The Mind Control Romance
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Dating Detectives, Mackenzie and Hanna are joined by “Anna,” a guest from the UK who shares how a relationship that began with charm, intensity, and big promises slowly became something far more disorienting. As subtle red flags stack up and the lines between care, control, and manipulation blur, Anna finds herself questioning her instincts, her memories, and even her sense of self.
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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. |
| 0:08.8 | 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. |
| 0:21.2 | 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. |
| 0:40.3 | Happy Dating Detectives Monday. |
| 0:42.8 | Hi, Mackenzie. How are you? |
| 0:45.9 | I'm good. You look so beautiful, even though I know you're a little bit sicky. |
| 0:52.4 | Thank you. You look beautiful, too. I was also just posting one of our videos on social media and I was like, God, Mackenzie looks gorge. |
| 0:54.6 | Oh, I love you. Thank you so much. |
| 1:12.6 | What's that pretty? Wow. Good thing we're doing a podcast that has no visual. You guys, I literally put on makeup before the podcast. Oh, I do. You know, I don't know. It makes you feel good, too. Like, there's just something about doing something for yourself that just makes you feel good. Even it was like, you got a face for radio, my friend. |
| 1:12.5 | I mean, too. Like there's just something about doing something for yourself that just makes you feel good. Even it was like, you got a face for radio, my friend. |
| 1:19.2 | I was going to say, we have a guest from the UK today. |
| 1:21.8 | We do, which is exciting. |
| 1:47.2 | I mean, I just love that this show is getting global and that you guys are sending messages or stories from all over the place. And if you're like me, you love an accent. Like every time I hear an accent, I want to emulate it. I shouldn't because it's probably really offensive because I do them horribly. But I love an accent. I mean, I do slip into British accents. That one is hard not to. We won't, we won't scare you guys with that. They're like, that's not how we sound. Mackenzie, please stop. You know what? You guys can imitate us all you want, |
| 1:53.7 | because I'm sure there's plenty to make fun of. But she is awesome. Our guests, her name's Anna. |
| 1:59.4 | We're calling her Anna. And I want you to put your |
| 2:02.9 | detective caps on and let us know if you put the pieces together at what point, because I had |
| 2:10.8 | a lot of theories throughout. It's definitely a difficult story. There's some... Yeah, trigger warning. |
| 2:17.1 | Yeah. I think we definitely talk |
| 2:19.0 | about mental health issues, unwanted pregnancy, and some talk of sexual assault. And I will say |
| 2:25.4 | as mental health comes up, I, I, we know that we're talking about a dogfish. You guys know we're |
| 2:30.6 | talking about a dogfish. So when we hear a dogfish using a mental health disorder, sometimes we make fun of it. We're not making fun of the mental health issue. We're making fun of the fact that the dogfish is probably using it to lie. I just want to make that very clear. You know what I mean? We have had a lot of guests come on and share how their dogfish uses those mental health. Weaponizes it. Yeah, they weaponize them. |
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