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Monsters and Mothers

Monsters and Mothers

By Bettie Wilde

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monsters-and-mothers/subscribe As little girls and boys we look up at the glowing angel that gave us life with love and adoration, but for too many this is not a happy reality, for many the woman holding us is a true monster. THESE ARE THEIR NIGHTMARES. Delve deep as we unravel the turbulent bonds between mother and child. Horror stories of mothers who committed unspeakable acts against their children.
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The Dark Side of Maternal Instinct

Monsters and MothersApr 07, 2023

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The Dark Side of Maternal Instinct

The Dark Side of Maternal Instinct

Welcome to the latest episode of our true crime podcast, where we dive deep into the twisted world of Munchausen by proxy, a rare and horrifying form of child abuse. In this episode, we explore some of the most notorious cases of Munchausen by proxy involving mothers who deliberately make their children sick in order to gain attention and sympathy.
We start with the infamous case of Dee Dee Blanchard, whose manipulation of medical professionals and community led to her daughter Gypsy Rose orchestrating her murder. We then delve into the disturbing story of Lacey Spears, who was convicted of killing her 5-year-old son by poisoning him with salt through his feeding tube. We also cover the chilling case of Kathy Bush, who was found guilty of repeatedly poisoning her son with salt until he died.

These cases are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Munchausen by proxy, a disorder that is estimated to affect thousands of children each year. We explore the complex psychological issues that underlie this disorder, as well as the challenges of identifying and stopping it before it's too late.
Join us as we uncover the dark world of Munchausen by proxy and shed light on this disturbing form of child abuse.
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KILL FOR ME OR LOSE ME
Jul 21, 202218:30
THE JUG-EARED CHILD MURDERER
Jul 01, 202216:14
Whatever Shelly Wants Shelly Gets - The Michelle Knotek Story

Whatever Shelly Wants Shelly Gets - The Michelle Knotek Story

Michelle Knotek - Convicted serial killer savagely tortured and murdered her best friend Kathy Loreno, Three men and brutally abused her daughters. She is being released in June 2022 here in Washington. She only received 22 years in prison! This episode goes in deep and unfolds Michelle's childhood and true account of what her daughters went through and how they escaped to put their mother behind bars.
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May 02, 202238:49
Whatever Shelly Wants Shelly Gets - The Michelle Knotek Story Part 2
May 01, 202201:15:44
WTF KAREN?!! - Mom Cons a Nation - Karen Matthews
Mar 25, 202240:01
#1 Psycho Girlfriend - The Murder of Star Hobson
Feb 25, 202247:45
Getting Away With Murder - Casey Anthony

Getting Away With Murder - Casey Anthony

It was the case that rocked the nation. A mother reports her child missing 31 days after last being seen. During those vital days that should have been spent looking for her daughter and informing family friends or the media that her child has been taken. Casey is seen at parties dancing on top of tables. She is also seen getting the tattoo "Bella Vida"- beautiful life. all while her child lies in a garbage bag in the woods.
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Jan 30, 202233:12
The Broken Hart Family
Jan 08, 202236:36
A Son's Revenge

A Son's Revenge

Barbara attempted to cure her son of his homosexuality by paying females to have sex with him. When that didn't work she seduced him herself. Tony dragged his Hollywood Monster Mom into the street and tried to throw her under a moving car...WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK... (LISTEN NOW)

Host - Red Cole

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Apr 18, 202112:42
TWISTED TEXTS -Lisa Cunningham
Apr 01, 202113:06
The Cinderella Effect - Tiffany Moss

The Cinderella Effect - Tiffany Moss

Emani Gabrielle Moss was a ten-year-old girl who was starved to death by her stepmother in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in 2013.

Tiffany Nicole Moss(born July 1983) was convicted of murdering Emani in 2019. Emani was physically abused by Moss for several years prior to her death. In 2013, Moss began starving Emani. Emani's father Eman, who was rarely home, failed to stop the abuse. Emani died of starvation on October 28, 2013. At the time of her death, she weighed 32 pounds (15 kilograms), the weight of an average toddler.

