Kenneth Bianchi

Kenneth Bianchi is the Hillside Strangler case figure used in 121.极简法医鉴识手册：一切犯罪，皆有痕迹 to discuss forensic psychology, adversarial testimony, and feigned mental illness. The episode says Bianchi tried to simulate multiple personality disorder, but expert questioning exposed inconsistencies in the performance.

The case matters for Criminal Profiling As Probabilistic Inference because it keeps psychological interpretation from becoming automatic story-matching. Courts need expert evidence, but the source shows that suspect performance, diagnosis, responsibility, and strategy must be separated carefully.

Connections

• Forensic Science / 法证鉴识 - broad evidence system in which psychology appears as one specialty.
• Evidence Over Testimony and Memory Contamination Risk - nearby caution around claimed mental states and suggested narratives.
• Rational Humility - diagnosis and culpability should not be reduced to a dramatic courtroom story.