Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Chris Costner Sizemore

Chris Costner Sizemore's experiences as she grew up gave rise to a newly defined mental illness, multiple personality disorder. She talks about the mysterious rise of the alter ego.

Chris Costner Sizemore has been called the most famous psychological case study in history. Growing up, her young mind was inhabited by a host of different personalities. Her extraordinary experiences gave rise to a newly defined mental illness, multiple personality disorder, and her story was turned into an Oscar-winning movie. Five decades after the first diagnosis are we any closer to understanding the mysterious rise of the alter ego? Chris Costner Sizemore talks to Stephen Sackur.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Aug 2009 22:30GMT

Broadcast