[SarahW]

Joseph Smith must have an uncommon ability to manipulate folks into feeling sorry for him.

[Catspaw]

Joseph Smith must have an uncommon ability to manipulate folks into feeling sorry for him.

Ted Bundy was a master at that. It's part of the sociopathy.

[Iwo Jima]

Yes, he has the con man's touch. It's easy to see how he could have gotten Carly to let her guard down. That's why we have to be brutally honest with our children about the risks out there and how to deal with them. And not to let them out of the house alone until they "get it." (I am not blaming these parents, Carly was out alone against their instructions, as children will do.)