Episode 134: Investigating Medical Child Abuse

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True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

My guest on the podcast today is highly esteemed Tarrant County Sheriff’s Investigator Michael Weber, who specializes in investigating cases of medical child abuse, also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Detective Weber is also a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s Munchausen by proxy committee alongside international expert on factitious disorders Dr. Marc Feldman and author Andrea Dunlop.

Detective Weber is also a Munchausen by proxy investigative expert, law enforcement trainer, and consultant on these complicated cases, which are notoriously difficult to prosecute. I’m honored to have the opportunity to talk with him about his work and how important it is to raise awareness of this lesser-known but surprisingly common form of child abuse.

This is Episode 134: Investigating Medical Child Abuse.

Links related to today’s episode:

Mike Weber Consulting: https://mikeweberconsulting.com

Munchausen Support: https://munchausensupport.com

Dr. Feldman’s Munchausen website: https://www.munchausen.com

Podcast - Nobody Should Believe Me: https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/

Rosenberg study (1987): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0145213487900810?via%3Dihub

Sheridan study (2003): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213403000309?via%3Dihub

Episode 58: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Part 1): https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44665606

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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:05.9	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her
0:09.6	oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.0	All right.
0:14.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.0	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.0	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.0	All aboard, Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.6	All aboard, miss, I finally got plans out the group chat.
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0:28.0	P, and O'Ferees, there is another way.
0:31.6	Oh, he's cute, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:40.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him him sounds like an elephant with a chest infection
0:46.0	Well they call him a dreamer and now they're right all aboard mister I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:53.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:56.0	Piando Ferries, that is another way.
0:59.0	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language
1:04.4	and is not suitable for all audiences.
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1:52.2	podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse, and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents, guardians, and caretakers who silenced them.
2:01.0	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 134, investigating medical child abuse.
2:07.6	My guest on the podcast today is highly esteemed Tarrant County Sheriff's investigator Michael Weber, who specializes in investigating cases of medical child abuse, also known as Munchhausen Syndrome by proxy.
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