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MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY / FACTITIOUS DISORDER -A SURVIVOR STORY

Hidden True Crime

Hidden True Crime

True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Kate is an amputee. She says she lost her healthy leg as a teenager due to her mother having munchausen by proxy. Kate shares her shocking story as a medical abuse survivor with Hidden True Crime. Support our work HERE: http://patreon.com/hiddentruecrime Follow Kate HERE--https://www.tiktok.com/@adaptivekate Watch Kate's episode HERE DR. JOHN MATTHIAS is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 30 years’ experience in both clinical and forensic work. He serves as an expert witness for the federal government and has consulted on numerous high-profile cases for District Attorney’s offices and defense attorneys in several states. In the forensic area, Dr. Matthias has developed expertise in personality assessments, hidden behavioral motivations, complex trauma and criminal psychology. In the clinical realm, he has worked with numerous victims. He received his Master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child counseling, as well his doctorate degree, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Matthias graduated with honors in philosophy from Princeton University, and he won the prestigious McCosh Thesis prize while there. In high school he graduated valedictorian from a large public high school in Chicago where he was chosen to participate in a ground-breaking valedictory study that continues to this day. LAUREN MATTHIAS worked as an anchor and reporter for ABC, NBC, and FOX News in Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah. She spent a decade reporting on a diverse range of topics from high profile crimes to Presidential visits. Most recently, she reported for Salt Lake City’s ABC affiliate News4Utah. In 2015 she received the Idaho State Broadcaster’s Association Best Reporter award. She left the reporting world to produce the Hidden True Crime Podcast along with her husband Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist. She is a frequent contributor for News Nation. HIDDEN: A TRUE CRIME PODCAST is: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY REINVENTED. Join us on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind and the unconscious motivations that drive human behaviors in order to understand the world and ourselves. WEBSITE: https://hiddentruecrime.com/ TO SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/hiddentruecrime https://paypal.me/hiddentruecrime Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.armoire.style* Check out Effecty and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.effecty.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hidden-a-true-crime-podcast1836/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hidden, a true crime podcast, a forensic psychologist and a journalist explore the hidden motives behind

0:47.2

unthinkable crimes while examining our deepest fears along the way. We are doing something

0:59.0

we are doing something different tonight.

1:01.8

We are with a very special guest, a guest that is very relevant to what we've been discussing, especially when it comes to Gypsy Rose. Many of you know that we are continuing to explore this case openly, seeing the gray, listening, contemplating together, and today joining us is Kate.

1:25.0

And Kate is going to share her story.

1:27.0

She already does share it briefly on Tik-Tock,

1:30.0

but I think we're going to take her story a little bit further tonight than you ever have before.

1:35.5

You are a survivor.

1:37.3

Tell us a survivor of what?

1:40.6

I am a survivor of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy also known as

1:45.0

fictitious disorder and medical abuse. Okay, okay and thank you for being here and

1:51.2

being willing to share this story, which is similar to what

1:57.1

professionals and experts have stated that Gypsy Rose is also a survivor of.

2:01.9

So it's really important that we explore this element

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