What is the process of subjugation?
Her hands and feet were tied and locked in this box;
Even eating and pissing is in the box.
She was allowed out for an hour only at night…
The picture.
And most of all, she held him and took a happy smile.
But who would have thought that she had been missing for three and a half years, and for a total of seven years,
Caught in a box next to his bed, with a heavy wooden box on his head, his hands and feet tied to his feet and he couldn’t move?
A picture of a happy smile.
As a victim, she was not only “enjoyed” by his beating, assault, ill-treatment, but even “involved” into slavery.
He’s been in contact with him for a while even after he’s been free.
The windmill of fate.
On May 19, 1977, 20-year-old Colleen planned to go from her home in California to Oregon for a friend’s party.
She’s on the side of the road and she’s walking out with her hand.
In the ’70s, hitchhicking was a common and convenient way of transportation, so as long as you put a thumb up on the road and said you wanted to take a ride, the driver would stop.
Corinne’s an old rider, after all, a blonde little girl, no driver who’s been by, wouldn’t take a ride.
The day was no exception, and soon a car was parked by the side of the road.
The first two drivers to stop were single men.
Colleen was quite vigilant and waved to let them go.
Soon, the third car was parked by the side of the road.
The driver was a young man with eyes, a young woman with dark hair in the co-pilot seat and a baby in her arms.
“Where are you going? Get in the car, I’ll take you. I’m sorry.
The black-haired woman sits quietly on her side and gently huddles her sleeping child.
The couple and the baby? There’s nothing safer than that.
Colleen opened the door in the back seat and jumped in.
But when she sat down, there was a very strange box in the back of the car, with a big head and a hole in the middle, but she had no idea what it was for.
The man saw her looking at the box in the back mirror, curiously laughing, “It was a toy, it was fun. I’m sorry.
Colleen can’t imagine what a toy it is, but it’s a little uneasy.
The man introduced himself to Cameron Hook, the black-haired woman was his wife, Janice, and the baby in the arms was only eight months old.
Colleen’s feeling a little calmer.
But not long ago she noticed that Hook was constantly looking at her in the rear-view mirror; Janice had not said a word since she got in the car.
In the middle they stop and refuel and Colin goes to the bathroom.
When she closed the door, she found Janice in the light of her eyes, too, with her children, but did not go to the toilet but wandered through it.
“She’s afraid I’ll run away? Corinne hesitated.
But when Hooke bought food at the counter and had a chat with the clerk, Janice was just whispering outside the door.
“It’s me who’s thinking too much.” Corinne shakes her head and tries to push it aside.
After getting in again, all three were silent.
But soon, Corinne discovered that the car was going far further and further off, moving into a remote forest.
Waiting for her to react, Hook stopped and pulled her out of the back seat.
He held a sharp knife to her abdomen, tied her hand behind a rope and ordered her to kneel, while Janice took out the strange case before.
That’s when Colleen knew what that box was for.
Hook built the wooden box with his own hands, with a thick plank outside, attached to it by iron, with multiple sponges.
This box weighs 10 kilos, and it contains layers of sponges that isolate people from their cry for help.
When it is opened, you can put your head in, your neck through that hole and put the case on your shoulder.
They put the case on Colleen’s head and carefully examined the cracks.
The fact that she was assured that there was air in her room and that she could not dump the case was a cause for satisfaction that the lock on the case had been withheld.
This box is so heavy that Corinne can’t even stand up properly.
When Hook pushed her in the car, she was forced to lie down in the back seat.
They turned on the radio in order to cover up what was happening in the car, and in endless darkness she could only hear the music coming out of the air and wonder what fate she was about to face.
The beginning of captivity
Hook’s house lived in a very common neighborhood, and while it was dark, he pushed Corinne, who had a suitcase on his head, into the basement.
He took her out of the box, but immediately put a mask on her and then put the rope around her head and put a dead end.
Her mouth was locked in tight and she couldn’t even move.
Colleen tried hard to see the surroundings, but before her eyes could fit, he had covered her with a cloth and she was in darkness again.
The next step, he tore off her clothes, untied her hands and pulled her to the beam before she could resist.
When the beam was ready early for a crane, she was suspended in the air after the rope had passed and her toes would have touched the ground, but not enough to support her weight.
Her hanging arm was sore, she was stifling to find a higher place to rest her feet, so as to cushion the pressure on her shoulder, but how to struggle and find no place other than where she could step, except to make herself more painful.
