ABSTRACT
Abstract: The case of Kenneth Bianchi (the Los Angeles-“Hillside Stran gler”) has been controversial ever since he was first arrested in January, 1979. This contributor saw Bianchi as a consultant on March 21st and 22nd, 1979. Under hypnosis, he manifested what appeared to be a multiple personality. An underlying personality, “Steve,” whose exis tence was apparently unknown to Bianchi, claimed responsibility for the 2 murders in Bellingham and those in Los Angeles. As a consequence, the court appointed 5 other consultants to examine the defendant. On April 20. 1979, I activated, the Steve personality without a hypnotic induction. It described many murders in Los Angeles, indicating which ones he (Steve) had done and which ones Bianchi’s cousin (Angelo Buono) did. The major personality (Ken) appeared to be amnesic to all this. 2 additional “personalities” were elicited by Martin Orne, another con sultant. However, Orne would not accept the diagnosis of multiple personality. He diagnosed Bianchi as an “Antisocial Personality” (Socio path) and claimed that he was a clever malingerer. He also asserted that Bianchi had never been hypnotized. The evidence, Rorschach tests, intelligence tests, handwriting samples, art creations, plus recorded sessions by Watkins, Orne and others, are analyzed. This writer con cludes that the diagnosis of multiple personality is strongly supported. If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart [p. 168]?
