Marty Rathbun Family: Is Psychosis hereditary or are some Families just nuts?

Who knows. All I know is both options are possible as recently proven by recently-arrested Marty Rathbun. This is a guy I read about in Freedom Magazine. Kind of an addicting read I must say. Thanks to my handy iPhone I read the whole thing during my recent 3 hour wait at the DMV but basically Rathbun is an anti-Scientologist who used to be in the church but got kicked out for all kinds of criminal activities that were discovered by the church leaders. Yikes! Start warming up for a lot of confession Rathbun!

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Speaking of confessions, the magazine also published an official confession by Marty Rathbun stating that he was utterly mad. It gets worse. Turns out that Rathbun’s who family is mad. They’re a bunch of sick, mentally ill alcoholics suffering nervous breakdowns (mom). Not only did mom lose it, she received shock treatment when Marty was just a little fetus. Mom was also a slut and would bring little Marty along to meet her lovers. Slade Rathbun (dad) admitted that one of mama Rathbun’s lovers took her to a cottage where she slapped Marty and mama.

Sounds like a healthy upbringing.

Something like this

According to the Freedom article, on September 13, 1962 mama Rathbun’s body was found floating in the water by fisherman. Marty Rathbun’s battle with family mental illness didn’t end with his mother. Both of his older brothers suffered from mental illness—one was committed to a hospital under intense psychiatric treatment, straitjacket and all. But tragedy struck again.

In Garden Grove, California two joggers and their dog found the decomposing body of an adult male. The police identified the man as Bruce Rathbun—Marty’s other brother! Marty Rathbun has been accused many many times of violence and abuse. COULD MARTY RATHBUN HAVE MURDERED HIS OWN BROTHER? Yes. Most definitely. Police are still investigating.

Or so

To top I off, Rathbun’s stepmother died of a prescription drug overdose. His father was also battling cancer and at the same time their house burned down.

Freedom magazine says that medical doctors have long observed that mental instability can run in families and have found statistically that the chance of being labeled with specific psychotic disorders increases from around 1 percent to 10 percent in families with a history of such disorders.