The more she struggles, the more excited he gets.
If Colin could see it at that point, she would find a very rough poster on the wall of the basement, with a woman in the same position as herself, who was hung in the beam blindfold.
Corinne struggled for a while, trying to hold her toes and try to buffer her arms.
The Hook, who had no movement before, immediately pulled out the whip and beat her so hard.
She continued to scream.
Until when even the crying power was exhausted and finally unable to move, she felt that a brick had been stuck beneath her feet and could finally stand.
After all, he didn’t want her to die, but he kept her for fun.
This was the case all night, and it was not until the morning that Hook took her off the beam, put her in a wooden box and placed a chain on her ankle.
This wooden box is very small, and she can’t even stretch her legs straight and sits in it.
At that time, although the hooded cloth had been removed, the case was covered with a lid and she could still see nothing.
But the darkness of the present means, on the contrary, security and that the violent man may leave for a while.
I wonder how long it took Hook to get her out of the box before Colleen could see the environment.
The basement is shabby, with a large wooden shelf in the corner and several chains at the end of the shelf.
Hook locked her on the shelf, chained her around her neck and waist, and tied her to the shelf.
Her hands and feet were also chained and the whole person opened up like a big word.
In the next few days, she was tied to a wooden shelf.
It is only occasionally when food is eaten and when excretion is required that it be put down.
Hook will feed her, but how can she eat?
However, if he could not finish, he would be angry to hang her back on the beam and beat with a whip.
If you’re done, tie her back to the shelf.
He also invented a special wooden bed where human hands and feet can be bound.
When the chain is hung, the body is pulled apart from the two sides of the bed until it can almost be pulled off.
“Similar to the five horses, just stop before they kill her.”
Day, night, just passing.
The only exception is that one day Hook brought Janice.
He was proud to show his wife his masterpiece: the woman on the wooden shelf who couldn’t move in big letters and was dying.
Perhaps Corinne, who was passed out, was unable to satisfy her flaunt, and he took out a wire and plugged in the power, giving her a twitching wake-up call under the current.
So repeatedly.
Janice looked at it face to face, and there was no shock or unexpected reaction.
Finally, they had sex in front of Colleen, and Hook was holding Janice in her arms, turning her head in the direction of Colleen, whispering in her ear, “Dear, do you like it?” I’m sorry.
The most horrible company behind this.
A few months later, Hook fixed a new box, which could be placed in a triangle under the stairs.
During the day, Colleen was locked in this box and released for torture at night.
Until one day, Hook told Colleen, “I’m not actually going to lock you up, I’m following an order. I’m sorry.
He explained that there was an underground organization called The Company, specializing in catching people to be slaves and selling them after training.
The structure of the organization is complex, with a strong background and rules, and if a slave escapes, she will not only be killed herself, but even her family will be eliminated.
And Hook is the senior staff who trains the company and monitors slaves.
If he reports to the top that Colleen cannot be tamed, she and her family will be in danger.
Corinne didn’t believe it at first, but found that even Janice, who came down occasionally, seemed very afraid of the company.
And even she would persuade Colleen not to resist, “there is no good outcome.”
It’s even more disturbing when she’s trying to stop, like being afraid to mention it.
In January 1978, more than six months after Colleen was abducted, Janice suddenly disappeared for a while.
When she appeared again, a thick plaster was placed on her leg and she walked with crutches.
Hook told Colin, “See? That’s what happens when you try to escape. I’m sorry.
And after that, when there were only two women, Corinne tried to ask why Janice had the plaster.
Janice was silent for a while and replied that she had been found by the company while she was on the run and that she had broken her knee after being captured.
Slavery contract
In January 1978, during Colleen’s panic attack, Hook brought in a contract.
Corinne signed the Slave Contract with the company.
The contract stated that Colin would serve him for life as a slave to Hook.
She must give her body and soul to her master, willing to accept all the master’s arrangements, or face severe punishment.
She doesn’t know what to do.
Little reason told her she could not sign, but Hook’s whipping and Janice’s leg were endlessly stopped and she was afraid to refuse.
As she saw her hesitation, Hook pulled out the whip and reminded her that the company was waiting upstairs, and if you did not sign, they would immediately inform those who were watching your house.
You’re done. The family you care about is done. I’m sorry.
Then he said, “I’m with you after signing.”
You can go upstairs, like Janice, and you just have to obey, everything’s gonna be okay. I’m sorry.
