Nobody Should Believe Me

Right before his story was released in episode five of NOBODY SHOULD BELIEVE ME, the father we referred to as “John” changed his mind about wanting to share his story anonymously after he learned a terrifying piece of news about his son. Now, Doug Welch shares the events that led up to his decision, where things stand in his family now, and what he wants his kids to know.

Coverage of the case against Mary Welch 

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/mother-at-center-of-investigation-is-indicted/89-105671356

Detective Mike Weber’s arrest warrant for Mary Welch

https://bit.ly/ArrestWarrent

As we learn from Detective Mike Weber, the father in a Munchausen by Proxy case can be the most important ally--or the biggest obstacle--in protecting child victims from abuse. In part two of Andrea’s examination of the father’s role in MBP cases, Andrea speaks to “John”, a father devastated but the revelation that his ex-wife had subjected their son to unnecessary brain surgery. We also talk to Ryan Crawford, a man who found himself fighting for his son’s life against a disbelieving system.

Plus we get a stunning real-time update on one of our cases as “John” decides to come forward with his true identity.   

Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop 

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.  

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded  here. 

More about Ryan Crawford’s story: https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2019/august/the-boy-who-stayed-sick/ 

https://mikeweberconsulting.com/ 

Produced by the team at Larj Media 

Editing by Lisa Gray 

Engineering by Jeff Gall 

Additional scoring and music by Johnny Nicholson & Joel Shupack 

Additional story editing by Wendy Nardi 

Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded  here.

For more about Mike Weber, visit https://mikeweberconsulting.com/

More about George Hunnicut’s story:

https://media.star-telegram.com/Munchausenmoms/

More about Ryan Crawford’s story: https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2019/august/the-boy-who-stayed-sick/

Andrea speaks to Deanna Boyd, the crime reporter who broke the Hope Ybarra case and discovers that Hope's was one of many Munchausen By Proxy cases in Tarrant County that Deanna unearthed; all of which had flown under the radar. What's going on here? Why are there so many cases in this one area?

As Andrea interviews Deanna and meets with Detective Mike Weber, as well as Dr. Jayme Coffman and Dr. Karen Shultz--two doctors involved with the Ybarra and many other MBP cases--she makes a chilling discovery. It's not that there are so many cases in Tarrant County, it's just that they're catching them. If the systems meant to protect children were functioning, every county would look like Tarrant.

Andrea can only guess as to what truly went on behind the scenes in her own family's case, but she begins to grasp what the systems involved--CPS, the police, the doctors--are up against and why so many cases are destined to fail. Meanwhile, Andrea continues her maddening back-and-forth with Hope.

Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded  here.

For more about Mike Weber, visit https://mikeweberconsulting.com/

Read Deanna Boyd’s original reporting: https://media.star-telegram.com/Munchausenmoms/

Produced by the team at Larj Media

Editing by Lisa Gray

Engineering by Jeff Gall

Additional scoring and music by Johnny Nicholson & Joel Shupack

Additional story editing by Wendy Nardi

We meet accomplished novelist and loving mother Andrea Dunlop as she embarks on a journey to understand the series of events that tore her family apart. We learn that her older sister has been investigated twice for Munchausen by Proxy abuse, which inspired Andrea to learn everything she could about this complex and misunderstood issue. We see Andrea become captivated by the story of Hope Ybarra and go along with her to meet Hope’s father, sister, and brother: the first people Andrea has ever spoken to who’ve actually lived through a case. But can anything prepare Andrea for the truth?

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Follow host Andrea Dunlop on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop 

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.  

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here.  

To learn more about Dr. Marc Feldman, visit Munchausen.com 

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Produced by the team at Larj Media

Editing by Lisa Gray

Engineering by Jeff Gall

Additional scoring and music by Johnny Nicholson & Joel Shupack

Additional story editing by Wendy Nardi

We delve deeper into the story of Hope Ybarra, a young mother whose family discovers she’s been faking her eight-year-long battle with terminal cancer and begins to suspect her own health isn’t all she’s lying about. We talk more to Hope’s family and her ex-husband Fabian Ybarra about their efforts to unravel Hope’s many sinister deceptions. 

We meet Detective Mike Weber, who was responsible for investigating Hope Ybarra, an early foray into what would become the main focus of his career: Munchausen by Proxy.

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Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop 

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.  

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here.  

To learn more about Dr. Marc Feldman, visit Munchausen.com 

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Follow host Andrea Dunlop on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop 

To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe where you can listen to exclusive bonus content.  

For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here.  

To learn more about Dr. Marc Feldman, visit Munchausen.com 

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Produced by the team at Larj Media

Editing by Lisa Gray

Engineering by Jeff Gall

Additional scoring and music by Johnny Nicholson & Joel Shupack

Additional story editing by Wendy Nardi

Novelist Andrea Dunlop is looking for answers. When her older sister was first investigated for Munchausen by Proxy abuse more than a decade ago, it tore her family apart. This catastrophic series of events sent Dunlop on a journey to understand this most taboo form of abuse. In this groundbreaking podcast, she talks to some of the top experts in the world to explore the criminology and psychopathology behind Munchausen by Proxy and to reveal the wide swath of destruction these perpetrators leave in their wake. 

Along the way, she becomes captivated by the case of Hope Ybarra: Dunlop speaks to those most familiar with the case, from the reporter who broke the story, to the detective who investigated it, to the family who lived through it. In the dramatic finale, she’ll speak to Hope Ybarra herself.​