Uncover Introduces | The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby

Sea of Lies from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they’re led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out.

In this six-part true crime series, Sarah Treleaven untangles a complex web of lies and deception to ask who Kaitlyn really is and why she did the things that she did. Cases like these puzzle legal experts and raise intricate moral and ethical questions. This is not your average con. Kaitlyn is not your usual scammer.

Kaitlyn's Baby is Season 2 of The Con — a podcast exposing the art of deception — from CBC and the BBC World Service. Season 1 - the critically acclaimed catfishing quest, Love, Janessa, launched in January 2023.

Content warning: The latest season of The Con contains references to medical emergencies, including baby loss. We also deal with sexual assault and there is some strong language. More episodes of The Con are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/kQaQgc

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:06.4	Hey, Sam here.
0:08.6	If you listen to Sea of Lies, I want to tell you about another CBC podcast I think you're really going to like.
0:14.2	It comes from a CBC feed called The Con.
0:17.8	In The Con, Caitlin's Baby, a woman named Caitlin Braun asks dozens of doulas to help with
0:24.4	her pregnancy, only to string them along through an escalating series of disasters. Rape,
0:31.8	pregnancy loss, even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggled to support her and grieve with her and even save her life.
0:39.2	And then the truth comes out.
0:42.3	In the six-part series, host Sarah Trelevin untangles a complex web of deception to ask who
0:49.0	Caitlin really is and why she did the things that she did.
0:53.8	This is not your average con and Caitlin is not your usual scammer.
0:58.0	Now here's episode one of the con, Caitlin's baby.
1:06.0	A warning. This story contains references to medical emergencies, including baby loss.
1:11.6	We also deal with sexual assault and there is some strong language.
1:15.6	Please take care.
1:22.6	It's a Friday night in November 2022.
1:26.6	Amy Perry is at home, in a town just west of Toronto, Canada, and she's sick.
1:33.1	It was fighting an RSV virus that was going around, so I was going to be home, not doing anything.
1:38.7	She was spending most of her time in bed, bored and scrolling on Facebook.
1:43.2	I manage a Facebook group for local birth workers called Placenta Squad.
1:48.6	I just love that name, Placenta Squad.
1:52.7	Amy, along with most of the Placenta Squad, is a doula.
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