Right near the end of the interview she said “He used to call me mommy,” as if she already knows he is in the past. I think a truly concerned parent would say, “He calls me mommy,” as if they view him as still with us, which brings me to my next clue when she repeatedly states ,”He is not with us.” She’s confessing that he is dead.

What convinced me she was lying was when she said the kid appreciated all that she's done for him. No small child has ever uttered these words, not even Oliver Twist.

Lack of emotion. No tears no panic no grief. That's what stood out to me.

Her eyes, they had no empathy. No urgency, no grief. They were cold. No tears, no worry. Loved your video. I learnt a lot. Thank you.

He’s not with us and that’s an important thing. 🥴 She just literally told the truth Right there

I noticed: - excessive nodding (to convince the listener) - flattened/pressed lips - emotional distancing (not using his name) - talking about him in the past tense (as if she knows he is dead) - turtle neck - weird shoulder shrugs - inability to answer or weird answers (also about how great she is) - affirmative nodding, while stating 'he is NOT with us' - inability to act out the "sad"/"distracted" emotion when evaluating the question that was asked

Trusting your intuition is priceless.

She also is constantly avoiding direct eye contact with the reporter and camera- along with the “ believe me look “ - when her eyes are wide open with eyebrows raised completely. Great video.

What immediately stood out to me from the stepmom interview was the total lack of concern. Any parent that has ever lost their kid for 5 minutes in a store knows the feeling of complete panic. If my kid was missing i would be exploding with fear, worry and desperation. You would be able to feel my panic through the screen, i would cry, i would look like a mess, i would beg. She wasnt concerned at all! She looks like she has lost her hair scrunchie, not her child.

If my child were missing, I'd have tears running down my face and a very desperate urgency to get the facts out. This was quite informative.

Wow! I think I just found another worthy topic to educate myself with! As a powerful empath/sigma, I/we tend to attract the worst kind of narcissistic, energy sucking people. Much of the time, these people go hand in hand with lying in order to promote their deceptive agendas. Intuition goes a long way, but when combined with some science, we can build a sturdier fortress of protection. That woman was bone chilling to watch, but now at she's only lying to inmates! Thank you for making these videos. It really matters 🥰

The biggest indication that stood out for me that the women with the missing son was lying, was her stating that her son "used" to call her Super Mom. The question was how is your relationship with him, and she used a past tense AND didn't answer the question. This is the first video of yours I've seen and really liked it. I'm now a subscriber. Thank you!

"He USED TO call me super mommy" She slipped and said, "USED TO" and then corrected herself. Past tense, maybe because she knows the child is dead. She also said, 'We don't force him to say that" I think that means they do force him, why else would you say it? If you didn't force him you wouldn't feel the need to say it, you'd just answer the question and move on. I just found you and this is like the 3rd video I have watched and look forward to learning things.

When she was asked "Where do you think he could be?" She first reacted like she didn't know saying "somewhere with... " but then her eyes looked down for a few seconds as she focused in like she was accessing her MEMORY and could actually see where he was, she went there in her head... she knew exactly where he was.

What stood out to me was: - exsessive head nodding - grinning and smiling -talking about what a great mom she is when her kid is missing while most parents in this situation would feel like a terrible mother -she kept talking in past tence -her eyes kept darting around as if she was nervous -she showed no real sadness or emotion -her voice went higher and higher as she continued the interview

Figuring out if someone is lying has always been a challenge for me. I’m glad I caught this channel and thank you for this greatly informative video. Ur video validates some of the things I already counted on as a “tick” when someone lies. As for the lying stepmom, I hope she is in jail and the child found safe and home with loving family. Stepmom here should be balling her eyes out esp when she mentioned “he called me ……” and it’s like she trying to hide underneath or behind her big eyeglasses. If my step child was lost, I couldn’t stand to wear any glasses bc id be crying so much they’d be in the way. I wouldn’t need to wear my eyeglasses bc my eyes would be AFU from being red and swollen from crying. She is using her hands a lot and moving a lot trying to overdo it or trying to be believable and one should not have to try hard at all in this case. She keeps on talking showing nerves and has the “11” between her brows showing stress, too. Pursing her lips is showing her trying too hard to sound convincing. I can’t believe she didn’t shed a tear during the entire interview. A lot of “I’s” are said trying to make us believe she is such a wonderful mom when she should be only telling how wonderful the child is and how much they miss him. She is so disgusting and I am done.

