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Nobody Should Believe Me

S06 E06: Dr. Ness

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, we hear Mishelle’s phone call with Dr. Jayne Ness, Collin’s treating physician, who shares concerning insights into Collin’s treatment—notably, that she was never certain Collin had NMO and that she had serious concerns for abuse. Andrea then speaks with Dr. Kenneth Feldman, a Child Abuse Pediatrician and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, about how physicians become entangled with Munchausen by Proxy perpetrators. Dr. Feldman also discusses the online behavior of perpetrators. Andrea then traces Lisa’s advocacy efforts following Collin’s death, starting with a now-defunct 501(c)(3) organization and eventually leading to her work with the Guthy Jackson Foundation. Mishelle goes on to describe how, after Collin’s passing, Lisa began faking her own illness.  *** Justice for Collin: Contact Birmingham PD https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tEg2mpbrwNJnuVMNdbHANCofEFYvH9_bO5MULHUxqLs/edit Andrea’s August 1st event with Gregg Olsen: https://www.libertybaybooks.com/event/west-sound-crime-con-2025-local-authors-gregg-olsen-and-andrea-dunlop Order Andrea's new book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy.  Click here to view our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show!   Subscribe on YouTube where we have full episodes and lots of bonus content.  Follow Andrea on Instagram: @andreadunlop Buy Andrea's books here.  For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here.  *** This season covers sensitive subject matter involving allegations of child abuse, medical child abuse (also known as Munchausen by proxy), and the death of a minor. All information presented is based on court records, first-person interviews, contemporaneous documentation, and publicly available sources. The podcast includes personal statements and perspectives from individuals directly involved in or affected by these events. These accounts represent their experiences and interpretations, and some statements reflect opinions that may be emotionally charged. Where appropriate, the reporting team has verified claims through official records or corroborating sources. Nothing in this podcast should be interpreted as a legal conclusion or diagnosis. All subjects are presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law. This podcast is intended for informational and public interest purposes. This podcast contains audio excerpts from two phone conversations recorded in the states of Georgia and Alabama, respectively. Both recordings were obtained by a third-party source, who acted in accordance with the relevant one-party consent laws of those states, which allow for the lawful recording of a conversation with the consent of one participant. These recordings were subsequently shared with the producers of this podcast after the fact, and were not made by or at the direction of the podcast team or its parent organization. The podcast producers have made good-faith efforts to confirm the legal compliance of the original recordings, and are presenting these materials in the context of public interest reporting. The inclusion of this audio is intended for journalistic, educational, and documentary purposes in alignment with the principles of fair use and First Amendment protections. Listeners are advised that the views expressed in the recordings are those of the individuals speaking and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers or affiliated entities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

True Story Media

0:05.4

Before we begin, a quick warning that in this show, we discuss child abuse, and this content may be difficult for some listeners.

0:14.7

If you or anyone you know is a victim or survivor of medical child abuse, please go to munchausensupport.com to connect with professionals who can help.

0:26.4

So it's one thing for me to have all these thoughts

0:29.4

about what happened to my brother,

0:31.3

and if mom had a hand in it

0:34.2

and knowing that on paper,

0:37.3

it's likely that she really did. I guess I haven't had to

0:41.2

like process it in a real tangible way and having other people like talk about it and care and like

0:52.1

really think these things like experts professionals not just me

0:56.5

i've always felt like of course you think that way you're biased and like even though logically like

1:02.6

i know on paper like i know what it looks like right but like having other people look into it

1:07.8

and also want to know the answers and also want to know the truth. And it just, it's just a lot because there's no coming back from that.

1:15.6

There's no relationship I can have with my mom if we get the answers that I'm terrified of.

1:21.6

It's like losing my brother all over again knowing that something could have been done,

1:26.6

but also losing a mom on top of it.

1:33.3

For over a decade, Michelle has lived in a liminal space around her brother's death,

1:40.3

feeling in her bones something she could never quite say aloud.

1:45.0

But as we've revisited this all in depth for the show, as we put together the thousand-piece

1:50.5

puzzle, the picture began to come clear.

1:55.4

Suspecting something is different than knowing it.

1:58.2

Once you have the details, you come to know the devil within them, and you have to

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