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OUT NOW: The fourth instalment in The Storyteller series, sees award-winning investigative journalist Isla Traquair uncover the truth behind the shocking exposé featured in the new documentary Narcissist's Playbook. An internationally respected professor of psychology, who claims to help people recover from narcissistic abuse, is unmasked as a wolf in saviour's clothing who is complete fraud with no qualifications. Experience the investigation as it unfolds following every twist, setback and breakthrough alongside Isla, from the very first contact to the killer confrontation.
The Scottish crime journalist does it again weaving the narrative with compassion and honest observation. Real interviews with those at the heart of the case, plus international experts, narcissistic abuse survivors and four diagnosed narcissists.
The latest series follows on from three No1 true crime series - The Storyteller: Naked Villainy which made history broadcasting a full murder trial for the first time in the UK. It tells the story of two scientists - two lovers - one killer, one victim and a 45 year journey to justice. The Storyteller: Violent Delights - from a Royal castle to a courtroom, when love and passion turned into cruelty and coercion and ended in murder. And the break out first series The Storyteller: Murder Most Foul, Isla reinvestigates a murder case twenty years on, to seek answers in a case that shocked a country.
Bonus content for The Storyteller: Naked Villainy on Patreon. Link below.
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S4 Ep34: EP 34 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
A Tale of Two Sock-puppets - Sam Vaknin lies but the data doesn't. In Part 2 of the conversation with the cyber expert, the deep dives continues as more and more "receipts" are found. Two decades of recorded edits of SV's Wikipedia show the
S4 Ep33: EP 33 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The Sock-puppet Master Part 1 - Fake accounts and fraud, Sam Vaknin who has falsely presented himself as a Professor of Psychology to gain access to women through therapy, has used the internet to maintain his lies for two decades. A cyber
S4 Ep32: EP 32 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The Professor's verdict - From the absurd to the abhorrent, Psychology Professor Inna Kanevsky examines the impossibilities of Sam Vaknin's academic claims. There is no paper trail, there is no proof he has any qualifications in any subject
S4 Ep31: EP 31 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Part 2 - HG Tudor gives his perspective as a diagnosed narcissistic psychopath on the behaviour of another diagnosed narcissistic psychopath, Sam Vaknin. Following on from Part 1 in which we listened back to the key moments of the confronta
S4 Ep30: EP 30 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
EP 30 - Psychopath on Psychopath Part 1. There are two big names who are both diagnosed narcissistic psychopaths serving a niche on the internet offering insights into their pathology. One is Sam Vaknin, who is accused of multiple allegatio
S4 Ep29: EP 29 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Being seen - British healthcare worker "Rachel" tagged along with a friend to watch author Sam Vaknin do a seminar on narcissism in London in November 2018. He was yet to name himself the made-up title of Dr Professor. Over a year later, af
S4 Ep28: EP 28 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Sam Vaknin was her idol - Grace is a second year PhD Philosophy student and for years she has admired the man she believed to be a professor. He wasn't just someone she watched from afar, he became a mentor and was even referenced in her Ma
S4 Ep27: EP 27 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The mystery woman - an alarming incident at one of Sam Vaknin's seminars in Macedonia last year was recorded by one of the attendees who herself believes she was being targeted. The director of CIAPS, Anthony Kila, who is himself currently
S4 Ep26: EP 26 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Monsters do exist - An introduction to HG Tudor, the faceless diagnosed psychopath who keeps his identity a secret but tells Isla Traquair that one day he will reveal himself, even if it's at his funeral. In this episode you'll learn some c
S4 Ep25: EP 25 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Analysis Part 2 - In the second part of this special analysis episode Sam's former collaborator Richard Grannon, Director Mark Vicente and investigative journalist Isla Traquair continue to assess the dog whistling videos Sam Vaknin release
S4 Ep24: EP 24 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Analysis Part 1 - In April 2026, Isla Traquair, Richard Grannon and Mark Vicente met up in London ahead of the BAFTA screening of the documentary. The social media campaign had been running for two months and Sam Vaknin knew it wouldn't be
S4 Ep23: EP 23 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
How many victims? - Criminologist Dr Graham Hill gives an estimate of the likely number of potential victims of fake professor and serial sex predator Sam Vaknin. Following a successful career in the police as a Senior Investigating Officer
S4 Ep22: EP 22 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
