The condition whereby hostages and their captors form sympathetic bonds is known as what?
Bank robbery teller while his accomplice, an 18-year-old female, stuffed over $2,000 into a bag. A third accomplice drove the getaway car. The three were captured shortly after video footage of the robbery aired on national news. In 1973, four hostages were taken during the Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. After their release, the hostages defended their captors and refused to testify against them. This led to an academic interest in a phenomenon soon after referred to as Stockholm Syndrome wherein hostages, during captivity, paradoxically form a sympathetic bond with their captors as a survival strategy. Jesse James, (September 5, 1847 –
Sympathetic alphabet "Le nez d'un notaire" by Edmond About, and later a television series, is based on the concept of a sympathetic alphabet. Sympathetic alphabet A sympathetic alphabet was a supposed form of communication used in the 17th century by Rosicrusians and Magnetisers. Two parties would remove a section of skin from their arms or hands and mutually transplant it while still fresh. It was believed that the transplanted piece of flesh kept a close sympathy with the original limb so that its owner was still aware of any injury done to it. On the transplanted flesh was tattooed an alphabet whereby,