Betrayal Trauma Theory and the Daubert Test
In U.S. v. Chatman (CR 07-178-RE), the state moved to allow Dr. Freyd’s testimony. Here is the government’s memorandum in support of...
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- Dec 31, 2010
- 2 min
Remembering the Case of Wayne B. Sargent, Jr.
Pamela Freyd, FMSF Executive Director One purpose of the new blog format of this site, launched four months ago, is to make sure that...
- Dec 22, 2010
- 2 min
Curiouser and Curiouser
Meredith Maran Meredith Maran, author of a new book called My Lie: A True Story of False Memory, was quoted in an interview last month...
- Dec 5, 2010
- 1 min
Is Meredith Maran a Reliable Narrator?
So, is Meredith Maran a reliable narrator? Her recent interview with Douglas Mesner indicates that she is not. In that interview, which...
- Dec 2, 2010
- 1 min
Jury Faults Delaware Parish in Repressed Memory Case
Francis DeLuca admitted that he sexually abused John Vai (and others) Yesterday, a jury in Dover, Delaware found that St. Elizabeth Roman...
- Nov 7, 2010
- 1 min
What the New York Times Missed
Jesse Friedman’s recent loss in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was based on the statute of limitations. Accordingly, there is a good...
- Nov 2, 2010
- 1 min
“False Memory” Advocate Loses AG Election in Minnesota
Barden, who lived in Utah for years, moved to Minnesota recently and obtained the Republican nomination for Attorney General as a virtual...
- Oct 31, 2010
- 3 min
The Misrepresentation of the Case of Billy Banks
The False Memory Syndrome Foundation claims to condemn the sexual abuse of children. In their words, “Child sexual abuse is a...
- Sep 27, 2010
- 2 min
Harrison Pope’s Phony Repression Challenge
Dr. Harrison Pope got a lot of publicity in 2007 for his “repression challenge,” which offered $1,000 to anyone who could find an example...
- Sep 22, 2010
- 1 min
Another Criminal Conviction from a Recovered Memory
Calvin Huss, of Port Deposit, Delaware, pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl during a seven-month period in...
- Sep 16, 2010
- 1 min
Cold Cases Solved by Recovered Memory
report, the woman’s “recollection 12 years later was so vivid it led police to both a location and a suspect.” The suspect was...
- Sep 7, 2010
- 1 min
Critiquing “Capturing the Friedmans”
A federal appellate court recently upheld Jesse Friedman’s conviction in connection with a sexual-abuse case that was popularized in the...
- Sep 7, 2010
- 1 min
Welcome to the new format
Welcome to the new format of the Recovered Memory Project. This project began as an archive of corroborated cases of recovered memories...
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