About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Nobody Should Believe Me: The Case of Dr. John Cox" from PRETEND is a crossover installment in which the feed is handed over to Nobody Should Believe Me, a show focused on medical child abuse. The episode centers on Dr. John Cox, an ER physician at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, who in 2019 brought his adoptive infant daughter to her pediatrician with an injured arm. Within months he was charged with abusing her.
NBC News had covered the case as a wrongful accusation, but the episode goes back to the records and talks to the prosecutor who filed the charges, surfacing a far more complicated version of events than the one that reached headlines. The episode carries a content warning, as it discusses the abuse of an infant.
Hosts and release
Javier Leiva hosts PRETEND, an investigative true crime podcast that explores the psychology and real stories behind fraudsters, con artists, and their victims, releasing new episodes weekly. For this installment, the feed is turned over to Andrea Dunlop, who has spent years covering medical child abuse and came to the subject through her own family's experience. The episode runs 42 minutes and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Overcast.
