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Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

World's Worst Mother with Andrea Dunlop

Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald & Studio71

True Crime, History

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this chilling episode of Juicy Crimes, Andrea Dunlop unpacks the disturbing true story of a mother who takes Munchausen by proxy to terrifying new heights. What began as a quest for sympathy spirals into manipulation, deceit, and unimaginable harm. Andrea dives deep into the psychology behind the lie, the red flags everyone missed, and the shocking truth that left a community in disbelief. Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠ See me Live: ⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to juicy crimes. Well, I have a real juicy one for you today, return guest and podcaster and author Andrea Dunlop. Welcome back to now juicy crimes Crimes. Thank you, Heather. It's such a,

0:23.6

it's such a pleasure to be a return guest. I feel very special. You have a great podcast about a very

0:29.8

intriguing subject of Munchausen's with mostly mothers. And it's called,

0:37.9

Nobody should believe me,

0:40.8

based on your own experience with your sister.

0:43.5

You've had now several different seasons

0:45.5

that cover different stories,

0:47.1

and you reached out and was like,

0:48.6

I got a doozy one for you, Heather.

0:50.6

And so this is season six.

0:53.0

So let's get into it.

0:56.4

What is this?

0:58.3

Before we get to the latest one, actually, I just want to talk to you.

1:01.7

Briefly, what are your feelings about the Netflix doc that has just got everyone talking in the last few weeks, which is unknown number or unknown caller, the high school

1:14.1

catfish story about the worst cyberbullying mother in the world, also inspired to do a lifetime

1:20.3

movie with Lisa Rennah, which possibly by the time this airs, I will have watched it because

1:26.1

people are like, Heather, you need to watch it now that the doc is out.

1:31.0

But what is your, what was your thoughts when you heard about it five years ago?

1:35.4

Because I know I covered it.

1:37.4

What do you think about a mother that does that to her child?

1:41.4

Yeah, I mean, so I had heard briefly about the story when it broke. And then I,

1:46.8

the week that the documentary came out, unknown number, I have probably never gotten so many

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