At that time, a scream came from Janice upstairs, as if the company was impatient.
Since then, Colleen has been convinced of the contract and the existence of the company.
She signed the contract with tears.
Hook, after checking correctly, put her back in that triangle box and returned to the upstairs with satisfaction.
What she doesn’t know is that Hook actually copied the contract from a tabloid!
Having signed the contract, Hook did give her a little more freedom, as promised.
She can occasionally come out of a box during the day and go upstairs to help with some chores.
According to the terms of the contract, she had a code name “K” and normally had to call Hooker “Major” and Janice “Ma’am”.
When she talks to the “master” and “mada”, she must bow down, bow her head below them and do anything, including eating and going to the toilet, with the consent of the “master” and “mada”.
In order to strengthen the concept of slavery, Hook had put a leather collar on Colin ‘ s neck and a chain around it, which he could control or punish at any time by pulling a chain.
The collar was subsequently replaced several times for wear and tear.
When Colleen was finally tamed, Hook nailed a silver ring to her lower body as a substitute for the collar, symbolizing that she was still under the control of the company and the owner.
Not the only victim.
At the beginning, Hook would not touch Colleen, except for whipping and electric shocks.
He gave some surprising reasons: “Because I promised my wife. I’m sorry.
Sounds like he still loves Janice, doesn’t he?
When they married, Janice was 16.
She loved Hook so much, she listened to him.
She’s a devout man, and Hook, who knows how to speak, grabs it, and from time to time removes from the Bible a phrase that says, “Educate” Janice, “Be obedient to your husband, and go to hell.”
Their honeymoon was in the middle of an old mountain forest, and at night Hook tied her to a tree and started whipping her.
But then I’ll take her down and hold her in love.
The greater the abuse, the more sincere the relief will follow.
Janice is very confused by this pain-love exchange, after all, love is real love and pain is real pain.
After pregnancy, Janice began refusing to continue to be treated like this, and after repeated bargaining, the two signed an agreement:
As long as Hook is alone in her heart, he can find someone who is willing to undergo her own training, and she must accept and cooperate.
Whoever breaks it will go to hell and suffer.
And then Hook started to get excited about the plan.
Corinne wasn’t actually the first victim he chose.
A year ago, they picked up a 19-year-old girl named Mary on the side of the road.
She and her boyfriend had a fight and ran away and caught up with the Hookers while on a ride.
At that time, Janice, who was in the belly, put Mary in the car.
Upon her return, she was not in a good mood, so her husband took the girl to the basement.
She heard successive screams downstairs and couldn’t help but look at them.
At that time, Hooker had not developed the torture instruments and boxes, and Mary had been hanged on a beam, covered in blood.
Only later did she know that, in order to prevent Mary from calling for help, he had tried to cut off her vocal cord.
However, because she struggled too hard, he cut the wrong place and finally panicked and took a bullet gun and fired two shots at her abdomen.
The bullet in the gun was not fatal, so Mary was hanging on the beam.
Janice couldn’t bear to watch and run back upstairs in her face.
And shortly after that, Hook went upstairs, full of despair.
Because the girl fought too hard, he had to strangle her.
It’s not too much, Hooker says.
Janice did not see the dead Mary’s body, nor did she know where she was buried.
But seeing it all with her own eyes certainly taught her a good lesson: if you resist, that is what happens.
Worse still, Hook came back and told her that Mary went to hell.
Even though she was wondering, Mary didn’t sign the deal. Why go to hell?
But without doubt, Hook said, “If you want to go back to her fate, I can’t save you if I love you again.”
She believed that there had been no doubt since then.
Life in a box.
In April 1978, Hook moved with two women.
Indeed, he was a craftsman, and in his new home he built a special water bed.
This bed’s special not on it, but under it.
Under the bed there’s a rectangular box, the size of which can accommodate the next person.
The box was drilled with small holes and a small fan was installed to send wind inside.
A sheet was placed in a box wrapped in a bed frame, and for the next few months Colleen’s hands and feet were chained to this box.
Even eating and peeing are in the box.
She was allowed out for an hour only at night.
The picture.
Worse still, sometimes Hook is dissatisfied with her and puts her in a 10-kilogram box and stuffs her in a box under her bed.
In the summer, the temperature in the box reached 38 degrees Celsius, not to mention the boxes with a layered sponge on their heads.
She can’t move, can’t see anything, is immersed in her own sweat and even excrement, and spends one desperate day after another.
