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Doctoring the Truth
Jenne Tunnell and Amanda House
47 episodes
3 days ago
Send us a text A teenage girl crosses a border for a chance at life—and loses it to a mistake so basic it should have been impossible. We dive into the case of Jesica Santillán, the 17-year-old who received an incompatible heart-lung transplant, and trace how a single missed safeguard exposed cracks across donor services, hospital protocols, and communication chains. This isn’t a story about rare complications or experimental risk; it’s about the simplest check in medicine—blood type matching...
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Send us a text A teenage girl crosses a border for a chance at life—and loses it to a mistake so basic it should have been impossible. We dive into the case of Jesica Santillán, the 17-year-old who received an incompatible heart-lung transplant, and trace how a single missed safeguard exposed cracks across donor services, hospital protocols, and communication chains. This isn’t a story about rare complications or experimental risk; it’s about the simplest check in medicine—blood type matching...
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True Crime
Comedy,
Health & Fitness,
Medicine
Episodes (20/47)
Doctoring the Truth
Ep 47-Fatal Mismatch: A Transplant Tragedy
Send us a text A teenage girl crosses a border for a chance at life—and loses it to a mistake so basic it should have been impossible. We dive into the case of Jesica Santillán, the 17-year-old who received an incompatible heart-lung transplant, and trace how a single missed safeguard exposed cracks across donor services, hospital protocols, and communication chains. This isn’t a story about rare complications or experimental risk; it’s about the simplest check in medicine—blood type matching...
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3 days ago
1 hour

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 46-Don't Die: Bryan Johnson and Longevity Science
Send us a text 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 epigenetic clocks, the appeal of tight control, and the lesson medicine keeps relearning—lowering a risky marker isn’t the same as improving a life. We trace hard-won examples from ICU glucose control to HRT and anti-arrhythmics, then map tha...
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1 week ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 45-Bristol’s Broken Heart Unit and the Dangers of Club Culture
Send us a text 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 drifted into preventable tragedy—where prolonged surgeries, poor post-op pathways, and a “club culture” sidelined data, silenced concerns, and cost lives. Then we connect the dots to the reforms that followed: centralizing complex surgery, rai...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 44-Moose, Murder, And Medicine: The Attack of a Nightmare Patient
Send us a text 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 navigating a fraught era of silicone implant fear, and the slow, chilling arc from anxious follow-ups to a fixed narrative of betrayal. We also step back to consider what safety looks like now. AI-assisted mammography is catching more interval c...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 43-Vengeful Pathologist: the Murderous Anthony Joseph Garcia
Send us a text 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 training at Creighton, the evaluations that documented poor judgment and disruptive behavior, and the dismissal that he interpreted as sabotage. What follows is a meticulous, evidence‑driven breakdown of how a professional grudge turned int...
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1 month ago
1 hour 10 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 42-Ruby McCollum And The Price Of Survival
Send us a text 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 brought visibility and risk through the Bolita economy. When a respected physician blurred professional lines and used social power to control her body, Ruby learned to live in two worlds—outward composure and private calculation. Years late...
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1 month ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 41-No More Pizza Parties: Fix the System, Support Healthcare Worker's Mental Health!
Send us a text 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. Her story opens the door to a candid conversation about moral injury, burnout, and the quiet barriers that keep clinicians from seeking help when they need it most. This is a conversation for anyone who’s ever carried the weight of the job...
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1 month ago
57 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Re-release: Ep 39-Crimes On Ward Four-the Devastating Murders of a Nightmare Nurse (Part 2)
Send us a text 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 interviews, and the lab result that cracked it open—insulin present with no C peptide, a forensic fingerprint of injection. That single biochemical detail reframed the entire investigation, linking opportunity, access, and intention in a way ...
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1 month ago
49 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 40-Who Owns The Body: The One Who Cuts Or The One Who Bleeds?
