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Sympathy Pains
Hosted by Laura Beil (Dr. Death, Bad Batch), Sympathy Pains is a six-part series from Neon Hum Media and iHeartRadio. For 20 years, Sarah Delashmit told people around her that she had cancer, muscular dystrophy, and other illnesses. She used a wheelchair and posted selfies from a hospital bed. She told friends and coworkers she was trapped in abusive relationships, or that she was the mother of children who had died. It was all a con. Sympathy was both her great need and her powerful weapon. But unlike most scams, she didn’t want people’s money. She was after something far more...
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4.7 stars from 1,913 ratings
A slow burn of a podcast
This podcast did not hook me immediately but I stayed with it because I really liked Laura Biel’s other reporting on important stories and issues. It’s a slow burn of a fascinating and painful human story of how so many people got damaged by one person with a psychological disorder. It also...Read full review »
Laura KS via Apple Podcasts · Poland · 03/30/24
Could not stop listening!
Fantastic podcast, I was so enthralled with this story!
Above589 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/25/24
Laura Beil is a great host!
Binged this one today- wow….thanks for the telling of a story of a lady I never want to meet.
AmyCoop2 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/19/24
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