Mackenzie Undercover: The Mom-fish

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

True Crime, 448526, Comedy, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Happy Dating Detectives Monday, Sleuthies! This episode is a wild ride, and not for the faint of heart. It’s a Mackenzie Undercover episode, and today’s case is infuriating. A PI investigation into what seemed like a standard insurance fraud case spirals into something darker — a mom using her 4-year-old child in an elaborate scam. Fake injuries, staged doctor visits, and a heartbreaking history of child neglect unfold before your ears. If you thought you’d heard every kind of Dogfish story, this one will leave you stunned.

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0:00.0	The following program contains names, places, and events that have been anonymized or fictionalized for the purposes of protection and safety.
0:08.7	The following program is provided for entertainment purposes only, and any commentary from the hosts are strictly conjecture and should not be held as making any definitive statements about the truth or identity of any particular individuals or circumstances.
0:21.4	If you or a loved one are involved in an abusive relationship,
0:24.2	please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-723 for support.
0:41.0	Happy dating detectives Monday.
0:43.4	I love dating detectives Monday.
0:44.5	Me too.
0:47.9	I love the people who tell us that we help you get through your Mondays.
0:50.0	Some people are like, I listen on the commute.
0:51.4	I listen at 6.30 in the morning.
0:52.6	I listen at work. Some people are like, I cannot wait until Monday.
0:54.9	Well, you know, if we could change Mondays for you, that's all we want. And that's the impact we
1:00.1	have on the world. But today is good. People are like, you make my Monday so much better. And then
1:04.5	it's like, some of these stories, it's like, I don't know. It's not necessarily better, but like, holy crap. Like, you can't wait to hear what shit show is going to happen. It's crazy. These, these dogfish are out of control,
1:14.7	out of control. Just when we think we've heard everything. Yeah, exactly. I do love everybody's
1:19.7	responses to the latest episodes, the resort romance, if we want to call it that. Listen to that
1:25.1	guests, podcast. Is it sex love Listen to that, guest's podcast.
1:29.9	Is it sex love and tacos?
1:31.0	Sex lies and tacos.
1:32.6	Sex lies and tacos.
1:32.9	Right.
1:33.4	That's her podcast. What a great name too.
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