The Curious Case of... The Woman Dying for Attention
5/19/20261 hr 5 min
Feigning a terminal illness, masquerading as a different person, allegedly being pregnant and then suddenly not - we've seen A LOT of pernicious people running scams over the years. But for this case - why not try them ALL?!?! Hold on to your hats, Fam - this case is trying to dupe you from every last possible angle!
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First 90 secondsGillian Pensavalle· Host0:00
Did you hear?
Patrick Hinds· Host0:00
But part of it- Did you hear the big news? Uh, uh, I, uh, I don't know.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:04
The trophy hunter who was killed by female elephants.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:06
Oh, yeah.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:06
Oh- I know- Love that for them ...
Patrick Hinds· Host0:08
I did instantly think of you.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:09
Five elephants charged some trophy hunters, killed one, injured another.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:13
Is that right?
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:14
Yeah. They were like, "Absolutely not." They had their little babies with them.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:17
Oh.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:17
They were like, "Get out of here." And one of them just, like, rammed them. Good for her.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:20
Oh my God.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:21
[laughs] Women supporting women.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:22
That's right.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:23
[laughs] Love that for them.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:24
[upbeat music] Hi, Jillian Bellove.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:33
Hello, Patrick Hinds.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:34
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Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:40
Unbelievable.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:40
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Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:44
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:44
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Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:44
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:45
Give us a little subscribe. What's the other thing?
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:47
Patreon.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:48
Oh my God, our Patreon is also amazing. We have, like, over 400 ad free bonus episodes. We've got after parties where we do, like, cases we haven't covered. We've got that Hero Belt tier where we make episodes just for them.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:58
Yep.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:58
We did that America's Next Top Model thing- Yeah ... for them.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:00
We are starting our recording of Trust Me: The False Prophet today.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:04
Yes.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:04
So- That's the $5 tier.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:05
That's for everybody.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:06
Yeah, yeah. So that's gonna be coming very, very soon.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:08
Yeah.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:08
We got a lot going on.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:09
It's true. Once again, click the link in the show notes or it's patreon.com/truecrimeobsessed.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:13
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:14
What are we talking about today, girl?
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:15
All right. This is an episode of that show, uh, The Curious Case of Ellipsis.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:19
Yeah.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:19
This is season two, episode six, The Woman Dying For Attention. It is on HBO Max and Discovery Plus.
Speaker 3· Soundbite1:24
If Sarah had any shame, she wouldn't have done any of the things she's done over the last 20 years.
Speaker 4· Soundbite1:29
I think