The Proxy Trap

Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

Sony Music

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Jake’s search for answers pulls him into the unsettling world of Munchausen by proxy—a rare, insidious form of abuse where illness is manufactured for attention. And as he revisits his own medical history, he’s left to wonder: did a real diagnosis conceal something even darker? Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma, child abuse, child loss, pregnancy loss, medical child abuse, death and dying, mental health crises, emotional distress & mature content. https://www.munchausensupport.com/ Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com . . . . . Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien Co-created by Jake Haendel Original composition by Michael Marguet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombole, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time Go on
0:21.4	Play some other time
0:22.6	Put your phone down
0:23.8	Tombollah
0:24.7	Open for fun
0:26.4	Terms apply 18 plus gamblerware
0:28.7	org
0:29.3	Race the rudder
0:32.3	Raise the sales
0:33.5	Raise the sales
0:34.7	Captain and unidentified ship approaching
0:36.9	Over
0:37.4	Roger that Wait is that an enterprise sale Raise the sales! Captain, an unidentified ship approaching. Over.
0:38.3	Roger that.
0:39.3	Wait, is that an enterprise sales solution?
0:42.3	Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors.
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