Megan McAllister, fiancee of alleged craigslist-killer Philip Markoff, is apparently really fucking delusional. You know how you wonder what type of woman would marry a serial killer, and how could they not know? Well Megan is a
great example.
"Unfortunately, you were given wrong information as was the public," McAllister wrote to ABC News in an e-mail. "All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly! A police officer in Boston (or many) is trying to make big bucks by selling this false story to the TV stations. What else is new?? Philip is an intelligent man who is just trying to live his life so if you could leave us alone we would greatly appreciate it. We expect to marry in August and share and wonderful, meaningful life together."
Psychopaths are fairly easy to spot once you spend enough time around them. After living with someone for a number of years, you or I--assuming you are not a psychopath--would eventually pick up on the underlying
signs of psychopathy:- Grandiose sense of self-worth
- Superficial charm
- Criminal versatility
- Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others
- Impulse control problems
- Irresponsibility
- Inability to tolerate boredom
- Pathological narcissism
- Pathological lying
- Shallow affect
- Deceitfulness/manipulativeness
- Aggressive or violent tendencies, repeated physical fights or assaults on others
- Lack of empathy
- Lack of remorse, indifferent to or rationalizes having hurt or mistreated others
- A sense of extreme entitlement
- Lack of or diminished levels of anxiety/nervousness and other emotions
- Promiscuous sexual behavior, sexually deviant lifestyle
- Poor judgment, failure to learn from experience
- Lack of personal insight
- Failure to follow any life plan
- Abuse of drugs including alcohol
- Inability to distinguish right from wrong
Is it reasonable to believe that any non-mongoloid would eventually see a pattern if the person they loved exhibited a majority of the above traits? Megan, it appears, missed all the signs. Honest, normal, and innocent people don't find themselves married to serial killers; morons do. All the fucked up shit that psychopathic serialkillers do, it makes sense on some basic level--that these are just fucked up people missing some essential aspect of humanity, or whatever--It's their spouses and girlfriends, and the underlying psychological issues that would lead to them marrying a psychopath, that I find really disturbing. At least none of this matters to Megan, who still plans on her and Philip "shar[ing] a wonderful, meaningful life together."
-I'm sure this will be an entertaining case to follow. This woman seems like the type to make the talkshow rounds.