He Sounded Sincere
I volunteered in a psychiatric hospital where we’d visit the patients and interact with them. One of the requirements was that we didn’t know what things they had done before being admitted to the facility. The idea was that the less we knew, the less we could judge them.
Suffice to say, this was a high-security place and the people inside had some dark pasts. One day, I was playing basketball with a group of about five residents when one of the guys stopped to say something mid-game.
He came over to me quietly went, “I’m in here because I sedated my wife and kid before burning my house down, and then I pled insanity.”
He sounded completely sincere and clear, and I have never had more intense goosebumps my whole life. He then yelled game on and continued to play like nothing had ever happened. Story credit: Reddit / thertp14