Episode 59: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Part 2)
Suffer the Little Children
Suffer the Little Children Pod
4.6 • 993 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In part one of this series, I told you what studies and experts have to say about this commonly misunderstood condition. I also told you the beginning of the story of 5-year-old Garnett Spears. Garnett’s death in January of 2014 was the culmination of five brutal years of unnecessary surgical procedures, medications, hospitalizations, induced illnesses, and gratuitous suffering at the hands of his mother, and the egregiousness of Garnett’s story has made his one of the most well known cases of Munchausen syndrome by proxy to date. In today’s episode, I’ll tell you the conclusion of Garnett’s story, including his death and the 2015 murder trial of his mother, Lacey Spears.
This is part 2 of the baffling phenomenon of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy.
Links:
Dr. Marc Feldman’s latest book
Dr. Feldman’s bio
John Glatt’s book, My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood
Web of Lies on ID - The Sick Boy
48 Hours on CBS - A Mother Accused
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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 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 | Are you searching for a true crime podcast, |
| 1:02.0 | covering lesser known cases involving military |
| 1:04.8 | personnel, veterans, family members, and others associated with the military? |
| 1:09.3 | On the military true crime addict podcast, host David Kochish relates real true crime stories that the news media hasn't reported on, |
| 1:16.0 | although when you hear these stories you'll definitely wonder why. |
| 1:19.0 | David deep dives crimes involving assault, harassment, hate crimes, abuse of power, murder, PTSD, |
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