Then Hook was a little more generous and agreed to give her a roll of paper and a radio.
She can listen to the radio when nobody’s there.
In September, Janice gave birth to a second child on the waterbed.
Neither the midwife nor the nurse who helped was aware of the fact that there was a living person lying under the bed.
In the joy of the arrival of a new life, there is one who remains in the darkness of the earth, as if he were dead.
She finally became a tamed slave.
One day, Hook suddenly released Colleen.
He brought her some food, even a bath.
After she washed up, he had sex with her on the table.
This is the first time.
Throughout the process, Janice was sitting by and watching and even finally threw a towel at her husband.
And Colleen came back to the box and heard the noises coming out of the box, and it was Janice’s idea that this was all happening.
She thought it would inspire her interest, but did not think that after reading it she felt worse.
Hook kept humming her, “My favorite is you! She’s just our slave. I’m sorry.
At the end of the day, he looked at Janice so upset, he promised her that it would never happen again.
But he didn’t. On the contrary, he tasted sweet.
Janice worked nights in a store, and when she left, Hook let Colin out of the box.
At first, she was instructed to do housework, to cook and wash his dishes, and then began to violate her, and then to get her back in the box before her wife returned.
Colleen was so obedient, she did not resist in any way, and she refused.
After a while of observation, Hook convinced Janice that, while they were busy, she could let Colin out to help them see the kids.
In order to facilitate the care of the children, they allowed Colin to sleep in the toilet and to open her chain when needed.
At this time, their boss was about three years old, and his dick was a little baby, or was she a completely ignorant age, and Colleen took good care of it.
But not long ago, Hook was worried that things would come to light and decided to get her back in the box.
So Janice quit her job and went home with the kids.
In fact, Corinne was often alone with two children at this stage, but instead of running away, she took care of the children in good faith until her ” master ” came home.
Having gained more trust, Hook began to give her more tasks.
For example, after the kids went to bed, she came out of the box to help Janice with some manual work, or sort of documentation.
Janice even reported her as an employee, which allowed for two wages.
When she wasn’t working, she was digging a hole in the yard and Janice was sitting there watching her.
At the time, neither of them knew exactly what the pit was to be used for. It was just dug at Hook’s direction.
The project was completed after two years of intermittent work.
Take your boyfriend home.
Under Hook’s surveillance, Corinne occasionally calls her home and says she’s safe.
But after leaving home for a long time, she offered to go home.
Will you let her go back? During that time, she had had a good time with the Hookers, and when she was released, she seemed very honest and even grateful.
Colleen and Janice held two children.
Thinking about it for a while, Hook decided to send Colin home for a family visit, and he’d pretend to be her boyfriend.
In February 1981, Hook told Colleen that the company had approved her request to go home, but that he had to do so as a “boyfriend” in order to ensure that there was no delay.
He even told Colleen that, in order to convince the company, he had made a deposit of $30,000 to cover the “corporate” costs of the trip.
What expenses? You know, like stalking them and taking out Colleen’s security, that’s all gonna cost you, right?
Corinne was so grateful after listening.
To test her loyalty, Hooker did two tests.
For the first time, he said that he could now leave and take Corinne in the direction of his home, then stop halfway and take her home and order her back to the box.
Then watch her for the next few days. No anger, no breakdown.
Corinne, while unaware of what had happened, had maintained his moderation and obedience, without any complaints.
The second time was before the trip, Hook took out a gun and handed it to Colleen, “Put it in her mouth,” and he ordered her to shove it in her mouth.
He meant to look at her like, “The trigger.” I’m sorry.
She blinked, breathed, closed her eyes and pulled the trigger.
The gun was not loaded and she passed the test.
But he’s not finished, and although he believes Colleen is completely tamed, she can’t be satisfied that easily.
On the way home, he told Colin that the company had informed him that he had to give her a polygraph to ensure that she would not escape and that if she failed, she and her family would be punished.
Colleen is certainly very nervous.
Hook then left her alone in the car, saying that she was going to get the polygraph and then hid near to see if she had attempted to escape.
And Colleen, despite her confusion, waited uneasyly for him to return.
Hook was satisfied and came back to tell her that, under his own lobbying, the company decided to cancel the polygraph, and Colleen naturally cried.
Finally, in March 1983, he went home with her and played a loving couple in front of her family.
Although everyone thought that there was something strange about the relationship between them, Colleen insisted that everything was fine and she was happy.
