Why Intelligent People Can’t Leave — Miller, Ellerup, Richins, Murdaugh

The good days are the trap. You disappear one compromise at a time. And the most dangerous moment is when you decide to go. That is the arc of this conversation — the full three-part interview with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott about the psychology the public refuses to accept.

Four cases anchor the discussion: Mica Miller, who could name the trap and still went back. Asa Ellerup, who defended Rex Heuermann for three years before he confessed to eight murders. Eric Richins, who saw everything and couldn’t move. Maggie Murdaugh, who was already leaving when she was killed.

Scott, whose recent work on Spotlight on Psychology lays out the neuroscience behind these dynamics, walks Tony Brueski through why awareness does not protect you, how agency erodes invisibly, and what the women in this audience need to know if something in this conversation feels personal. Every question was designed to open a door.

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