393: The Campus Predator with 24 Personalities... Was Billy Milligan Criminally Insane?

About this episode

This episode explores the complex case of Billy Milligan, the first person to successfully plead insanity due to Dissociative Identity Disorder after committing multiple crimes.

Following the publication of the book Sybil, the general public became fascinated with Dissociative Identity Disorder (then known as Multiple Personalities). However, nothing would capture this attention more than the case of Billy Milligan, who, after raping several women on the campus of Ohio State University, became the first person to plead insanity due to DID successfully. What followed was public scrutiny and attention, asking if he was simply faking the whole thing to avoid consequences, or if he truly had to contend with 24 distinct, unique personalities. But the story didn’t end there: there were novels published, movies in talk, and even a cross-country escape, all pointing to the question: what's the truth behind the many identities of Billy Milligan? StitchFix: Take the stress out of shopping with https://stitchfix.com/milehigher for $20 OFF your first order! Ladder: Plan your workouts better at https://ladder.fit/milehigher for a 7 day FREE trial with no credit card AND $10 OFF your first month! DOSE: Take care of your liver https://dosedaily.co/milehigher for 35% OFF your first subscription! Butcher's Box: Higher quality proteins! https://butcherbox.com for sirloin…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kendall Rae, Josh Rae

Topics covered

• Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Billy Milligan
• criminal insanity
• true crime
• public scrutiny
• multiple personalities

Keywords

• Billy Milligan
• DID
• insanity plea
• true crime
• multiple personalities
• Ohio State University
• Sybil

Sponsors

StitchFix, Ladder, DOSE, Butcher's Box

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ohio State University

Products: StitchFix, Ladder, DOSE, Butcher's Box

Books & works: Sybil

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