S06 E01: The Advocate

Lisa’s second child, Angellyn, was born prematurely and in a medically fragile state. Mishelle and her aunt Sabrina recount a troubling pattern: just as Angellyn would be cleared for hospital discharge, doctors would abruptly reverse course, warning that she might not survive the ...  Show more

We begin this week’s episode with a young Mishelle struggling to adjust to life with her grandparents, finding it difficult to accept both the separation from her parents and the reality of what her mother had done. Meanwhile, Lisa is in the midst of a police investigation, under ...  Show more

We meet accomplished novelist and loving mother Andrea Dunlop as she embarks on a journey to understand the series of events that tore her family apart. We learn that her older sister has been investigated twice for Munchausen by Proxy abuse, which inspired Andrea to learn everyt ...  Show more

Andrea Dunlop’s podcast “Nobody Should Believe Me” explores the criminology and psychopathology behind Munchausen by Proxy. She gives her background about why she started exploring Munchausen by Proxy - because of her sister having it. We discuss how in many cases of Munchausen a ...  Show more

A woman learns shocking truths about what happened to her mom when she was young, while caretaking her mentally ill father and grappling with revelations that haunt the family forever.  

Producer: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits ...

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence With the body in the creek now identified as local woman Louisa Ioannidis, a childhood marked by extraordinary events is uncovered – from an international kidnapping to a daring escape. As her past unfolds, d ...  Show more