Even the photo they were shooting together, Colleen was holding him tightly, thanks and gladly.
And his smile was full of pride.
Janice wasn’t home when she got back.
Hook violated Colleen, that’s for letting her go home.
He then waited for a minute and immediately returned her to the box under the bed, where he fell asleep.
It’s all a lie.
Hook thought that life would last, after all, Corinne was completely domesticated.
But in 1982, the accident appeared.
When Janice learned that she was operating on her own, Hook was in a state of madness after she continued to invade Colleen.
Because, in her subconscious, Colin was supposed to be just a toy, and the husband’s approach crossed the line.
Hooker’s reaction to her was quite disconcerting, and he thought that you were actually my slaves, even if you were my wife, and that you should obey me unconditionally, as the Bible says, and be guided by my wishes.
Moreover, he shared a plan: he was pleased with the results of the taming of Colleen and was now ready to kidnap more slaves.
“See that big hole in the yard? He told Janice that he intended to turn the pit into an underground palace, so that he could receive more slaves.
This news is no less than a thunderstorm for Janice.
She had always felt that her husband was still in love with herself, but now found herself only one of his objects (slaves).
To detect the effects of the underground palace, Hook moved Colin from the box under the bed to the big pit.
However, the conditions in the pit were not much better than in the box, and one day heavy rains rained and poured into the pit, leaving Colleen’s ankle soon.
Janice stood by the window for a long time and realized that she was not really the same as Corinne, who was shaking in the pit, and her heart began to shake.
She washed out in the rain and pulled Colleen out of the mud.
But out of fear, she put Colin back in the box under the bed.
Colleen herself didn’t react to all of this. She just obeyed in silence.
And that’s what made Hook very happy and decided to give Colleen a little more freedom to really play this “slave” role.
In May 1984, they started letting Colin work at a local hotel.
The hotel was close to their place of residence, and Janice sometimes drove her to and from work, sometimes on her own bicycle.
Despite the opportunity to be free, Colleen still believes that every trip is monitored by the company, so after working every day, she returns home in good faith and pays her wages in full.
Hook was so pleased with the status quo that he began to spend the night with two women at the same time and announced that from now on he would begin to spend the night with both of them.
For Colleen, although she didn’t want to, she slept in bed far better than under the box.
But for Janice, it was almost fatal.
The plan to escape the Hole.
In the search for consolation, Janice began to complain about the church priest.
At first, the priest could not believe his ears, and it was not until Corinne was authorized to go to church with her that the priest realized that all this was true.
However, confined to his duties as a priest, he could only persuade Janice to let Colleen go and to leave Hook himself.
But neither of them dared.
Janice thinks she still loves Hook. How can she betray him? Corinne’s fear is even more direct: what about the company’s revenge on her and her family?
In the end, Janice couldn’t help but cry one day on her way home.
She cried and came to the church to look for a priest.
The priest said again, “I think you should leave him. I’m sorry.
And this time Janice drove to the hotel crying, calling out Corinne, who was working, and telling her, “There’s no company, nobody’s watching you, and Hook made it up. I’m sorry.
Corinne was completely stupid when she heard her.
Janice took her back to the priest, or did the priest really convince her that everything she had been told for the past seven years was a lie.
But what happens next?
After the initial panic and anger, they were afraid of Hook.
Especially with two kids at home. Janice has to go back to pick up the kids.
But if she goes back alone, Hooker finds out something’s wrong, he might kill her.
After half a day of discussion, they decided to go home as if nothing had happened.
The night was almost longer for both of us than the rest of their lives.
They continued to cooperate with Hook ‘ s orders, to accommodate his demands and to do their utmost to prevent him from seeing anomalies.
This is Corinne’s last night in the box.
Since the day she was kidnapped, she has lived in a box for 2,640 days.
On this last night, she did not close her eyes for a minute, worried that Hook would find out about the escape plan, and wondered why it was still up.
She saw Janice’ face when the box was finally opened.
Hook’s at work!
They packed up a few clothes in murmurs and took the children to Janice’s mother’s house.
Corinne called the family, couldn’t explain the situation in time, simply urging them to pay for her tickets.
After receiving the money, she ran to the station.
Before she got in, she called Hooker.
“I’m leaving. You can’t trap me anymore. I’m sorry.
Arrest and trial
But Colleen didn’t call the police right after she got home, which is one of the conditions for Janice to let her go.
