poorly treated homicide survivors. Her passionate is finding ways to support and help other so-called homicide or suicide survivors.
Please enjoy this honest and sometimes raw conversation with Dr. Canty.
In today’s episode we discuss:
· Dr. Canty’s road to a P.H.D.
· Living in the worst part of Detroit during its most violent time.
· How she met her late husband and their relationship.
· How her late husband, the psychology professor, got involved with a valedictorian hooker and biker pimp?
· The events leading up to her late husband’s brutal murder and dismemberment.
· The realization that her late husband had been living a double life.
· Navigating the criminal justice system after the arrest of those responsible for the killing of her late husband.
· How victim rights are not popular in today's culture and are often overlooked or ignored.
· Her book, A Life Divided: A Psychologist's Memoir About the Double Life and Murder of Her Husband - and Her Road to Recovery.
· Dr. Canty’s podcast, The Domino Effect of Murder.
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