The Time Traveling Dogfish: Part 1
The Dating Detectives
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Dating Detectives, Hanna and Mackenzie are joined by Claire, a single mom in Canada, who walks us through an intense, whirlwind connection with “Ryan,” a charming Hinge match who presents as a high-powered real estate executive and quickly positions himself as her protector—showing up with grand gestures, inserting himself into moments of stress, and escalating intimacy at lightning speed. But as the weeks unfold, the relationship becomes a nonstop crisis carousel: mysterious medical emergencies, shadowy enemies, workplace drama, a “secret” elopement plan with endless missing documents, and increasingly unbelievable danger—until a chilling Halloween-eve message from Ryan’s father detonates everything. It’s a jaw-dropping Part One that will have you screaming at your headphones… and counting down for the reveal in Part Two.
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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. Hi, everybody. |
| 0:42.4 | Mackenzie just left L.A. |
| 0:43.8 | We got to record this episode in the studio together. |
| 0:46.7 | I know. |
| 0:47.5 | I love when we can record together. |
| 0:49.5 | It's so nice. |
| 0:50.8 | Well, we had fun. |
| 0:51.5 | We were also guests on another podcast that we've mentioned on Instagram, but |
| 0:55.5 | get excited because we are excited. We got to go be guests there. I'm really excited for that. |
| 1:03.2 | It's always an honor when you get to share with other really amazing podcasts. It's just growing |
| 1:08.8 | the community. And we love introducing you guys to other podcasts. And you guys also recommend other podcasts to us, which I think is really cool. Yeah, we all have the same taste, guys. I mean, like, not exactly, but you know what I mean. So if you ever watch TV show or anything, and you're like, that's dogfishing. Feel free to PM us. We're down. And people are doing that. Like they're like, oh my gosh, I watch this. |
| 1:28.7 | And this totally reminding me of the dating detectives. |
| 1:30.5 | And I think that's really cool. |
| 1:32.0 | If anybody wants to talk about the traitors finale, my DMs are open. |
| 1:35.8 | But for today, we have a wonderful guest named Claire. |
| 1:41.2 | It is going to be a two-parter. |
| 1:43.8 | Definitely a big story. Heavy story. I don't like this dogfish. |
| 1:50.2 | I don't like. I don't like it. A lot of our guests share how vulnerable they were. And I just, |
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