Send us a text 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, gripping path from pain-as-proof to consent-as-right, revealing how anesthesia muted screams without restoring voice, and how courts, scandals, and patient advocates forced medicine to listen. If this conversation challenged your thinkin...
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1 month ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 38-Ghastly Godmother: The Horrifying Murders of a Night Nurse (Part 1)
Send us a text 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 harm unfolded in plain sight—and how a trusted caregiver leveraged chaos, night shifts, and parental trust to stay close to the sickest children. Listen now for a careful, victim-centered retelling that honors families, examines systemic g...
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2 months ago
51 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 37-The Naughty Nose Doc, Feat. "Don't Call Me Shazzer"
Send us a text 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” saga with Shannon, a seasoned ENT PA who explains what ethical sinus care really looks like and how this case veered so far from it. From love‑bombed romance to a billboard‑driven patient pipeline, the story moves from glossy branding into t...
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2 months ago
1 hour 20 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 36-Arsenic and Double Indemnity
Send us a text 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 misdiagnosed “pneumonia,” follow the paper trail through forged signatures and overlapping policies, and watch a would-be hitman flip the script with the Secret Service. From sandbags meant to mimic brain hemorrhages to a spiritualist selling...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 35-Milk of Amnesia, Michael Jackson's Killer
Send us a text 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 sleepless spiral that ended with propofol in a mansion and a 20-minute delay that medicine cannot forgive. Support the show Don't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mish...
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2 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 34-Caregiver Con: No Body, No Crime?
Send us a text 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 veteran whose caregiver, praised as an “angel,” quietly turned access into control and control into a financial and personal erasure. Resources: Times of San Diego NBC San Diego Case Law Aleida Law Cinemaholic CBS 8 Mis...
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3 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 33-The Original Doctor Death: Harold Shipman
Send us a text 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 his perfect disguise for murder. Harold Shipman wasn't lurking in shadows or breaking into homes at night. He was a respected family doctor in the small English town of Hyde, invited into living rooms, offered cups of tea, and trusted i...
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3 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 32-Lethal Obsession: A Nurse's Deadly Revenge
Send us a text 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 unravel a disturbing case of obsession, betrayal, and medical knowledge turned deadly. This case stands as a haunting reminder of how specialized knowledge can become weaponized in the hands of someone with wounded pride and access to dangerou...
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3 months ago
53 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 31-Aw Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 2)
Send us a text 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 operate on unsuspecting patients from a makeshift basement surgery room. Born into medical privilege but lacking any genuine talent, Pignataro constructed an elaborate house of cards—forged diplomas, exaggerated abilities, and a bizarre claim ...
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3 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 30-Oh Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 1)
Send us a text 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 healthcare can lead to devastating consequences when warning signs are ignored, and systems fail to protect patients. Join us next week for part two of this shocking case, where we'll reveal more of Anthony's victims, the investigations that ...
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4 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 29-Dating Apps and Deadly Deception: The Doctor Who Drugged His Dates
Send us a text 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 their trust. The hosts dive deep into this disturbing case where Matthews used his medical credentials as a shield, with one victim stating plainly: "The only reason I felt safe going on a date with him was because he was a doctor." Resource...
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4 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Ep 28-The Cook Who Killed: Typhoid Mary's Deadly Legacy
Send us a text 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-year-old hemorrhaging after a routine tonsillectomy. When the child began swallowing blood and showing signs of deterioration, this nurse's persistent advocacy ultimately proved life-saving, despite repeatedly being dismissed by other provi...
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4 months ago
1 hour 10 minutes

Doctoring the Truth
Send us a text A teenage girl crosses a border for a chance at life—and loses it to a mistake so basic it should have been impossible. We dive into the case of Jesica Santillán, the 17-year-old who received an incompatible heart-lung transplant, and trace how a single missed safeguard exposed cracks across donor services, hospital protocols, and communication chains. This isn’t a story about rare complications or experimental risk; it’s about the simplest check in medicine—blood type matching...