Episode 54: Maddilyn-Rose Stokes

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On May 25, 2017, two-year-old Maddilyn-Rose Stokes was rushed to the hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, unresponsive and suffering from infected third-degree burns that had been inflicted in the family’s bathtub five days prior. Her parents, Shane Stokes and Nicole Moore, had not sought medical care for their little girl’s worsening condition, calling emergency services only when she stopped breathing. Several hours later, Maddy was dead.
This is a story of bad decisions, selfishness, mental illness, and medical neglect. It’s also the story of a tiny, defenseless toddler who suffered unimaginable pain for five days with severe, untreated burns covering a fifth of her little body, which finally succumbed to the resultant infection running rampant through her bloodstream.
This is the horrific story of Maddilyn-Rose Stokes.
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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.
0:25.6	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:28.0	P, and O'Ferees, there acts are evil. We call them monsters. We say no human could perpetrate the crimes they have committed.
0:48.0	But in truth, only human beings execute these horrific acts.
0:53.7	And if you're like me, you want to know why.
0:57.2	To find out, join me, Ariel Cooksey on my podcast, Malice. As a social psychologist I dig into the psychology, sociology,
1:07.8	neurobiology, child development, trauma, and other factors that come together to create malicious offenders.
1:16.5	Find malice wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:21.1	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.
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2:13.0	podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse and
2:16.2	shining a harsh spotlight on the parents guardians and caretakers who
2:19.4	silence them.
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