Apt Pupil: The Murder of Richard Carno

There’s an old saying that if you’re not where you want to be in
your life—or who—you should “fake it til you make it.” And it can
work great. For example, let’s say you’re terrified of public
speaking. And inside you feel like you’re about to either pee
yourself, barf up everything you’ve ever eaten, just turn around
and flee, or possibly all three. But instead of letting the
audience see your nerves, you straighten your shoulders and stride
out to the podium in your best outfit, with a big, fake, confident
smile on your face. Chances are, people will never know how scared
you were, and you’ll actually start to FEEL confident after a
while. But…what if you never get to the “til you make it” part?
What if the core of your being is so dark, so abhorrent, so
contrary to everything that makes us truly human, that your only
option is to fake it, all the time? I bet you’d get real good at
it. William Saroyan once wrote, “It takes a lot of rehearsing for a
man to be himself.” For the villain in this story, it was just the
opposite. The rehearsal was all about hiding the self.

Sources:
Investigation Discovery's "Diabolical," Episode "Teach Me to
Kill"
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jan/22/siblings-facing-off-against-each-other-in-murder-t/

https://www.newsbreak.com/nevada/las-vegas/news/1547024008696/susanne-carno-paid-her-brother-to-murder-husband-richard-carno-so-she-could-pocket-the-life-insurance

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/mar/12/carno-insists-shes-innocent-at-sentencing/

http://www.jailhouse-babes.com/personals/f094/f09-497.htm

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