Inside the Mind of Thru-Hiking's Devious Con Man
Gee, I guess I&#x27;m a bit of a sucker.  I find myself pitying this man.  He seems to have had no opportunity to bond with either a mother or a father.<p>&gt; the true motivation of the swindler is never money. “They want to have power over other people,” she says. “What is more controlling than the most intimate thing of all?”<p>Indeed, I suppose if I had grown up like he had I&#x27;d feel very much powerless.<p>True -- Caldwell is bad news and he is really doing harm to his victims, but I think I understand some of what motivates him.