Love, Janessa | Episode 4: Helen of Troy

The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

CBC + BBC World Service

True Crime

4.2 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Where is Janessa Brazil? She seems to have vanished. Then, she turns up somewhere unexpected. Is that really Janessa on a radio show, with the wife of a scam victim? Meanwhile, Hannah discovers that justice is hard to come by. Can victims of romance fraud even get their money back? Please note, this series contains adult themes and strong language. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/love-janessa-transcripts-listen-1.6770736

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0:00.0	1942, Europe.
0:03.4	Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods.
0:07.3	They make him a member of Hitler's army.
0:11.0	But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish.
0:16.0	Could a story so unbelievable be true?
0:20.7	I'm Dan Goberg and from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier.
0:26.0	Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.3	A BBC World Service and CBC podcast production.
0:33.6	Before we start, please note this series contains adult themes and strong language.
0:43.3	So yeah, my name is Hannah and I'm a journalist, and I guess I wanted to ask an obvious question in regards to what I'm
0:55.9	working on. Do you know Janessa Brazil? The answer from the woman on the other end of the line
1:02.5	is no. Right. Okay. I mean, the reason why we ask is that I'm actually working on a podcast
1:09.3	about catfishing.
1:15.3	That's me calling a neighbour of Janessa Brazils in a city in Florida.
1:20.3	My producer found Janessa's address on an old voter registration role.
1:25.8	I've made a lot of calls like this, cold calls that went nowhere.
1:28.9	There's loads and loads of images around her everywhere.
1:32.6	So you've never met a Janessa before.
1:36.5	We traced old addresses, phone numbers.
1:41.8	We did not receive the complete number.
1:43.7	This is the number you need to call.
1:44.9	Area code first.
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