I was enjoying this podcast a lot and considering becoming a patreon member until I got the part where Andrea shouts out and praises the podcast titled ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.’ As a trans listener, this shattered me. I am struggling to understand how TERF ideology continues to infest even the people who seem the most trustworthy and good. It makes me feel like losing all hope. I lost much of my family to rowling’s ideas and TERF influence. The pain it has and continues to put me through is hard to state. Anyway, besides this feeling of betrayal that is hitting me, I think this podcast covers an important topic that I previously was not very educated on. Like most, I thought the Blanchard case was pretty much the extent of it and that it is more rare than I know now it is. So I am grateful for this.

I have really enjoyed every season of this podcast. The topic is fascinating and disturbing and the stories are well researched. I think the show gets some things wrong in terms of ancillary topics (eg , mission work) but different opinions are fine and I don’t have to agree with everything about the podcast in order to like it.

***Edit- I just made it to S3E19. The below was before I heard it. Still suspicious. Honestly listening to this makes me want to know if the dad was ever investigated in the wife’s death. She was found with an IV, hanged and the gun was missing? He gives a lot of information about why they didn’t know where she was but never looked for her? Very suspicious to me. Also, if she did indeed do it to herself, maybe she felt like she couldn’t stop hurting her kid and that was her escape. Just a lot of strange things with the mother and father going on besides the obvious. ALSO, someone should do a documentary on Netflix documentaries and how biased they are.

I really liked the first season of this show. The story was well told and ended in the conviction of the mother for abuse. Since that season it has become a less fact based podcast and more of a make the facts result in the story I want. In both season 2 and the latest season the mothers were found not guilty but the tone of the story continues to display them as guilty. For that reason not all the facts are shared in the case that would provide a more balanced view of the cases. This is a highly biased podcast and I can’t recommend for that reason.

I am really picky about my podcasts and this one is one of my new favorites. I am so grateful for the season about the Maya Kowalski case because I took the documentary at face value. I’m embarrassed that I was totally bamboozled by “Take Care of Maya.” Great reminder to be more skeptical and do more research. Especially about all those families they framed as “wronged” by Dr. Smith. Thank you for shedding light on this very real topic!

Keep up the amazing work. I am so impressed by your dedication to truth and high standard of excellence. I’ve listened to every season except 4 lost me. I’ve learned so much from you and your team. Thank you

There are some aspects of the show that I can greatly appreciate. However, it was absolutely alarming when the host made the statement that she does not believe that children belong to just the parents. It is clear that this individual does not understand the radicalized dangers within the government and the power that big pharmaceutical has over our medical. The hosted the best she could based on her belief system to present a balanced perspective, sadly it was slanted towards her perspective. I do believe that Sophie indeed was controlling the medical narrative of her child and is probably not fit to be the sole parent of these children. Just listeners to be more objective and not pen labels onto Christians or churches. There are evil people in every industry and from every background. Objectivity is the key to which the show tends to lack.

I’m not defending Brittney in this case bc clearly the child needed help. However, I really urge you to do research on how black and brown kids are taken at a disproportionate rate by CPS. White Christians have a long history of “adopting” in the name of saviorism instead of what’s best for the child. This couple is giving off legal kidnapping vibes. It’s sad you only report one side when’s there have been so many children harmed and traumatized by CPS and “foster” parents who’s goal is adoption rather than reunification (which I don’t believe was appropriate with Brittney but is appropriate with so many other moms). Feeding the ego and being the “hero” is a problem to many kids. Please stop centering harmful systems or at least have a podcast with folks harmed by this system.

Overall excellent. The insight into the background of Maya and her mom is fascinating. From the first time that I heard the news about Maya and her mother, I thought the mom was mentally ill — seeking ever increasing doses of ketamine for her 9 or 10 year old daughter notwithstanding the huge risks of using ketamine on a regular and increasing basis. I’m sorry the mom committed suicide, but it’s not because of Johns Hopkins or the docs — mom appears to have suffered mental illness that not only led to medical abuse of her daughter, but to her ultimate suicide. Then daddy sued for $250 million when daddy was enabling his mentally ill wife.

As an agnostic, evangelism is a controversial topic in itself. But to generalize the morality of missionary work and intertwine it within the reasoning of this terrible crime is irresponsible. This was more an op-ed than an expose of a true crime