Dr. Marissa Harrison
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doing it as a serial uh sure absolutely so going back to the definition of serial killers that we use three or more deceased victims with a cooling off period and use the term cooling off however you want just the time gap of at least one week between victims so we might have somebody a mom with munchausen syndrome by proxy and
doing it as a serial uh sure absolutely so going back to the definition of serial killers that we use three or more deceased victims with a cooling off period and use the term cooling off however you want just the time gap of at least one week between victims so we might have somebody a mom with munchausen syndrome by proxy and
We call it these days factitious disorder imposed on another who would kill child after child, year after year, and they would be considered a female serial killer. How often that happens? It does happen. It's not very often. There was a female serial killer named Mary Beth Tinning in Schenectady, New York, United States. And it is suspected that she killed at least eight of her children.
We call it these days factitious disorder imposed on another who would kill child after child, year after year, and they would be considered a female serial killer. How often that happens? It does happen. It's not very often. There was a female serial killer named Mary Beth Tinning in Schenectady, New York, United States. And it is suspected that she killed at least eight of her children.
We call it these days factitious disorder imposed on another who would kill child after child, year after year, and they would be considered a female serial killer. How often that happens? It does happen. It's not very often. There was a female serial killer named Mary Beth Tinning in Schenectady, New York, United States. And it is suspected that she killed at least eight of her children.
I don't think she was convicted of all eight. But the story goes they think that her first baby died, natural causes, and that maybe she saw all the attention she was getting. And so the next baby and the next baby died. And the rumor was that she had some kind of nursing knowledge. So she knew how to mock and present symptoms.
I don't think she was convicted of all eight. But the story goes they think that her first baby died, natural causes, and that maybe she saw all the attention she was getting. And so the next baby and the next baby died. And the rumor was that she had some kind of nursing knowledge. So she knew how to mock and present symptoms.
I don't think she was convicted of all eight. But the story goes they think that her first baby died, natural causes, and that maybe she saw all the attention she was getting. And so the next baby and the next baby died. And the rumor was that she had some kind of nursing knowledge. So she knew how to mock and present symptoms.
And that she would back then, even in the seventies and eighties, medical records were not as centralized as they were now as they are now. So she would go to different hospitals with these different infants. There was a book written about her and the author of the book. And I'm sorry, the name escapes me, but it's a very good book. She said that reports say that at each funeral,
And that she would back then, even in the seventies and eighties, medical records were not as centralized as they were now as they are now. So she would go to different hospitals with these different infants. There was a book written about her and the author of the book. And I'm sorry, the name escapes me, but it's a very good book. She said that reports say that at each funeral,
And that she would back then, even in the seventies and eighties, medical records were not as centralized as they were now as they are now. So she would go to different hospitals with these different infants. There was a book written about her and the author of the book. And I'm sorry, the name escapes me, but it's a very good book. She said that reports say that at each funeral,
Mary Beth would get all this attention and she seemed to quote unquote, be having a good time at the funeral of the babies. Everyone's saying, Oh my goodness, what a poor mom, what a good mom you are. And finally, somebody called the hotline and honestly anonymously and said, aren't you going to do anything about this? And they looked into it.
Mary Beth would get all this attention and she seemed to quote unquote, be having a good time at the funeral of the babies. Everyone's saying, Oh my goodness, what a poor mom, what a good mom you are. And finally, somebody called the hotline and honestly anonymously and said, aren't you going to do anything about this? And they looked into it.
Mary Beth would get all this attention and she seemed to quote unquote, be having a good time at the funeral of the babies. Everyone's saying, Oh my goodness, what a poor mom, what a good mom you are. And finally, somebody called the hotline and honestly anonymously and said, aren't you going to do anything about this? And they looked into it.
Um, and finally with the death of Tammy Lynn, her last child, um, they, they, They caught on. In fact, Mary Beth allegedly tried to kill her own husband, and he didn't even really do anything about it. But child after child, year after year, suggests this person would be considered a female serial killer. Let me add one thing about the Mary Beth Tinning case.
Um, and finally with the death of Tammy Lynn, her last child, um, they, they, They caught on. In fact, Mary Beth allegedly tried to kill her own husband, and he didn't even really do anything about it. But child after child, year after year, suggests this person would be considered a female serial killer. Let me add one thing about the Mary Beth Tinning case.
Um, and finally with the death of Tammy Lynn, her last child, um, they, they, They caught on. In fact, Mary Beth allegedly tried to kill her own husband, and he didn't even really do anything about it. But child after child, year after year, suggests this person would be considered a female serial killer. Let me add one thing about the Mary Beth Tinning case.
It's the first modern case that I've been reading about these for 10 years now. It's the first modern case where I saw the prosecution and the defense say, wow, there's something really, mentally wrong with this individual. They need help versus in the past, in the forties and the fifties, I've seen, you know, retribution, like let's put this person to death.
It's the first modern case that I've been reading about these for 10 years now. It's the first modern case where I saw the prosecution and the defense say, wow, there's something really, mentally wrong with this individual. They need help versus in the past, in the forties and the fifties, I've seen, you know, retribution, like let's put this person to death.
It's the first modern case that I've been reading about these for 10 years now. It's the first modern case where I saw the prosecution and the defense say, wow, there's something really, mentally wrong with this individual. They need help versus in the past, in the forties and the fifties, I've seen, you know, retribution, like let's put this person to death.