The Hidden Dangers of High-Functioning Predators w Dr. Karen Mitchell (Video)
In this 28 March 2025 video, host filmmaker Mark Vicente sits down with Dr. Karen Mitchell, founder of the Kalmor Institute and the author of one of the most groundbreaking PhD theses ever written on dark personalities.
Karen shares the results of decades of research and direct experience, unveiling a chilling but deeply important truth: narcissists, psychopaths, Machiavellians, cult leaders, toxic executives, and coercive controllers may all be subsets of one single high-level predator—what she calls the Persistent Predatory Personality (PPP).
Together, Mark and Karen explore:
- How these individuals operate in corporate, medical, religious, and legal systems
- Why many are high-functioning, charming, and completely hidden
- How academia and the justice system often enable or overlook this abuse
- Why “the mask” of empathy is often just a calculated act
- The emotional, mental, and reputational devastation experienced by targets
- Red flags to look out for—and why reporting often makes things worse before it gets better
- The tragic impact on children, families, and even democracy
This is not just a conversation about abuse. It’s a call to wake up to the patterns, the tactics, and the systems that allow this behavior to thrive. If you’ve ever dealt with narcissistic abuse, manipulation, or invisible harm—this episode is essential.
https://youtu.be/nO8hzhLKsKE
Key Topics:
The truth behind the “Dark Triad” and the “Dark Tetrad”
Why most research has been looking in the wrong place
The danger of self-reporting studies when studying liars
Coercive control: from domestic violence to cult dynamics
Why dark personalities are attracted to power, law, medicine, and even charity work
The difference between true predators and trauma survivors who mimic similar behaviors
Why our society is desperately under-equipped to deal with these people
