Podcast Episodes

Licensed to Kill part 2

Season 20 Episode 8

n part two of Licensed to Kill, we continue the shocking investigation into doctors who exploit their patients for profit. This episode follows Patty Hester, a fitness instructor who was misdiagnosed…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Licensed to Kill part 1

Season 20 Episode 7

What if your doctor wasn’t trying to save you, but trying to cash in on you?

In this episode of Pretend, we uncover the shocking case of Dr. Thomas Weiner, an oncologist accused of prescribing years o…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Operation Cock Block

Season 20 Episode 6

A group of women, all with eerily similar stories, say they were deceived—emotionally and financially—by the same man: William Sullivan. But instead of staying silent, they took matters into their ow…

Published on 10 months ago

The Telepathy Tapes B-side part 3

Season 20 Episode 5

Facilitated Communication is marketed as a miraculous tool for non-speaking autistic children. But what happens when this controversial method leads to devastating consequences? In this episode, we h…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 2

Season 20 Episode 4

A mother kills her autistic son. Why? Because he asked her to.

The mother claims he used facilitated communication to ask her to help him die. This case is just one of many tied to the controversial m…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 1

Season 20 Episode 3

The Telepathy Tapes podcast shot to the top of the charts, making bold claims about telepathic abilities in non-verbal autistic children. But are the claims rooted in science—or something else entire…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Criminal Conduct S5: The Life and Death of Buffalo Jim

Season 20

Hello PRETENDERS! I'm excited to announce that the new season of my other podcast, Criminal Conduct Season, is here! To listen to the rest of the story, search for Criminal Conduct and subscribe.

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Published on 11 months ago

Nobody Should Believe Me: Sophie Saves Zambia

Season 20

Today on PRETEND, we’re featuring the season 5 premiere of Nobody Should Believe Me, a compelling podcast hosted by author Andrea Dunlop that explores Munchausen by proxy abuse. Dunlop’s investigativ…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

DNA Deception

Season 20 Episode 2

DNA evidence is often seen as the gold standard in criminal investigations—a scientific fingerprint that can definitively prove guilt or innocence. But what happens when the science behind it is mish…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Drone Hysteria

Season 20 Episode 1

People panicked when a swarm of mysterious drones appeared in New Jersey’s night skies. Were they military? Foreign spies? Aliens? But buried under all the hysteria was one theory that refused to die…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago