Theranos Founder Wants Early Prison Release, Teen Paralyzed After Symptoms Dismissed as Period Pain, Therapist Killed by Patient, and More!
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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On today’s MKD, we cover Elizabeth Holmes' plea for an early prison release, a therapist killed by her patient, a new mom who slapped a loved one trying to kiss her baby, a teen paralyzed after her symptoms were dismissed as period pain, and a woman who slept in a cemetery to be with her dead husband.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:11.9 | Mother Knows Death. |
| 0:14.4 | Starring Nicole and Jemmy and Maria Kukain. |
| 0:24.9 | Thank you. and Maria QK. Hi, everyone. |
| 0:25.9 | Welcome to Mother Nose death on today's episode. |
| 0:28.1 | We're going to talk about Elizabeth Holmes |
| 0:29.7 | and her former blood testing company called Theranos |
| 0:32.5 | and her latest attempt to get out of prison, |
| 0:35.8 | a therapist who was killed by her patient, a video that's |
| 0:39.4 | gone viral online showing a new mom gently slapping her mom away from her baby as she tries to kiss |
| 0:45.2 | her own grandchild, a teen who is now paralyzed after having symptoms that were initially |
| 0:52.0 | dismissed as period pain and a woman who slept in a cemetery |
| 0:55.5 | with her dead husband. All that and more on today's episode. Let's get started with Elizabeth Holmes |
| 1:00.7 | and Theranos. All right. So Elizabeth Holmes, aka the founder of the disgraced blood testing startup |
| 1:07.8 | Theranos, is asking the president to commute her sentence. |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah, no. |
| 1:13.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.9 | Why do you think you deserve to get out? |
| 1:17.3 | Yeah, she, so why don't you just briefly? |
| 1:20.2 | Because we really wrote about this in the grocery room this week about every detail of the case |
| 1:27.2 | and how exactly they were allowed to get away with it. |
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