Until now, Janice felt that Hook was just obsessed with the devil and could be saved.
Now that she’s gone with her “competent” woman, it’s just a couple of couples who might get back to life.
When Colleen ran away, Hook was a little scared.
He filled out the mass grave, destroyed parts of his family’s equipment and hid the rest of it that he could not afford to destroy.
He and Janice wrote to Colleen almost every day, begging for help to induce her not to call the police.
Finally, the priest at the church couldn’t see it anymore, and the police arrested Hook.
Hook has been charged with 16 counts in a total of provenance.
But instead of pleading guilty, he claimed he was innocent!
Why? His reason was that Colleen was always voluntary.
For example, Corinne signed a contract document and wrote him a love letter during her imprisonment.
“Dear Master, I love you!” I’m sorry.
This is what she could say she had to write under duress, but how can she explain this by calling and writing to Mr. and Mrs. Hook from time to time after being free?
Also, although she had been locked in a box almost every night for seven years, she insisted on being safe and happy when she came home to visit her family, even when she was alone with her family; she was then often left alone, even on her own bike to work, and she had neither escaped nor called the police.
Doesn’t that just mean that everything is out of her own free will?
Janice entered into a plea agreement with the prosecution prior to the hearing, so that although she had also been involved in the kidnapping and ill-treatment of Colleen, she had been granted immunity for promising to testify.
She and Colleen both testified, and in court, both women reacted differently.
Janice said she couldn’t even cry herself.
And Colleen seemed calm, as if she was talking about someone else.
Finally, in 1985, the trial ended and Hook was convicted and sentenced to 104 years’ imprisonment.
What made them like this?
Although the term “Stockholm syndrome” is not new to many.
But Colleen’s case is not that simple.
I would like to go back and take a closer look at the three individuals in the case and what the reasons behind their actions are.
The simplest of the three were, in fact, the criminal leader, Hook.
His motives were clear and direct, and his behaviour was psychologically consistent, to say the least, a deformed and brutal pervert.
When he was a child, he often moved with his parents, had no place to live, and became a carpenter after he graduated from high school, which enabled him to be very effective.
It was also because of his small life and his ability to speak and maintain disguises, no one could see what kind of person he was.
Janice’s background and behavior are quite consistent.
When I looked into the case, I found that Janice’s mother’s house was not so far away from her place of residence, and why had she never sought her help?
Turned out to have been violated at home since she was a child, growing up in a very cold and distorted environment.
She had never had a healthy, intimate relationship with a person before she met Hook.
So when she was 15 years old and knew Hook, she was quickly captured by him and easily inculcated in him many deformities and listened to him.
She was his first test to realize his dream of abuse, and while he was satisfied with her, he continued to take the opportunity to improve his plans.
Their relationship is stable and mutually reinforcing.
In other words, Janice did not realize that she could resist, nor did she dare to resist, and it was because Janice never resisted or even opposed that Hook would grow.
Then why did she fall apart?
Because she had expectations and a bottom line for her relationship with Hook.
When she realized that expectations had been dashed and that Hook had broken her bottom line, she could no longer continue to accept the status quo.
Of course, her expectations and bottom lines themselves are distorted.
She wanted to spend her whole life with Hook, but she couldn’t stand being abused.
So she and her husband “compromise” with each other: he can change the subject of abuse (so that she will not suffer more), but he can only be married to her (so that his body still belongs to her).
So, again and again, she lied to the girls to get in the car, kidnapped them home, cooperated with her husband in making up a lie about the company, and did nothing about Colleen’s tragedy.
Her collapse was entirely due to the violation of her own interests, and even if she later helped Colleen escape, her purpose was not to save the other but to eliminate her competitors.
Her heart was still in love with Hook, and even though he had been whipping her since she was 15, that love had not diminished.
So she would repeatedly plead with Corinne not to call the police and allow herself to change Hook, which is why she cried and lost her voice when she testified.
She felt frustrated.
Her frustration was that he had broken the law, that he had failed her love and patience, and that she now had to do the same.
But it’s not what she really wants.
Her true ideal life was for her husband to find a decent slave, whose pain and ill-treatment was borne by the slave, while the husband remained alone.
What about Colleen? Many people have interpreted her state as “Stockholm disease”.
Stockholm Disease originated in a robbery in August 1973, when two criminals held four bank employees hostage while robbing a bank in Stockholm.
Although the robbers eventually surrendered and were arrested, the officials were clearly sympathetic and even grateful.
This psychological phenomenon was later referred to as a “Stockholm syndrome” or hostage scenario.
Hook did something similar to Colleen’s.
The first is to use fear to control each other.
From the outset, the sudden abduction, the prolonged confinement in the dark, the daily beatings, the restrictions on her diet and excretion, etc., created an environment in which she had to comply fully with her dependence on him, thus crushing her sense of reason and sense of defence.
During her imprisonment, she was constantly subjected to cruel treatment, threatening her life and causing her great suffering, but sometimes giving her a sweet spot.
For example, she would occasionally be released out of the box, given a roll of paper, a radio, and told her that she had been using her good offices in front of the company in exchange for her and her family’s safety.
Such an unexpected turnback would allow Colleen to generate gratitude and happiness on her own.
Such an interlocking state of fear and gratitude also makes it impossible for her to establish any effective psychological defence.
During the trial, Hook had offered to present Colin ‘ s life before the abduction as evidence.
For example, she used to be an addict with a long-term habit of drug use.
When she was 13 years old, she was kicked out of the house by her parents, married an old man at 16 years old and divorced a little longer.
She had a long-standing relationship with her family members, who were sometimes sold for money before being kidnapped.
He even mentioned that on the day of the kidnapping, she looked like she had just been drugged — so she was not as pitiful as everyone thought, so she was happy with what happened later.
Of course, this request was rejected by the judge.
But I think that explains why Colin survived seven years of abuse.
Since she was a child, she had lived in a deep sense of bluntness and did not herself have a healthy and normal psychological state.
This sense of passivity may be the result of intimacy in family relationships during adolescence, chaotic social life during growth, or physical damage caused by drugs.
Whatever the cause, this passivity protects her and separates her from the tragic reality.
Sometimes people get hurt because they “think too much” and the more they want to get confused, the more painful they want to get.
And if we can spend every minute of it in a numb and rigid manner, the days may not be that difficult.
Some live because there is always hope and others because there is no pursuit.
Without hope, there will be no disappointment and, of course, there will be no risk of a crushing collapse.
With a deep sense of silence surrounding it, Colleen gave up the hope of struggle and salvation and immersed in darkness with all her heart.
In accepting that darkness is the whole of life, she throws herself into darkness so that there is no more conflict and despair.
But how do we explain that she did not escape when she had the opportunity and did not report to the police when she was released?
It should be a way for her to protect herself.
When the doctor made a psychological correction of Colleen after the crime, she found that her fear of the “corporate” that was invisible was far greater than the daily abuse of Hook.
Because the latter are real and predictable, the former are unpredictable, and invisible enemies tend to be worse off than visible opponents.
So when their own actions may have unintended consequences, the majority of people choose not to act.
The status quo, though painful, is known.
From a God’s perspective, we now know that Colleen has so many opportunities to escape, but she does not know that for those in danger.
But there is a much more subtle subconscious in addition to the explanation of Stockholm syndrome, the psychological failure to call the police after being released.
Why did you call the police? To punish each other for their crimes.
Then why would they commit such crimes against themselves? Many times the answer simply cannot be found.
Because the question itself is wrong.
But as a party to a crime, it is very natural to focus on itself: is it because of me that I find myself in this predicament?
In order to get rid of this self-doubt, one condition-reflective mentality is to justify the behaviour of the other, and if the other side is not so guilty, it can prove that it is not the source of the problem.
Opened Box
Hook was not satisfied with his sentence and repeatedly appealed and rejected it.
Although the 104-year sentence was a long time, by 2030 he could apply for parole.
The only thing that can be comforted is that Cameron Hook, born in 1953, is already 70-year-olds and probably not moving.
Janice was also not very satisfied with the outcome of the trial and she did not intend to send her husband to prison.
However, as a result of the plea agreement, although she was an accomplice, she was relieved and finally changed her name to stay in California.
And the seven-year-old Corinne’s shoulder and back were taken away from her for life as a result of prolonged imprisonment and abuse.
She went back to school and started her studies, then married, had a daughter and now became a grandmother.
Her experience has been transposed into a lot of movies or TV plays, but it is hard for the audience to imagine that all of this actually happened.
In an interview, the reporter asked Colin, “How did you survive those dark days in the box?” I’m sorry.
And she said, “I just close my eyes and give myself the freedom to imagine. “Closed number: YXA1GwJPSL34zEOmi0l02
I don’t know.
Keep your eyes on the road.