Hi - I noticed she shrugs excessively, almost to the point where her neck is hidden between her shoulders. She does this along with raising her hands, as if to push the interviewer away. I tried this posture and felt like I was being ultra-defensive - as if I was threatened by harm of some kind. It struck me as odd behavior - if I was a caring parent, I would be staring into the camera begging/screaming for help, with my shoulders back and neck forward. I would not be retracting and pushing people away if I was asking for help. It seems did not want to be interviewed, and felt threatened about answering any questions about the case.

I was married to a pathological liar. I always knew but doubted myself. One thing you do is give validation. THANKS!

Eye contact and the fact that she would talk about him in past tense 🙌!

It simple, the truth requires no explanation

Great points. Also a parent would not consider themself a super mommy when her child is missing, they blame themselves even if they shouldn’t but bear the responsibility of what happens. Yes, this is disgusting, loaded with lies.

Excellent introduction to spotting a liar. The problem comes when the person lies so well, he or she actually believes the lie for the moment. When I was still teaching in a private school, I had one student who, even though I saw what he did, lied so consistently without any of the standard "tells", I began to question whether or not I really saw what I know I saw. Good practice for spotting lies is to watch a politician when interviewed.

The excitement she showed and speedy answer she gave when answering that he called her supermom seems to have been from feeling relieved that she is passed a tougher question that she knows she was not fully honest about.

Failure to answer is what I see ALL THE TIME. The intentional liars usually add some tangent that distracts you.

I always watch interviews with no sound simply to watch body language. Very enlightening and typically screams the truth!

Hey thanks for the video. I think some of the signs of she being a lier are: 1. She moves back and forth while talking like she is trying to push/force the listener(s) to take what is not RIGHT to take. 2. The way her hands move is definately the way she wants to keep herself in the power position not in helpless situation. 3. She fixes her glasses. I mean, when someone's lying s/he tries to touch their face/nose/glasses with ONE hand to help herself to sound CORRECT. But if she was honest she wouldn't do that.

Thank you so very much for this. My Mom raised me telling me people don't lie and I believed her. I never told a lie because that's something I believed people didn't do. Then when I was out on my own, I had a lot of trouble thinking everyone was truthful when they really weren't. I'm a senior now and I'm still trying to learn how to recognize truth from lies. It's very necessary as a Pastor.

This is the something as knowing how to spot a narcissist. God-bless.

I've studied psychology and am fascinated by human behaviour. The one thing that IMMEDIATLY gave her away that doesn't need much analysis is her lack of emotional attachment to the situation. Whether she is a step mother distant relative, you would show physical emotion. In your face especially the corners of your mouth and forehead as you mentioned,; she displayed either zero or the polar opposite. I'm new to your channel but so far really enjoying your content from a human behavioural aspect whether it be from a physiological or emotional angle. Great stuff 👍

Finally, someone who is not biased and targeting specific people when there is so many thousand of behaviors to analize, interesting, thank you

Where are the tears and red eyes, if my child was missing I wouldn't be able to make full sentences without breaking down and crying.

Liars often ask you to repeat yourself when you've asked them something in a clear and audible voice. This is a way to buy time for them to come up with a lie.

I worked as a paramedic for 30 years. I was amazed at how quickly I developed the ability to detect lies. All the responder professions share this in common - police, fire, EMS, nurses and emergency department doctors. It seems that continual exposure to liars quickly educates us to detect prevarication. As for the woman with the missing child, nothing in her demeanour ‘feels’ like a person who is upset. She doesn’t appear mentally or emotionally exhausted, she seems to be getting sleep, her eyes aren’t red from crying, she is far too calm and not in any sort of a hurry .. she is not harried at all. Nothing about her gives the impression of a worried parent. She seems to be having a pleasant everyday conversation with reporters and from her demeanour she could be announcing a neighbourhood day of garage sales to raise money for a local charity rather than plead for help finding a missing child.

So happy I found you, I’m pretty good with my intuition but I love to learn this skill because I wanna get really a lot better at it.

The best show was "Lie to Me!" It showed in detail all ways to detect deception..

I believe that you are incredibly accurate and I appreciate your video. Thank you. Please keep your videos coming.

The crazy thing is we notice these signs subconsciously which leads to our “gut feeling”

I remember the TV Show some few years back called "Lie To Me" it was so good & direct right on target. It was taken off TV. I guess the media didn't want people too know how to use it on folks. I'm glad your HERE.

omg...I deal with deception all the time as an HR manager. And yes, liars will deflect when they don't want to answer your question and start talking about something completely different hoping you will take the bait.

This was so helpful. Re: inconsistencies with what is expected/"normal," that one needs a huge grain of salt and considering clusters. Some people are just different.

Thank you, a family member lied to me a long time ago. I was trying to figure out what happened in the kindest way I could but they go incredibly angry. The guilt and shame was something I have been holding for so long and I’m glad I can let that go.

Like you said a Liar sells their story and a truthful person tells! I am using this often! you videos help so much now that I am getting out of narcissistic relationships !

There's no emotion coming from her.

I appreciate your ways of detecting lies/liars, yet the challenge is how to make them tell the truth.

She's not crying. Period. And she's very very unemotional. Like emanating if anything smug. And thank you for mentioning the smile thing. I see that another in people close to me and try to tell myself I'm just seeing things but when dealing with a narcissist that's exactly what they want you to think. Thank you for your kindness and absolutely necessary tools.

She’s just got a “Well,moving on!” attitude! Like she’s in a hurry to put it all behind her,sort of a feigned resigning herself to not finding the child! But it’s those flashes of sheer enjoyment on her face, then followed by all that fake scowling,as she struggles not to show her true state of heart. Pure evil!

Well the smirking stood out big time for me. Plus emotionally she doesn’t even seem remotely upset at losing her child.

Very informative... I learned a lot. Thank you. You asked at video end, what other clues give her away as being deceptive. Couldn't help but notice her response time to simple questions she would have had knowledge of. Yet she takes sooo long to give answers. You can just see the wheels spinning in her brain, of not saying anything to incriminate herself. Examples: "Where is he now?" "Idk", if she really didn't know; " What does he call you?" Took wayyy too long to come up with " Supermom", when I can just hear him shouting often lol, "you're not my mom!"

She actually says “not with us, the important thing (pause) he’s not with us” she just said the important thing is that he is not with us, she just spelled it out even without looking at her! Then follows by saying “(oh yeah) and we need to bring him back with us” tightly pressing her lips (yuk, that was really difficult to say) what a monstrous human being!! Thank you for sharing, love your work! xxx

I have a daughter who, when she’s trying to deny she did or didn’t do something she SMILES! That is a dead giveaway that she’s fibbing! She did it as a child & STILL does! She’s 33! Mom’s have special “radar”. ☺️

That was a great teaching video, I now realize I have an acquaintance who lies to me often.

Thanks for your educational experience and resources. God-bless.

This is what I observed: like in the Chris Watts case, she was smirking 😏 and “super duping”. She thought she had everyone fooled because she knew what everyone else did not.. exactly where her stepson was. She also averted eye contact and was blinking way too much. She also spoke about him in the past tense.

Your out-of-the-box thinking and unique perspective turned an otherwise mediocre presentation into a fantastic one *johnson spy* . You did a good job of catching the mistakes and keeping us from wasting time and by taking the wrong path. Your attention to detail really sets you apart from the crowd. Great work! Jack, Your great work has resulted in tangible, beneficial results to me. You’re a force to be reckoned

The only time a person is truly honest is when they are in a lot of pain , physical pain agony

17:38 let me know in the comments what else 17:40 about what you saw in her behavior would 17:43 you say 17:44 is inconsistent with what you would 17:46 expect 17:47 a grieving step parent 17:49 to say or how they would look or what 17:52 their energy would be what other Easypeasy; Her voice showed zero emotion. She was able to lower her register at well. People who are emotional definitely raise their "frequency", their voice goes up. They cannot lower their register...

That woman flat out said, " The important thing is he is no longer with us." She undoubtedly slipped up and confessed to actually killing her own kid. And it was all caught on camera. Hopefully that woman is in jail now.