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Mar 29, 202119:26
THE SECRET IN THE BASEMENT - The True Story of Gertrude Baniszewski
Mar 23, 202135:22
Pretty Little Liar - Darci Pierce

Pretty Little Liar - Darci Pierce

Darci Pierce was an accomplished liar. By the age of 19, she'd managed to convince her boyfriend to marry her and earned her family's respect by settling down and starting a family - but the pregnancy her new husband, Ray, and family were celebrating was a complete fabrication. Find out how a 19 year old girl plotted and murdered and innocent mother in order to keep her new husband.


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Mar 15, 202118:36
Fetal Attraction - Brooke Crews

Fetal Attraction - Brooke Crews

The last thing Brooke Lynn Crews put on the public portion of her Facebook page are the words: “When you truly stop caring what the (expletive) anyone thinks of you, you will reach a whole new level of freedom.”

She was obsessed with serial killers, attacked her husband with a knife and was sizing up other people’s children long before she committed the shocking murder of pregnant Savanna Greywind.

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Mar 05, 202129:37
The Case of Gannon Stauch
Feb 24, 202130:52
HusH Baby- Darlie Routier - Is She Innocent?
Jan 01, 202020:15
Left to Die - Catherine Lowe

Left to Die - Catherine Lowe

Catherine Murray Lowe, 34, followed her 5 year old stepdaughter Anna Celeste into a bathroom at their Sunset Villa mobile home in south Bossier.  Shortly after that, they say they heard a very loud thump and when they went to the bathroom, Anna Celeste was lying on the floor in obvious pain and was vomiting.

The emergency room staff told Bossier Sheriff’s investigators that the child arrived at the hospital at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 13, 2011, and tests that were conducted indicate the time of death to be approximately 2 hours prior to the child’s arrival. Catherine Lowe drove her stepdaughter around in the car waiting for her to die before taking her to ER. 

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#catherinelowe #annaceleste #monstersandmothers



Nov 17, 201915:40
Lost at Sea - The World Cries
Nov 15, 201946:23
Mommie Dearest - Joan Crawford

Mommie Dearest - Joan Crawford

EXPLICIT CONTENT - There is only one mother that can have a name that can be thrown around the house more often than saying Grace and that's Mommie Dearest. Joan Crawford, Hollywood Momma and all around narcissist gave the performance of her life right in her own living room. 

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Nov 12, 201916:45
Patsey Ramsey - Dissecting the Truth - WHO KILLED JON BENET?

Patsey Ramsey - Dissecting the Truth - WHO KILLED JON BENET?

On December 26, 1996, the beaten and strangled body of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found hidden in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado, home. Immediately, police and media suspicion focused on her wealthy parents, John Bennet Ramsey and Patricia (Patsy) Ramsey, as being responsible. What's your theory? In the case of the century, we take a peek under the veil of lies. 


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Nov 12, 201928:18
Katherine Knight: The Cannibal
Nov 04, 201929:21
DISCARDED! - The Death of Noah - Julia Tomlin

DISCARDED! - The Death of Noah - Julia Tomlin

Noah Tomlin's mother told police the last time she saw him, she was putting him down for bed. Did Julia put her child in an incinerator?

Julia Tomlin was charged with child abuse and neglect, concealment of a body and the death of her 2 year old son.

Her son, Noah Tomlin, disappeared in 2019. After a week of searching, police found his body at the Hampton Steam Plant on one of the hottest days that summer.

Host: Cimone Cartier

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Oct 31, 201914:36
MONSTER Liar! - Elisa Baker - Zahara Baker Story
Oct 27, 201943:23
Blind Love THE EVIL STEPMOTHER - Sueann Hobson

Blind Love THE EVIL STEPMOTHER - Sueann Hobson

13 year old teenager Chris Hobson was made to dig his own grave before he was shot and killed by his stepbrother a heinous act orchestrated by his own stepmother so she didn't have to buy him Christmas presents.

