Woman With 'FOOTBALL-SIZED TUMOR' Scams Internet til Well-Wishers Spot Fake Tubes!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A 19-year-old Madison Russo told the world she was battling pancreatic cancer and had a tumor “the size of a football. It was all a lie.

After Russo bilked donors out of more than $37,000 through her posts on social media, some eagle-eyed medical professionals began questioning her diagnosis. The anonymous witnesses noticed inaccuracies in the photos she posted of herself and contacted authorities.

The witnesses noted that some of her medical equipment and its placement did not look right.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Kirby Clements- Attorney at Law, Author: "How to Keep Your A$$ Out of Jail;" Instagram: @kirbyclementsjr, Twitter: @kirbyesq
Dr. Shari Schwartz- Forensic Psychologist (Specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology;" Twitter: @TrialDoc
Greg Smith- Special Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff's Office (Kansas), Executive Director of the Kelsey Smith Foundation
Stefani Condon-Oldreive - Founder and Director of Craig’s Cause Pancreatic Cancer Society; Craig was her father, who passed away shortly after his diagnosis 16 years ago. Twitter: CraigsCauseCan
Dr. Tim Gallagher- Medical Examiner, State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
Kayla Brantley- Reporter, DailyMail.com; Twitter: @_KaylaBrantley, Instagram: @KaylaBrantley

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0:29.5	Thank you, azurestandard, for being our partner. If you're looking for more true crime,
0:35.2	check out the Piked and Massacre. New details into what was uncovered at the gruesome crime scenes
0:41.6	in Pike County. Accused murder, George Wagner faces a judge and jury. No Wagner family DNA was found
0:49.0	at the crime scene. Will he face the death penalty or will he walk free? Mark my words.
0:55.4	This case is about to blow wide open. Ben to the entire season of the Pike and Massacre.
1:00.8	Season 4 on the iHeart Radio App. Apple Podcasts are wherever you get your podcasts.
1:13.2	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
1:15.2	The
1:21.2	Pancreatic Cancer. Two words nobody wants to hear, especially a 19-year-old girl.
1:32.7	So how does this story end up on crime stories? Just listen.
1:38.8	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and
1:43.5	serious XM 111. First of all, take a listen to our cut one. I want people to live. I want to live.
1:51.2	You know, I want I want people to be a cheer. That's Maddie Russo, a 19-year-old college student
1:56.7	speaking about suffering from cancer. They found a mass on new pancreas and I had staged to
2:05.4	pancreatic cancer at just 19 years old. She documented her treatment in a series of heartbreaking
2:11.8	social media posts. Before I even started the chemo, I first met eggs with the OBGYN and basically
2:19.7	it's just to hear kind of like the phrase, interaggs. You're hearing this young girl,
2:26.0	Madison Marie, Russo speaking to our friends at Inside Edition. With me and all star panel,
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