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Bank Robber Who Inspired 'Stockholm Syndrome' Dead at 78

Clark Olofsson, the notorious Swedish bank robber whose role in a 1973 Stockholm hostage crisis helped inspire the term ...
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Clark Olofsson, 78, dies; bank robber helped inspire ‘Stockholm syndrome’

Nothing about the holdup of a Stockholm bank in 1973 followed any expected story line. Firing shots into the ceiling and shouting in English, “The party starts!,” an ex-convict named Jan-Erik Olsson ...

Being archbishop can give you Stockholm syndrome, says Lord Williams

A former archbishop of Canterbury has said the job can lead to Stockholm syndrome. Lord Williams said he would advise the Church of England’s next spiritual leader to have friends outside of the ...