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Podcast: Hitched 2 Homicide
Episode: Marybeth Tinning: Eight Children Dead, One Conviction, and the Truth about Munchausen by Proxy
Description: Send Kris and Rob a Text Message!Between 1972 and 1985, Marybeth Tinning and her husband Joe Tinning buried nine children in Schenectady, New York. At first, doctors called all but one of the deaths “crib death” or SIDS, but patterns emerged that couldn’t be ignored. Eventually, Marybeth confessed to smothering her 4-month-old daughter, Tami Lynne, and was convicted of second-degree murder in 1987.But why would a mother kill her children? Many experts believe Marybeth’s case reflects Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome (now known as Factitious Disorder Imposed on Anoth...