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Crimes and Consequences

EP175: Mommy Dearest

Crimes and Consequences

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6859 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

TW: Severe child abuse


There was a time in this country when there really were not any laws against child abuse. It wasn’t until 1975 did the State of Minnesota adopt legislation regarding child abuse and in 1971, the Minnesota State Supreme Court first heard a case concerning “battered-child syndrome”. This week’s case is about the horrific treatment and death of three-year-old Dennis Jergens, at the hands of his adoptive mother—someone who had no business ever being allowed to adopt—in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Be forewarned, it’s horrific.

Written by Terra Bella and edited by Tonya C.

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SOURCES:
1) Murderpedia
2) Google Scholar
3) Deadly Women Volume 13: 20 Shocking True Crime Cases of Women Who Kill by Robert Keller
4) A Child Lost Forever The Jerry Sherwood Story (movie)
5) A Death in White Bear Lake: Notorious crime in city history marks 50 years (https://www.presspubs.com/white_bear/news/a-death-in-white-bear-lake-notorious-crime-in-city-history-marks-50-years/article_1dca2e0e-e2fe-11e4-a17d-6311e99b067e.html)
6) Woman Who Killed Adopted Son Released After Eight Years in Prison (https://apnews.com/article/4d971675ec33098acb6cae3e4e93ed9e)
7) Child Murder : The Town That Lived in Silence (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-28-mn-355-story.html)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.

0:09.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:12.0

Hi everyone, I'm Tanya. And I'm Tlaia. advised.

0:12.8

Hi everyone, I'm Tanya.

0:14.3

And I'm T Leah.

0:15.4

And we are Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. I'm going to be. Hi Tlaia, Hi Tanya, how you doing? Oh, today's great day, how are you?

0:38.0

Yeah, it's a great day.

0:42.8

Fucking great day.

0:43.8

Welcome everyone to another exciting episode of Crimes and

0:47.1

Consequences. And before I get into today's story,

0:51.0

I would just like to remind everyone to hit the subscribe or follow button.

0:55.0

So before I tell the story today, I just have to warn everyone.

0:58.0

It's a horrible, horrible graphic case of child abuse.

1:03.0

Girl, didn't we already go down this path?

1:05.0

Yeah, with baby lollipops we did.

1:07.0

Yeah, I know, I'm sorry.

1:09.0

What is going on here?

1:11.0

I know, I got another one and I'm really sorry. This one is... I literally walked out last time.

1:17.6

Depressed. This one's bad. This was bad and I'm not to give it away, but anyway, I was pissed. I was pissed.

1:26.4

Okay, I don't need all the details of this, okay?

1:29.4

Okay, anyway. By just looking at her, you would think Lois Jurgens was the picture perfect housewife in the time of 1950s suburban America.

1:40.0

At the very least, that image was exactly what she constantly strived for.

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