 The killers, Jimmy Crumm and Paul Sorrentino, have since been released from prison. Sueanne Hobson, the wicked stepmother, who arranged the murder of her stepson, was set free on parole in 2011.

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#sueannhobson #evilstepmothers #monstersandmothers #chrishobson


Oct 22, 201914:47
Where Is Baby Zaela? - Still Missing - Lakeia Walker

Where Is Baby Zaela? - Still Missing - Lakeia Walker

Explicit Content - Kidnapping, lies, secret recordings, a child is missing and mom goes on a 4 month road trip. 

Zaela's grandmother, late on August 21 said she heard a loud thud coming from her granddaughter's bedroom that woke her up. She ran into the hallway and saw Zaela's father (Beasley) carrying Zaela, who was crying. Beasley said he'd gotten angry and thrown a cot against the wall after Zaela wet herself. He took the child into the bathroom to clean her off. The next day, Zaela and her parents Lakeia and Beasley disappeared.

After being found the police interviewed Lakeia several times, and she failed a polygraph test. She claimed Zaela was with various other people, including Beasley's ex-girlfriend, his brother, and his mother. The information she provided "led detectives to believe that Zaela was not alive." 

Lakeia had lied and said Beasley took her in mid-August and refused to return her, but after August 23 she suddenly stopped showing any concern about her daughter's whereabouts or well-being. She didn't even try to call or text Zaela on the child's third birthday, or send her a card or present.

Bonus: Full secret recording at end of episode of Beasely recording Lakeia Walker.


Host: Cimone Cartier

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Oct 22, 201959:16
BABY BLUES - Postpartum Psychosis - ANDREA YATES

BABY BLUES - Postpartum Psychosis - ANDREA YATES

Andrea Yates' crime was unthinkable -- but was it understandable? Andrea Pia Yates a mother from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. She had been suffering for some time from severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and schizophrenia.

Host: Jaime Trares

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Oct 21, 201913:18
JACKED! - THE CANCER SCAMMER - Alissa Jackson

JACKED! - THE CANCER SCAMMER - Alissa Jackson

For nearly two years, Alissa Jackson told her children, her friends, and then the world that she was going to die from ovarian cancer, leaving her five children motherless. Only to soon learn they've been JACKED! --

Mother-of-five fakes terminal cancer so she could steal $35,000 in donations Alissa Jackson took donations of cash, food and even a minivan from fundraisers who named themselves 'Alissa's army' and rallied around her, but the nurse's lie began to unravel when her health didn't decline, and she was arrested in 2014 and was charged with fraud.

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#alissajackson #cancerscammer #monstersandmothers


 

Oct 17, 201917:24
Baby Boy Hope - Jessica Coleman

Baby Boy Hope - Jessica Coleman

Newborn Boy Found Stabbed in Duffel Bag in Quarry. The community named him Baby Boy Hope. For years police hunted for what they thought could only be a monster, what they found shocked everyone. Jessica Coleman—former cheerleader, star athlete and honor student—confessed to the crime. She was 15 years old at the time of the baby's death.

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#jessicacoleman #babyboyhope #monstersandmothers




Oct 16, 201911:43
Bitter Betrayal - Narges Shafeirad

Bitter Betrayal - Narges Shafeirad

A crime so horrific, a mother gets 50 years for poisoning and burning her 5-year-old son inside of a car. A mothers hatred filled obsession against the father of her son turns deadly, motivated by jealousy over a nanny her husband had hired, and by her financial insecurities, Narges Shafeirad murdered the one thing she knew he loved the most. 

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Oct 13, 201912:20
Killing To Be Thin - Brooke Skylar Richardson

Killing To Be Thin - Brooke Skylar Richardson

What would you do to be thin? Why did this ex-cheerleader murder her baby? We look at the real monster Brooke's mother that pushed her to be thin and the fear of not pleasing her mother that led her to eliminate her well kept secret.


