Case Files 11: New Media Journalism and Death Eaters with V Spehar

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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We have a very fun guest on NSBM Case Files this week: V Spehar aka Under the Desk News! In this engaging conversation, V and Andrea discuss the whirlwind that has been the beginning of 2025, the importance of ethical responsibility in media and journalism, and working through the gut-punch of grief. They discuss how their careers pivoted in unexpected, but amazing ways and how their personal experiences inform the way they move through their respective spaces. V shares their strategy for dealing with the current onslaught of news and highlights the importance of community. *** Follow V on all the things: https://linktr.ee/vspehar Order Andrea's new book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-mother-next-door-9781250284273/ View our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/sponsors/ Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: https://www.instagram.com/andreadunlop/ Buy Andrea's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Dunlop/author/B005VFWJPI To support the show, go to http://Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe or subscribe on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobody-should-believe-me/id1615637188?ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=larjmedia_podcasts) where you can get all episodes early and ad-free and access exclusive ethical true crime bonus content. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit http://MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here: https://apsac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Munchausen-by-Proxy-Clinical-and-Case-Management-Guidance-.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True Story Media.
0:07.5	Well, friends, it's 2025. It's here. This year is going to be, well, one thing it won't be is boring.
0:16.9	And that's about the only prediction I'm going to make right now. But one piece of news that I am
0:21.8	excited to share is that the wait for my new book, The Mother Next Door, is almost over. It is
0:27.9	coming at you on February 4th from St. Martin's Press so soon. I co-authored this book with friend and
0:35.5	beloved contributor of this show, Detective Mike Weber,
0:38.9	about three of the most impactful cases of his career. Even if you are one of the OGist of OG
0:45.3	listeners to this show, I promise you are going to learn so many new and shocking details about the
0:50.6	three cases we cover. We just go into so much more depth on these stories. And you're
0:55.2	also going to learn a ton about Mike's story. Now, I know y'all love Detective Mike because he gets
1:00.5	his very own fan mail here at Nobody Should Believe Me. And if you've ever wondered, how did Mike
1:05.7	become the detective when it came to Much House and Biproxy cases? You are going to learn all
1:10.6	about his origin story in this book.
1:12.8	And I know we've got many audiobook listeners out there, so I'm very excited to share with you.
1:17.6	The audiobook is read by me, Andrea Dunlop, your humble narrator of this very show.
1:23.7	I really loved getting to read this book, and I'm so excited to share this with you.
1:28.0	If you are able to pre-order the book, doing so will really help us out.
1:32.1	It will signal to our publisher that there is excitement about the book, and it will also give
1:36.2	us a shot at that all-important bestseller list.
1:38.8	And of course, if that's simply not in the budget right now, we get it.
1:42.1	Books are not cheap.
1:43.3	Library sales are also extremely
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