2302: Cracks in the Fandom part 2

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Meghan Walsh says she is being stalked by three people. One of them is Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay. Sounds impossible, right? But she’s not the only one saying it. In this episode, we meet Lauren. She claims to be the biological mother of Mariska’s adopted daughter. Her story begins with a supposed secret adoption, and spirals into accusations of betrayal and abandonment. Lauren says the actress is not just stalking her, but working behind the scenes to silence anyone who challenges her. Meghan believes her. To her, Lauren is the missing piece that proves her own story is real. But the more we dig, the harder it becomes to separate truth from delusion. Is this the beginning of a deeper conspiracy? Or just another internet rabbit hole? This extended version includes additional narration and soundbites not available in the public edit. Let me know what you think of the series so far. Your feedback will help shape the final episodes before they go live in the main feed. All 4 Episodes Available now on Pretend+ and Patreon PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pretendradio PRETEND+ on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/pretend/id6443456985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.3	This innocent selfie ruined my life, and it was taken on April 9, 2015. In two days,
0:48.2	that will have been 10 years, and I'm going to tell you why.
0:56.0	This is the TikTok video posted by Megan Walsh that has sparked several subreddits and Twitter threads.
1:02.3	Her story is a lot more complicated than I even expected, but after talking with Megan Walsh for months now and going through the very large Google drive of evidence against her stalkers,
1:07.9	she came to me with a twist that honestly I didn't see coming.
1:12.2	Her text message said, Hey, Javier, I wanted to inform you that Mariska's childbirth mother has come forward
1:17.7	about being stocked by Mariska and her husband. Unquote. Hear me out. Mariska's adopted daughter's
1:26.1	birth mother? You still with me?
1:29.3	Needless to say, she got my attention.
1:32.3	I wanted to start off by saying that Megan Walsh's story of being stalked and harassed by random people in the Law & Order SVU fandom is a stretch and one that I personally find hard to swallow.
1:50.3	But then you add this layer that she claims that the star of SVU, Mariska Hargitay,
1:54.1	is involved, and it makes it even more unbelievable.
1:55.7	And I'm not alone.
1:58.5	There are others online who feel the same way. But then, while reporting on this story, someone completely
2:03.0	unrelated to Megan pops up and says that she too is being harassed by Mariska and her husband.
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