#TrueCrimePodcast #MonstersandMothers #BrookeSkylarRichardson

Oct 13, 201926:05
Prince of Tides - Shirley Jane Turner

Prince of Tides - Shirley Jane Turner

A mother who in one act caused an earth shattering moment of silence that devastated millions. Based on the Dear Zachary Story.

Shirley Turner did the unthinkable - Obsession knew no end, she took the life of a man that so many loved and when she was left with his child, a child that everyone tried to take from her, she strapped her baby to her body and jumped into the sea, just as the world was so close to saving baby Zachary. Painful, heartbreaking, a tragic tale, so much loss.

#Dearzachary #shirleyturner #monstersandmothers


Oct 09, 201945:59
House of Horrors - Louise Turpin

House of Horrors - Louise Turpin

Louise Turpin abused their 13 children for years until one daughter managed to escape and alert police in January 2018, she kept them chained and starved in a room that was found to be covered in feces and rotted food - for decades! 


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Oct 07, 201917:10
In The News - Moms on Trial #3

In The News - Moms on Trial #3

Moms on Trial Lindsey Lowe, Rezireksyon Kris, Elizabeth Escalona, Mollie Shouse, Shaquan Duley

Also a special discussion about Post-Partum Psychosis excerpt from Diane Sanford's book Life Will Never Be The Same. 

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#LindseyLowe #RezireksyonKris #ElizabethEscalona #MollieShouse #ShaquanDuley #Monstersandmothers #DianeSanford #lifewillneverbethesame

Sep 29, 201934:55
Garnet The Great - Lacey Spears
Sep 26, 201937:26
The Schofield Lie - Susan Schofield
Sep 24, 201924:39
Breaking Up With Mom

Breaking Up With Mom

Breaking up with your mother so that you can be free from the toxic relationship that is preventing you from growing. 

How do I distance myself from my toxic mother?

Some key factors include:

  1. Set boundaries with your parents (and enforce them!)
  2. Accept the guilt (and live with the discomfort)
  3. Don't try to change them—change what you can control.
  4. Take care of yourself first.
  5. Surround yourself with supportive relationships.
  6. Be prepared to exit the relationship if necessary.

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Sep 22, 201932:02
In The News - Moms on Trial #2

In The News - Moms on Trial #2

In the News - Moms on Trial #2 - Mitchelle Blair, Elaina Rose Welch, Amy FaJohn, Angela Phakhin, Takeia Ann Burns, Danita Tutt, Mary Elizabeth Moore. 


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#MitchelleBlair #Elainarosewelch #amyfajohn #AngelaPhaknin #takeiaannburns #danitytutt #maryElizabethmoore


Sep 18, 201918:27
When You Aren't Ready to Heal

When You Aren't Ready to Heal

Healing is a process and you have to be ready and know the telltale signs that you are in fact ready. Surviving emotional and physical abuse at the hands of your mother can be a showstopper, this episode we discuss how to be a become a warrior! 

Bonus Episode

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Sep 16, 201912:57
In the News - Moms on Trial

In the News - Moms on Trial

In the News - Moms on Trial- Sarah Herald, Priscilla Nicole Torres, Linda Nguyen, Amanda D. Carmack women who currently are standing trial for murdering their kids. 

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#sarahherald #priscillanicoletorres #lindanguyen #amandacarmack #monstersandmothers #bettiewilde


Sep 12, 201912:02
The Nightmare in the Garage - Megan Huntsman

The Nightmare in the Garage - Megan Huntsman

A mother sentenced to life in prison for killing six of her newborn babies keeping a secret in the garage for 10 years. The six newborn babies each lived less than 2 minutes before their mother, lost in a haze of desperation and addiction, pressed her thumbs to their throats and choked them.

"She remembered using a hair tie one time … to be sure," Pleasant Grove police detective Dan Beckstrom testified at Megan Huntsman's sentencing hearing Monday.

"Why?" prosecutors asked.

"To be sure it was dead," Huntsman explained to Beckstrom.

