Gypsy Rose Blanchard spent most of her childhood in a wheelchair she didn't need, taking medications for conditions she didn't have, and telling the story her mother Dee Dee had written for her — of a sick little girl who needed constant care. Dee Dee Blanchard fabricated illness after illness, collecting charity, sympathy, and total control. When Gypsy finally found a way out, it ended in her mother's murder. We examine the crime through the lens of the real victim in this case: a young woman who had never been allowed to know what it felt like to be healthy, and who made a devastating choice to survive.

Survivors of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP/MSP) or Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA) require specialized, trauma-informed care. Immediate help includes contacting Adult/Child Protective Services, or hotlines like the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-SAFE). Specialized support includes therapy for PTSD, somatic therapy, and specialized resources like MunchausenSupport.com.

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In one of the strangest and stickiest white-collar crimes ever committed, a group of Quebec thieves siphoned off nearly 3,000 tons of maple syrup—worth over $18 million—from the Global Strategic Maple Reserve, an actual government-run stockpile meant to stabilize syrup prices.

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He stole trucks. He stole cattle. He stole a plane. And every time he was arrested, he seemed to walk free. Joshua Paul Calhoun, known as the Texas Superthief, turned small-town chaos into a years-long game of cat and mouse with law enforcement. Sabrina and Corinne unpack one of the wildest crime sprees in Texas history.

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Rudy Kurniawan rose to fame as a rare wine prodigy, dazzling collectors with his knowledge of vintage Burgundy. But behind the prestige was a counterfeit operation worth tens of millions. Sabrina and Corinne uncover how Kurniawan blended cheap wine in his kitchen and sold it as priceless French vintages in one of the biggest luxury fraud cases in history.

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In 2009, a Colorado family claimed their six year-old son had floated away inside a homemade flying saucer. As helicopters tracked the balloon live on national television, the country braced for tragedy, until the story began to fall apart. Sabrina and Corinne revisit the Balloon Boy hoax, a crime that turned panic into spectacle and exposed the power of a well-timed lie.

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Hosted by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole, The Final Hours examines the moments just before a person disappears. The routines. The timelines. And the small details that often get overlooked,  until it’s too late.

Sarah is an advocate for missing and murdered victims whose sister disappeared in 2001. Kourtney is a true crime storyteller and investigator who witnessed firsthand how crime can change a family forever. Together, they bring lived experience into every case, looking not only at what happened, but what led up to it.

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Lorena Bobbitt became one of the most infamous women of the 1990s after she severed her husband John Bobbitt’s penis in 1993. But behind the sensational headlines was a harrowing story of domestic violence, marital rape, and a system that repeatedly failed her. Sabrina and Corinne unpack the Lorena Bobbitt case, unpacking the abuse, the trials, and the crime of passion that forever reshaped public conversations about gender-based violence.

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, sexual assault, marital rape, and graphic injury. Please listen with care.

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National Domestic Abuse Hotline
-Call: 1-800-799-SAFE
-Text: START to 88788
-Line for those deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-787-3224.
-Thehotline.org

Office on Violence Against Women:

-https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors

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In 2005, sisters Linda and Charlotte Mulhall killed their mother’s abusive boyfriend, Farah Swaleh Noor then dismembered his body and dumped the remains into Dublin’s Royal Canal. Branded by tabloids as the “Scissor Sisters,” the women became symbols of shocking brutality. Sabrina and Corinne unpack the Mulhall Sisters case, a devastating crime of passion shaped by generational trauma, domestic violence, and a night that spiraled far beyond control.

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Pamela Smart was a 22 year-old aspiring media star when she began a sexual relationship with a 15 year-old student named Billy Flynn. What started as manipulation disguised as romance soon escalated into a deadly plan to kill her husband, Gregg Smart. Sabrina and Corinne break down the Pamela Smart case: a chilling crime fueled by control, grooming, and a hunger for attention that ended in murder.

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Betty Gore was a young mother living in a quiet Texas suburb when she was brutally murdered by her friend Candy Montgomery. The killing, driven by an affair with Betty’s husband, shocked the community and exposed the dark underside of suburban perfection. Sabrina and Corinne unpack the Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore story, a crime defined by jealousy, repression, and extreme violence.

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