What I noticed (and I'm no student of behaviors) - (1) When she began to say "I think he's with..." and then she stops herself and looks down --- That absolutely screamed out to me that she was about to say something and stopped/caught herself. (2) When she said, "He used to..." -- so he's dead to her is what I immediately thought. Love your videos. Learning soooo much.

Thanks, helpful, in addition to the disgust you brilliantly pointed out, I sensed quite a lot of rage and anger in that man.

U are helping me so much to understand individuals as i deal in a large group of people

Man, did you know that I keep a notebook just to take notes while watching your videos? Love it!!! Thank you!

Hi Spidey, I have worked as a psychiatric nurse for 50 years and have just retired. Your channel is so wonderfully educational and I have been sharing it. It is great to put a name and details to what have been intuitive responses to people all my life.Your tips on catching a lie have been particularly helpful to a friend of mine who has a difficult grandchild who has been developing a tendency to lie of late. She is extremely intuitive but to actually have some extra tools at her disposal has been enormously helpful. I only started watching U-Tube about a month ago and am so glad that I stumbled upon your channel. I am very impressed with your friend Chase Hughes too, what I would call a true alpha male who doesn't need to prove it. Thank you so much for this valuable service. Also who was that dreadful stepmom? I have no idea who she is, i am in Australia. i would like to see what happened to her even though i know this is a bit perverse.

Hello! Your channel is very important and will help many. Thank you for this presentation. A very interesting study piece by far. So many cues. Her guilt practically overwhelms her ability to control herself actually. The verbal cue at the conclusion suggests that she considers the child is no longer alive. Pure evil on display.

Thank you very much for posting this video, I have an interest in this and I subscribed to your channel in order to learn more about people lying and their traits when the do this. What you taught me so far has been quite enlightening, please keep up the good work!👍

When the mom said she didn't want to force him to call her "supermommy" she had this forceful look on her face and what briefly looked like she was strangling / forcing someone. A picture literally went trough my mind of her forcefully choking the child. That was what creeped me out first.

Watching that clip with the stepmother made me understand what they mean when they say that someone is "lying through their teeth"...

Hey , what a nice presentation ! It IS true related on how I see children and students behave in most cases when caught in a mess

Great job explaining ❤

Understanding non verbal communication is priceless. Love this science.

It bears mentioning that one can lie and show none of these signs. If one feels no guilt, they show no signs of deception in their body language. I had my mind blown by a psychopath one time, and it really woke me up. One really needs Columbo levels of inconsistency detection.

I am a lawyer who has tried lots of jury trials and taken hundreds of depositions. Only listened to this to discredit it as simplistic by the title, but ......not bad! I have listened to many seminars and critiques of depos where lawyers have seized on a single characteristic of lying, which is complete bs, but this guy is pretty close to the truth.

I like this channel a lot! Thank you.

This video is awesome. One thing you didn't mention which is probably due to time constraints is how she rambles about, "he wasn’t FORCED to call me 'Super Mommy', we would never FORCE him..." and continues down that rabbit hole. This begs the question, what WAS the kid "forced" to do?

I am so glad I found your channel. I appreciate all the effort and time you have spent on all of our behalf in order to educate a public at large. In just a few video’s I have learned so much because of your non-pedagogical and unintimidating style that concisely explains and interestingly demonstrates the easily grasped and remembered concepts. Thank you and I look forward to learning and enjoying your other content.

I believe this information would be beneficial on a daily basis in virtually any line of business and relationships, so, thank you. I'm subbing now:)

Cluster, Consistency and Congruency. 🎉 Top... I love body language analysis.

When she paused and then said “he ‘s not with us”…there is a fraction of a second where you can see that she was saying something she knew to be true

It's hard to smile and dry eye cry when you're totally in despair. There was no sense of panic or anxiety. Her little guy was missing, and she looked like she was totally calm and resigned to the fact he was not going to be coming home.

You're also very likeable and relatable to. Enjoy your channel😁

She also closes her eyes for a long time and if someone does that while talking to you it means means that whatever your talking about has some connection to that person that they don’t want to share

I knew she was lying first because you TOLD us she was lying before we even saw the video :-) But also, she did demonstrate a lot of visible characteristics and audible ones. The angry look, the "He is with....." and then think for a while response, and the "we didn't force him to say Super Mommy", which to me said they probably DID... Overall, an excellent video illustrating these behaviors, thanks for this channel. Good stuff!