Huntsman, 40, pleaded guilty to six counts of murder, a first-degree felony. She was sentenced to six terms of five years to life in prison for murdering the babies between 1996 and 2006, then packaging their bodies and hiding them in her garage for years to come.

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Sep 09, 201915:47
Stacie Parsons and The Narcissistic Mother Syndrome

Stacie Parsons and The Narcissistic Mother Syndrome

The night before, Stacie's husband informed his wife that he wanted a divorce. When he woke up the next morning, his wife and child were gone. Stacie Parsons walked herself into the sheriff station and confessed to killing her 4 year old daughter out of jealousy. Toddler was found wrapped in a garbage bag and stuffed inside the trunk of her car.

Find out more about Narcissistic Mother Syndrome and how to detect it.

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Sep 04, 201917:32
Hungry Like the Wolf - Diane Downs

Hungry Like the Wolf - Diane Downs

Not many people can make your skin crawl when they smile, one mother who laughed during her interviews she described the horror that played out when her children were murdered. Elizabeth Diane Downs is an American criminal who murdered her daughter, and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, in May 1983. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her, and had shot the children. 

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Aug 04, 201920:59
 The Notorious Theresa Knorr

The Notorious Theresa Knorr

While millions of people out there gained fame for their various positive achievements, Theresa Knorr became famous for murdering her own daughters! 

Although Theresa is already behind bars, and will remain there for the rest of her life, her crimes are so stomach-churning that humanity can never let them go off memory. Although she abused all her children, Theresa mostly targeted her paranoia at her first two daughters – Sheila and Suesan. This was chiefly because, they were growing into beautiful adults while she, on the other hand, was growing old and losing her luster. Exacting her jealousy she was  convicted of torturing and murdering her daughters while using there other children to facilitate and cover up her crimes.

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Jul 30, 201928:41
9 Minutes of Silence - Susan Smith

9 Minutes of Silence - Susan Smith

On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith reported to police that her vehicle had been carjacked by a black man who drove away with her sons still inside. For nine days, she made dramatic pleas on national television for their safe return. 

However, following an intensive investigation and a nationwide search for them, she confessed on November 3, 1994 to letting her car roll into nearby John D. Long Lake, drowning them inside. Her motivation was reportedly to facilitate a relationship with a local wealthy man named Tom Findlay. Prior to the murders he sent Smith a letter ending their relationship and expressing that he did not want children. She said that there was no motive nor did she plan the murders, stating that she was not in a right state of mind. Susan Smith still denies that the motive was to be with this man, when shortly after reading his letter she set her plans into motion. 

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#susansmith #monstersandmothers #bettiewilde


Jul 26, 201919:13
Darlings - Darlie Routier

Darlings - Darlie Routier

A killing so brutal it left the nation grieving. The story of Darlie Routier a mother who murdered her two sons because they stood in her way. Darlie Lynn Peck Routier is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon in 1996. She has also been charged with capital murder in the death of her six-year-old son, Devon, who was murdered at the same time as Damon.

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#darlieroutier #hushbaby #monstersandmothers #bettiewilde


Jul 26, 201919:51
Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard

Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard

After reading troubling Facebook posts earlier in the evening, concerned neighbors notified the police, reporting that Dee Dee might have fallen victim to foul play and that Gypsy Rose, whose wheelchair and medications were still in the house, might have been abducted. The following day, police found Gypsy Rose in Wisconsin, where she had traveled with her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, whom she had met online. When investigators announced that she was actually an adult, and was not suffering from any of the physical and mental health issues which her mother claimed she had, public outrage over the possible abduction of a severely disabled girl gave way to shock and some sympathy for Gypsy Rose. A mother with Munchausen by Proxy who used her daughter to obtain welfare benefits, subjecting her daughter to unnecessary medications and surgeries and kept her bound to a wheelchair when she could really walk.

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#gypsyrose #deedeeblanchard #truecrimepodcast #truecrime #monstersandmothers #bettiewilde

Jul 18, 201921:29