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Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media Presents: Dakota Spotlight

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this special crossover, Andrea talks with James Wolner, creator of Dakota Spotlight—another show in her True Story Media network—about how a rumor in a rural North Dakota bar led him to pick up a microphone in 2019 and start chasing the truth. Together, Andrea and James dig into what it means to practice ethical reporting in a medium with no rules. James shares a case from season three of Dakota Spotlight: The House on Sweet and Seventh. A story of teenagers with a “Manson-esque” circle of loyalty and the brutal murder of two parents by their adopted son and his friend.  *** https://dakotaspotlight.com/ Listen to Dakota Spotlight: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dakota-spotlight-true-crime-cold-case-investigations/id1451783176 Join Dakota Spotlight’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/DakotaSpotlight/ Order Andrea’s book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy.  Click here to view our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show!   Subscribe on YouTube where we have full episodes and lots of bonus content.  Follow Andrea on Instagram: @andreadunlop Buy Andrea's books here.  For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

True Story Media.

0:07.5

If you just can't get enough of me in your ears, first of all, thank you. I have a job because of you.

0:12.2

And secondly, did you know that I have a new audiobook out this year? The Mother Next Door,

0:16.6

which I co-authored with Detective Mike Weber, is available in all formats wherever books are sold.

0:21.5

It's a deep dive into three of Mike's most impactful Munchausen by proxy cases, and I think

0:26.7

you'll love it. Here's a sample. When Susan logged in, what she discovered shocked her

0:32.7

to the marrow of her bones. Though the recent insurance records contained pages and pages of information about

0:39.1

Sophia, there was nothing about Hope. Susan dug deeper and looked back through years of records.

0:46.6

There wasn't a single entry about Hope's cancer treatment. For eight years, the Pitchcher family had lived with a devastating fear that their

0:56.5

beloved daughter and sister was battling terminal cancer. For months, they'd been preparing for

1:02.6

her death. But in that moment, a new horror was dawning. For nearly a decade, hope had been lying.

1:11.3

Hey, it's Andrea. It's come to my attention that some of you have been served programmatic ads for ICE on my show.

1:17.9

Now, podcasters don't get a lot of control over which individual ads play and for whom on our shows,

1:23.5

but please know that we are trying everything we can to get rid of these by tightening our filters.

1:29.1

And if you do continue to hear them, please do let us know. In the meantime, I want it to be known that I do not support ICE.

1:36.8

I am the daughter of an immigrant. I stand with immigrants. Immigrants make this country great.

1:44.2

Hello, it's Andrea, and today is the second in our True Story Media Presents

1:49.0

series where we are introducing you to the creators on my new network.

1:53.2

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful feedback on last week's episode with Alvin from

1:56.9

Affirmative Murder.

1:58.2

Some of you have been asking, what exactly does it mean to have a podcast

2:01.8

network? And there are different types of networks, but at True Story Media, we are a network of

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