The Evil Stepmother
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Dating Detectives, Mollie steps in to co-host while Mackenzie is away, and together with Hanna she introduces Christie from Sydney, Australia, whose story exposes the dangers of manipulative partners targeting vulnerable parents. After her father’s marriage collapsed, Christie watched him fall into the clutches of Rose—a master manipulator who isolated him, drained his finances, and juggled multiple men in a web of deception that spanned years. Christie details how she and her sisters stepped in to protect their father, confront Rose, and uncover her secret double life involving other unsuspecting partners.
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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. |
| 0:22.0 | If you or a loved one are involved in an abusive relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline |
| 0:26.4 | at 1-800-799-723 for support. |
| 0:39.2 | Hello! Hi! Guess who's Hello. |
| 0:40.1 | Hi. |
| 0:42.9 | Guess whose voice that is? |
| 0:43.6 | It's Molly. |
| 0:45.1 | Hi, Molly. |
| 0:46.7 | Well, you never left. |
| 0:48.2 | Molly is our producer. |
| 0:51.7 | If anybody is newer to us. |
| 0:53.1 | She's influential. |
| 0:56.3 | She found us and put this whole thing together. And so Molly's here today because McKenzie is working and wasn't able to join, but she loves you still. Don't |
| 1:02.0 | worry. Mackenzie will be back very soon. But I love when Molly gets to come sub in. Hi. I'm so excited. |
| 1:08.5 | You're great. Thank you. Well, we'll get into it. Our guest is so great. I am obsessed with her. I say that every time, but it's true. Like I find that so many people that come to us are, they all have their own unique way of just like being incredible and strong. Even if there's like they handle it totally differently than somebody |
| 1:29.3 | else would, it's always just like you learn something from everybody. Yeah. I mean, I have to say |
| 1:33.8 | that this guest in particular is she really handled the situation so perfectly. And this is another |
| 1:43.0 | case of a child to a who is being dog. |
| 1:48.8 | Who got that. |
| 1:49.9 | Who got God. |
| 1:51.0 | So, and I think that's like becoming more and more common. |
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