Since releasing my docuseries “Convicting a Murderer,” one question I have been asked is, when did I become interested in true crime? While I have always liked true crime stories, this docuseries is about more than just crime. It’s about why society turns villains into heroes, how the media manipulates stories, and how lies become viewed as truth on a grand scale. When I began my political journey, I was fascinated by the concerted effort of culture, mainstream media, and school systems all working together on one thing: creating minds. Once I realized the extent to which I had been brainwashed, I wanted to know how it had happened in the first place. How had I become brainwashed by their efforts? I have been examining how this is possible ever since — and enlarging that examination to the entire world.
Psychosis is a mental illness in which someone loses contact with reality. Mass psychosis is when a major part of society follows some identified leaders’ directives, guiding in one direction or another, regardless of what any data shows. Mass psychosis has plagued society throughout history, but as I have lived through some, all have been intriguing to me. COVID, for example, was an occurrence of mass psychosis. “Experts” convinced people that everyone was dying, and we were facing another bubonic plague. It was effective — and that fascinates me. I was interested in the mass psychosis that took place during Black Lives Matter, which is why “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold” was my first project with The Daily Wire. I wanted to explore how people became convinced that George Floyd was not just a person who died an unfortunate death but was, in fact, a hero. How did people get to the point they were being baptized at the location of his death? How did that happen?
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