Introducing... The Immaculate Deception!

How Did We Get Here?

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Hi How Did We Get Here? fans, we've made a show we think you'll like.... Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat was renowned for getting amazing results. Women who were desperate for children would visit him at his Rotterdam clinic and leave pregnant. But when the clinic closed, rumours began about the methods Karbaat used to achieve his success. The children conceived at the clinic - the Karbaat Kids - began asking difficult questions about what happened to their mothers. What happened in Dr Karbaat’s clinic? From Somethin’ Else, The Immaculate Deception is a story about a doctor who was determined to create life - by any means possible. Reported and hosted by Jenny Kleeman. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/deception This is a Somethin' Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let me introduce you to a new series from something else.
0:15.0	I'm Jenny Cleeman. I'm a journalist. And for the past few months, I've been trying
0:21.0	to find out exactly what happened in the clinic of the renowned Dutch fertility doctor, Jan
0:26.6	Carbat. After his clinic's doors closed for good, there were whispers that some of his patients
0:33.4	had been given a kind of help that they didn't ask for. As the babies conceived there became
0:39.9	adults, they began to ask questions about where they came from and what happened to their
0:44.8	mothers at the clinic. The immaculate deception is the story of a doctor who was determined
0:50.9	to create life by any means possible. You're about to hear a preview of the immaculate
0:58.1	deception, but before that, make sure you subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever
1:04.0	you're listening now.
1:08.0	In 2017, Joey Hufftman and Marsha Elvers both received life-changing news. First, we'll
1:15.6	hear from Joey, who found out that he had been conceived at the doctor's clinic.
1:21.4	I knew that there was something wrong. Joey was reading the headlines about the clinic.
1:28.4	He'd seen that it was closed down in 2008. He'd learned about the rumors, the complaints
1:33.8	and suspicions about what went on inside it.
1:37.1	I was quite emotional, stressed, and I tried to call my mom for a couple of times, but
1:43.6	she did not answer the phone.
1:46.3	And there, among the news reports, Joey saw a photo of the doctor who ran the clinic.
1:53.1	Dr. Jan Kabat.
1:56.5	I knew this is something really absurd, but I can't see his face. I see myself in it.
2:05.6	The narrow face, smile lines, those unmistakable teeth.
2:10.0	I had the same smile, the same look in the eyes. So I sent a picture to friends and I
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