Kaitlyn's Baby | Episode 4: Down the rabbit hole

The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

CBC + BBC World Service

True Crime

4.2 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After months of waiting and dozens more victims coming forward, the police take an interest in the case and start interviewing doulas. In March 2023, Kaitlyn Braun is arrested. She faces 52 counts of fraud, harassment and sexual assault. Aizia, shares stories with host Sarah Treleaven about growing up alongside Kaitlyn. Aizia talks about Kaitlyn’s kindness and generosity — and how she says it often came with strings attached. “When she needed you, she really needed you.” Aizia is shocked and horrified at Kaitlyn’s charges, but recognizes a familiar pattern, recounting what she says were Kaitlyn’s ongoing series of tragedies over the years, and her constant need for support and attention.

Content warning: This episode contains strong language and references to baby loss and sexual behaviour.

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0:00.0	When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation.
0:07.1	There's a man living in its address, in the name of deceased.
0:10.5	He's one of the most wanted men in the world.
0:13.6	This isn't really happening.
0:15.0	Officers finding large sums of money.
0:17.4	It's a tale of murder, skullduggery, and international intrigue.
0:22.1	So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins, and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncover.
0:29.1	Available now.
0:31.0	A BBC World Service and CBC podcast production.
0:33.6	This episode contains strong language and references to baby loss and sexual assault.
0:42.7	A Brantford woman is being charged for using doula services while falsely claiming to be
0:49.4	pregnant and having stillbirths. 24-year-old Caitlin Braun is facing...
0:54.1	The woman faked pregnancies in stillbirths to receive treatment.
0:58.0	Some doulas say she would contact doulas who provide support before, during, and after childbirth,
1:03.6	pretending to be pregnant.
1:05.7	In March, 23, 24-year-old Caitlin Braun is arrested.
1:14.6	She says Braun's lies have violated the very nature of the job and has forced many doulas to leave the profession altogether.
1:18.6	She's facing 52 counts of fraud, harassment, and sexual assault.
1:23.6	17 victims.
1:26.6	Caitlin is taken to the Vannier Center for Women, a Canadian jail in southwestern Ontario.
1:31.3	And finally, the doulas who had been manipulated, used, and victimized by her feel a general sense of relief.
1:39.3	The police are taking this seriously, and while she's in jail, she can't hurt anyone else.
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