TRIGGER SA - When "yes" means "no" - This was the title of Joyce Short's famous TEDx Talk in which she details her personal experience of SA. As the founder of the Consent Awareness Network, Joyce and colleague Nina Lucas deliver one of the
S4 Ep21: EP 21 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Claire's Story Part 3 - In the final episode of Claire's story, she explains how Sam Vaknin knew which buttons to push to further destroy her mental health. Everything she had told him when she first approached him in a suicidal state, he u
S4 Ep20: EP 20 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Claire's Story Part 2 - In Sam's own words and explicitly stating he is speaking about himself, he tells his audience that "only severely mentally ill, broken, damaged traumatised women will succumb" to his psychology and sexuality. Succumb
S4 Ep19: EP 19 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Claires's Story Part 1 - Two weeks into the podcast's release, the victim who had reached out to Ann and brought the women together, sent a text to investigative journalist Isla Traquair offering to take part. Sam Vaknin's tailor-made abuse
S4 Ep18: EP 18 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Old wounds - Australian director Ian Walker had to leave a hotel in the middle of the night and fly home from Europe due to the abuse he suffered while filming Sam Vaknin for the documentary I, Psychopath in the late 2000s. When Isla Traqua
S4 Ep17: EP 17 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The Wolf - there's no coming back from this explosive episode as the fake professor Sam Vaknin damns himself with his own words. For a man who claims to have an IQ higher than Einstein, he's been incredibly careless. There is no more hiding
S4 Ep16: EP 16 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Herculean Task - Sam Vaknin appealed to the filmmakers to focus their documentary on differentiating between the credentialed and the non-credentialed and goes as far to say it should be a crime to talk about narcissism online unless you ar
S4 Ep15: EP 15 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The horrors come to light - Richard Grannon was left grappling with his new reality after learning the details of the allegations of abuse against his former business partner. He's also shown written proof that Sam Vaknin knew he was infect
S4 Ep14: EP 14 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Collateral - having returned to Sam Vanknin's sphere, Richard Grannon found himself detaching again from the chaos of the malignant narcissistic following further professional challenges. But not before Sam obtained collateral on him and pl
S4 Ep13: EP 13 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Betrayal - Richard Grannon describes how his world fell apart when he discovered the man he'd been working with for seven years had been accused of sexually abusing therapy patients and had been accessing women through their seminars design
S4 Ep12: EP 12 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The Destruction Package - "There is an infinite power in eradicating another person. A God-like power." This was Sam Vaknin's intention with every target he set his sights on. In this episode former patient Ann explains how her mind and lat
S4 Ep11: EP 11 -The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The lure - Sam Vaknin tells tall tales and it's these fantastical stories about his life which create intrigue and admiration for his victims. Triumph over adversity, branded a genius as a child but then abused, going to prison and coming o
S4 Ep10: EP 10 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Ann's story - in a moment of crisis, she reached out for advice to a psychologist recommended by her own therapist as an expert in Cluster B personalities. She sought a deeper understanding of narcissism to come to terms with what had happe
S4 Ep9: EP 9 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Vindication - A former therapy patient of Sam Vaknin witnesses her abuser being held accountable. Emotions spill out on both sides of the video call with journalist Isla Traquair. And filmmaker Mark Vicente shares his feelings about the sig
S4 Ep8: Ep 8 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
An unexpected video call - investigative journalist Isla Traquair talks to a former therapy patient of Sam Vaknin and explains what happened when she confronted her abuser on camera. The woman knew nothing of the investigation that was goin
S4 Ep7: EP 7 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The aftermath - With the adrenaline still pumping and the crew in shock at the bizarre reaction of Sam Vaknin, investigative journalist Isla Traquair calls the film producers to give them the news they've been waiting for. On her return to
S4 Ep6: EP 6 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
The confrontation - Deep into the interview with a renowned psychologist, investigative journalist Isla Traquair finally reveals the list of accusations that have been made against him by multiple patients who claim he sexually and psycholo
S4 Ep5: EP 5 - The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Part one of the interview begins. After nearly a year of planning, investigative journalist Isla Traquair finally meets the predatory professor. Her mask is on as she delves deep into the topic of Narcissistic Personality Disorder during th
