501: The Curious Case of... The Woman Dying for Attention
True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed
4.2 • 35.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Feigning a terminal illness, masquerading as a different person, allegedly being pregnant and then suddenly not - we've seen A LOT of pernicious people running scams over the years. But for this case - why not try them ALL?!?! Hold on to your hats, Fam - this case is trying to dupe you from every last possible angle!
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| 0:00.0 | Did you hear? |
| 0:00.9 | Did you hear the big news? |
| 0:02.8 | I don't know. |
| 0:04.0 | The trophy hunter who was killed by female elephants. Oh, yeah. I love that for them. I did instantly think of you. Five elephants charged some trophy hunters, killed one, injured another. Is that right? Yeah. They were like, absolutely not. They had their little babies with them. They were like, get out of here. And one of them just like ram them. Good for her. |
| 0:20.7 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:21.6 | Women supporting women. |
| 0:22.7 | That's right. |
| 0:23.8 | Love that for them. They were like, get out of here. And one of them just, like, ram them. Good for her. Oh, my God. |
| 0:21.6 | Women supporting women. |
| 0:22.7 | That's right. |
| 0:23.7 | Love that for them. |
| 0:27.8 | Hi, Julie Metzvali. |
| 0:33.0 | Hello, Patrick Hines. |
| 0:34.2 | Sam, join us on the YouTube. |
| 0:36.5 | We are closing in on 400,000 subscribers. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Our videos are super fun. They're super cute to watch. Go check it out. Give us a little subscribe. What's the other thing? Patreon. Oh my God. Our Patreon is also amazing. We have like over 400 ad-free bonus episodes. We've got after parties where we do like cases we haven't covered. |
| 0:55.4 | We've got that hero belt here where we make episodes just for them. |
| 0:58.5 | Yep. |
| 0:58.7 | We did that America's Next Top Model thing. |
| 1:00.5 | Yeah, we are starting our recording of, trust me, the false profit today. |
| 1:04.5 | Yes, that's at the $5 here. |
| 1:05.7 | That's for everybody. |
| 1:06.2 | Yeah, yeah. |
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