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DEVIANT

Off Script: Andrea Dunlop

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

Education, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8610 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Andrea Dunlop hosts the incredible podcast, Nobody Should Believe Me, which explores the psychology and criminology of Munchausen by proxy. It's a not-well-understood. form of abuse, and Andrea has first-hand knowledge after her sister was investigated for it more than 10 years ago. Andrea is also a novelist, and brings her experience and expertise on this mysterious subject to her work. In this week's episode of DEVIANT Off Script, Andrea and host Andrew Iden explore her amazing life story, and compelling work. Get Andrea's new book: https://a.co/d/f9vrQ4q JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello podcast fans, I'm Bradley Simpson. When I think about the stories that stayed with me,

0:04.8

one that immediately comes to mind is Ratatooie. A talented route who just wants to cook, and honestly,

0:10.0

I was glued to my screen straight away. And now I'm hooked on FX's The Bear on Disney Plus.

0:14.9

I love everything about it. I love the styling, the tension, the drama. It's the best thing I've

0:19.1

watched in ages. Only the greatest stories stay with you for a lifetime.

0:22.7

And honestly, it's true.

0:24.2

So, what will be your next great story on Disney Plus?

0:27.2

Copyright 2025 Disney and its related entities.

0:29.1

18 plus, subscription required.

0:30.5

For those of you who listened to the early episodes of Deviant when we were diving,

0:35.8

when the show launched when we were diving into the Israel Keys case, you may recall we had a conversation with a woman by the name of Andrea Dunlop, who is the host producer behind the podcast.

0:50.9

Nobody should believe me.

0:52.7

Which was a fascinating dive into Munchausen by proxy and a very intimately and passionately told story and she is an amazing storyteller.

1:03.6

She is.

1:04.0

And, you know, before doing a podcast, she's a writer.

1:08.8

So she has a new book coming out and it is called The Mother Next Door,

1:13.8

Medicine, Deception and Munchausen by proxy. And she and her co-author, Mike Weber,

1:20.1

um, dive into this, this, this phenomenon, which I think a lot of people don't understand,

1:26.4

don't have a thorough and

1:28.5

comprehensive knowledge of. So they get into all of that in the book, and we talked about that

1:34.0

in this enlightening conversation. So here it is my chat with Andrea Dunlop. I've found your show, for those of you who are not familiar.

1:56.3

Andrea is a writer, producer, journalist, host of the show,

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