How serial campus rapist Billy Milligan was let off after claiming to have 24 personalities
AN accused serial rapist who was let off after claiming to have 24 personalities continues to make headlines four decades later thanks to a new Netflix documentary. Billy Milligan was acquitted in 1978 after using multiple personality disorder – now known as dissociative identity disorder – as his insanity defense. Called Monsters Inside: The 24 […]
AN accused serial rapist who was let off after claiming to have 24 personalities continues to make headlines four decades later thanks to a new Netflix documentary.
Billy Milligan was acquitted in 1978 after using multiple personality disorder – now known as dissociative identity disorder – as his insanity defense.
Called Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan, the docuseries takes a look back at the campus rapist, who federal agents believe committed at least one and possibly,ly two murders.
Milligan claimed to have 24 different identities which took turns controlling his mind and body.
A first-of-its-kind defense, Milligan was found innocent by reason of insanity after psychiatrists said he had as many as two dozen personalities.
The series takes viewers through the case which terrorized the Ohio State University campus.
Milligan was accused of kidnapping, raping, and robbing three women.
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Born in Florida, Milligan moved to Ohio with his mom after his father committed suicide. His mother later remarried.
During his trial, defense doctors said Milligan developed the personalities because he was physically and sexually abused as a child by his stepfather.
After years of therapy, doctors said the many personalities fused into one harmless one.
In 1983, Milligan agreed to pay all costs from his stays at Ohio psychiatric hospitals. The room and board, plus interest, brought the total to about $450,000.
The state said it had has recovered $170,000 from Milligan.
In 1988, Milligan was released from a hospital and underwent outpatient mental treatment before getting his final release in August 1991.
In the 1990s, Milligan lived in California. While there, he was accused of threatening a judge and filed for bankruptcy.
His sister says he returned to Ohio and lived a quiet life while receiving mental treatment on and off throughout.
The 59-year old died of cancer in 2014.
NETFLIX DOC
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan looks at whether multiple personality disorders are real.
The docuseries shows video recordings of Milligan being interviewed by his defense doctors.
In it, Milligan switches back and forth between his core personality and others, including British intellectual Arthur, Eastern European rageaholic Ragen and teenage lesbian Adalana, who was reported to be the personality behind the rapes.
The four-part series, which features interviews with Milligan’s family, friends, and law enforcement officials, is available on Netflix from tomorrow.
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