Right on! Awesome explanations! All make perfect sense! This woman’s behaviour is really weird and confusing. She tries to look angry and worried, yet at the same time she smirks and smiles! Wtf?? Even without these signs reading, my intuition would tell in 5 seconds that she was lying!

head shake, shoulder shrugs delayed reaction. plus she giving off the vibe of " oh know how should i answer this".. well done on the video!

I'm an RN for Psych and Corrections..this was useful. Thank you

She was not hysterical! She should have been crying, freaking out, scared for the child. She was way too calm and calculated. Yes, the smirking and even smiling was a dead giveaway. Great presentation! Thank you.

I saw the hint of a smile - she lets a smile slip a few times, the "I got away with something" smile. What's really lacking is panic, stress, desperation...my child were missing I'd be desperate, a total emotional mess. My energy would be fraught. She's so chill. If I turned off the sound and just observed her I would never in a million years think she was particularly upset about anything, much less a missing child.

really enjoyed this video..thank you,,.

Excellent point to learn 👍

When the stepmother says that the child is "not with us," she is confessing without confessing outright.

The 1st thing I noticed was something she said: "He knows how much I CARE about him." Not: "He knows how much I LOVE him." Or, assuming the boy's father is still in the picture, even: "...how much WE love him." Of course, saying "...how much WE CARE about him," would be as much of a tell as what she actually said.

Thanks for great idea sir, good job,

Very interesting, thank you

Excellent video, Spidey. Thank you for making it. Yes, I am sick past the top of my head with liars. Somebody correct me if you think I'm wrong, but I think one reason for massive amounts of lying in the world today is because there's just no accountability. And another reason is because most people's values have completely deteriorated. Why is this? I have my ideas... Fear, Narcissism, Manipulation. Others..? Honestly, I don't know how to even begin to make people accountable for lying, because the danger there is that societies would become even more totalitarian than they already are. My answer when crossing paths with liars is to avoid them and surgically cut them out of my life, wherever possible. Another thing about liars is that they are also thieves, and vice versa. These two disgusting traits just go hand-in-hand. My second wife admitted to me she stole from her employer in the past. Stupidly, I married her anyway and as you may well imagine, she lied to me and stole from me too. Why did I make the mistake of marrying her to begin with? I was wallowing in my issues of codependency (a term most folks know nothing about or else have serious misconceptions about). I consider myself a recovering codependent and I can detect severe codependencies in others very quickly now. Someone said, "Bad experiences and suffering come from poor judgment, which, if a person pays attention, can lead to better judgment, resulting in better and better experiences." These days I'm interested in finding the "right" woman for me (I don't demand perfection, no) and I've noticed that most women on social media dating platforms resort to #3: Failure To Answer. I pay close attention to this and can screen them out quickly now, just based on this lying red flag alone. I'm just sayin'. Okay, to all the good and sincere folks out there, I wish you a happy life and may your dreams and mine come true! Cheers, Axel Martinsen

She looks like she wants to burst out laughing. Also I caught something that was glaring to me...He calls me mommy on his own we didn't tell him to call me that. It's not unusual for a step-child to call a step mommy, unless she feels she doesn't deserve it.

Thank you for this

Good info I needed to be reminded of. Bless you!

I really like that you show some actual footage to analyze. Nice video!

I worked with a guy who was a chronic liar. It took me about 6 months to realize his stories were lies and I was embarrassed that I had passed them on to others and had to consciously resolve to not retell them. Eventually I noticed that when he was telling one of his stories the tone of his voice would change. He loved meeting new people he could tell his stories to before they caught on. He actually lied to a couple of FBI agents who were investigating a crime our company was involved in tangentially. He gave them false information and included one of his stories I had heard a couple of times before, but with a different cast of characters. To this day I don't know if he was involved or was just blowing smoke to impress the agents. I wanted to clue the agents in but they must have been on a tight schedule and left before I could get a word in.

I have recommended you to all my friends.

Thank you, I’m a new subscriber ❤