Doctoring the Truth
Welcome to Doctoring the Truth, a podcast where two dedicated audiologists dissect the world of healthcare gone rogue. Explore jaw-dropping stories of medical malfeasance, nefariousness, and shocking breaches of trust. The episodes provide deep dives that latch onto your curiosity and conscience. It's a podcast for truth-seekers craving true crime, clinical insights, and a dash of humor.
Episodes
46 episodes
Ep 46-Don't Die: Bryan Johnson and Longevity Science
A cookie-fueled cold open gives way to one of the thorniest questions in modern medicine: are we getting healthier, or just better at making numbers look good? Using Brian Johnson’s “Blueprint” as a case study, we unpack the science behind epig...
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Episode 46
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1:11:13
Ep 45-Bristol’s Broken Heart Unit and the Dangers of Club Culture
A newborn’s first breaths should be a promise. For too many families in Bristol during the 1980s and 1990s, that promise was broken by a system that mistook confidence for competence. We walk through how a respected pediatric cardiac unit drift...
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Episode 45
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Ep 44-Moose, Murder, And Medicine: The Attack of a Nightmare Patient
A quiet clinic. A calm voice in the hall. Then the shots that shattered a July morning in Petaluma, California. We follow the life and death stakes behind headlines: a breast cancer survivor seeking reconstruction, a competent surgeon navigatin...
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Episode 44
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1:05:26
Ep 43-Vengeful Pathologist: the Murderous Anthony Joseph Garcia
A failed residency, a brittle ego, and years of simmering resentment—then two brutal double homicides that stunned Omaha. We unpack the Anthony Garcia case from the beginning, starting with his trajectory through medical school and pathology tr...
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Episode 43
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1:10:27
Ep 42-Ruby McCollum And The Price Of Survival
A snowstorm, a noisy house full of pets, and then a hard turn into a story that still shakes the walls of medicine and justice: Ruby McCollum. We walk through Ruby’s path from a disciplined childhood in segregated Florida to a marriage that bro...
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Episode 42
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1:03:54
Ep 41-No More Pizza Parties: Fix the System, Support Healthcare Worker's Mental Health!
Sirens fade, charts close, and the questions linger: who cares for the caregivers when the system won’t? We share the life and legacy of Dr. Lorna Breen, a brilliant emergency physician whose dedication collided with an unprecedented crisis. He...
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Episode 41
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Ep 40-Who Owns The Body: The One Who Cuts Or The One Who Bleeds?
A knife that could take a leg in thirty seconds, a theater packed with spectators, and a patient who never got a say—our journey begins with Robert Liston, the unrivaled speed surgeon of the nineteenth century. From there we follow the messy, g...
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Episode 40
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1:11:49
Re-release: Ep 39-Crimes On Ward Four-the Devastating Murders of a Nightmare Nurse (Part 2)
The scariest villains don’t lurk in shadows; they wear scrubs, speak softly, and learn your child’s name. We return to the Beverly Allitt case and follow the tight trail from confusion to certainty: unexplained pediatric collapses, careful inte...
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Episode 39
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Ep 38-Ghastly Godmother: The Horrifying Murders of a Night Nurse (Part 1)
A bright Children’s Ward. A reassuring nurse. Then a surge of cardiac arrests, hypoglycemia, and near-fatal collapses that no one could neatly explain. We step inside Grantham and Casteven Hospitals in the early ’90s to trace how a pattern of h...
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Episode 38
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51:03
Ep 37-The Naughty Nose Doc, Feat. "Don't Call Me Shazzer"
A marble‑and‑steel clinic, an in‑office CT scanner, and a surgeon who promised fast fixes for every sinus woe—then a trail of lawsuits, a vanished yacht guest list, and a fugitive life in the Alps. We pull back the curtain on the “Nose Doc” sag...
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Episode 37
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1:20:39
Ep 36-Arsenic and Double Indemnity
A tailor’s back room, a bottle of “powder,” and a stack of insurance forms—our step-by-step tour of Philadelphia’s 1930s arsenic ring reveals how murder became a business, cloaked in folk magic and legitimized by paperwork. We start with a misd...
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Episode 36
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53:23
Ep 35-Milk of Amnesia, Michael Jackson's Killer
A panicked phone call, a birthday detour, and an orange tree set the stage for a darker question we can’t ignore: what happens when medicine bends to fame? We trace Michael Jackson’s path from Gary’s crowded rooms to global icon, then into the ...
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Episode 35
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1:14:09
Ep 34-Caregiver Con: No Body, No Crime?
A brake-slam on a country road sets the tone for an hour where trust, timing, and tiny choices change everything. We start with a heart-pounding near-miss and pivot into the disappearance of Gerald “Jerry” Rayborn—an 89-year-old father and WWII...
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Episode 34
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1:07:20
Ep 33-The Original Doctor Death: Harold Shipman
What happens when the person you trust most with your life becomes your executioner? In this chilling episode, we unravel the disturbing case of Dr. Harold Shipman, the most prolific serial killer in modern history, whose medical license became...
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Episode 33
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1:11:32
Ep 32-Lethal Obsession: A Nurse's Deadly Revenge
When 24-year-old Michelle Herndon was found dead in her Gainesville home, nothing seemed immediately amiss. No signs of struggle, no forced entry – just a vibrant young woman inexplicably gone. But a single empty bathroom trash can would unrave...
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Episode 32
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53:46
Ep 31-Aw Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 2)
What happens when the person wearing the white coat is more dangerous than the disease they claim to treat? The horrifying saga of Dr. Anthony Pignataro reveals how a man with fabricated credentials and failed medical training managed to operat...
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Episode 31
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1:07:12
Ep 30-Oh Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 1)
Anthony Pignataro exemplifies narcissistic personality disorder in medicine, using forged credentials and manipulation to practice despite repeatedly failing residencies and harming patients. His story reveals how narcissism and hubris in healt...
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Episode 30
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1:02:29
Ep 29-Dating Apps and Deadly Deception: The Doctor Who Drugged His Dates
Stephen Matthews appeared to be the perfect catch on dating apps - successful doctor, dog owner, outdoor enthusiast. But behind this carefully crafted image lurked a calculated predator who drugged and assaulted multiple women after gaining the...
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Episode 29
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1:12:15
Ep 28-The Cook Who Killed: Typhoid Mary's Deadly Legacy
What happens when healthcare professionals face a critical pediatric emergency and systemic resistance simultaneously? Our episode opens with a gripping medical mishap submitted by a nurse who found themselves racing against time to save a 4-ye...
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Episode 28
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1:10:02
Ep 27-Infectious Fool and Fentanyl Addict
This episode unravels the shocking case of David Kwiatkowski, a traveling radiologic technician whose addiction to fentanyl sparked the largest hepatitis C outbreak in American history. For nearly a decade, Kwiatkowski moved between 16 hospital...
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Episode 27
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52:26
Ep 26-Murder by MRI, Plus Malachi Love Robinson, Pretend-D
The silent danger lurking in every MRI machine isn't what most people expect: it's the fact that the powerful magnets never turn off. This revelation forms the heart of our exploration into preventable tragedies where everyday metal objects bec...
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Episode 26
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Ep 25-Hospital Horror: The Angel of Death Murders
Efren Saldivar, a respiratory therapist at Glendale Adventist Hospital, confessed to murdering over 50 patients between 1989-1998 before later recanting his confession on national television. What followed was a groundbreaking forensic investig...
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Episode 25
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Ep 24- Despicable Dr. Scouarnec: “I am a Pedophile…and I’m Very Happy About It”
The silence was shattered by the words of a six-year-old girl, brave enough to tell her father about a disturbing encounter with their neighbor. What followed was the unraveling of one of the most horrific medical betrayals in modern history.
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Episode 24
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Ep 23-Baggies Full of Tumors: The Disgusting Story of a Horrific "Holistic" Healer
Brian O'Connell, a fraudulent naturopath in Colorado, killed multiple patients through dangerous fake treatments and false claims of medical expertise. His case exposed a sprawling industry of unaccredited schools and mail-order credentials tha...
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Episode 23
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1:07:48
Ep 22-Fatal Floss: A Deadly Dentist's Secret (Part 2)
Two bullet wounds, fourteen years apart, one man connecting both deaths. This double murder investigation reveals the terrifying progression of domestic violence when abusers face rejection.Behind Bart Corbin's veneer of success as a Ge...
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Episode 22
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