A Mother's Twisted Love (Cancer Hoax Documentary) | Real Stories
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2017
- This disturbing film tells the inside story of a mother, Terri Milbrandt, who pretended her daughter had cancer and appealed to her close- knit community for help to pay the medical bills. Seven-year-old Hannah had her head shaved and was given sleeping pills by her mother. It seems that when she awoke she was told she had had chemotherapy. Her teachers arranged counselling for Hannah to prepare her for her death and when she visited Santa she asked to be spared. But there was no cancer and there were no medical bills. Now that close-knit community wants justice and a jury must decide whether they were the victims of a sadistic fraud.
This film talks exclusively to Bob Milbrandt, Hannah's father, who is standing trial for conspiracy to the crimes of theft, child endangerment and felonious assault, and to Hannah's grandmother who is also standing trial for theft. Friends, fundraisers and police investigators reveal how it took nine months to discover the story was false.
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A Mother's Love (Cancer Hoax Documentary) - Real Stories
Wow. The worst part is that Hannah’s mother allowed her to believe that was she dying. What a hideous thing to do to your child
Evil woman that mother!!
@@Dr.SeneChats greed
Poor thing. How could you terrify your own child that way? What a monster...
Despicable and vile! How could she?!?
Right?! She asked Santa to spare her. The fact that she scared that little girl by making her think that she was dying is as sick, disgusting & pathetic as she could get,I wish she would have gotten 30 yrs.!!
Seriously, kudos to the teachers for catching on before Hannah got older and it became a Gypsy Rose situation. They probably saved her from years of continued abuse
Or worse..
I was actually confused cause I thought I'd was gypsy... sounded very similar. Hannah looked similar. Thanks for explained nf.
She was too young to pull a gypsy rose.
@@sadiemormon-horn6809 gypsy rose didnt pull anything...
her mom did.
but yet gypsy rose gets life in prison when she should only get 2 years for participating in murder giving her abuse she received from her sick evil mother
murder isn’t the answer
She didn’t just traumatise her own daughter but other kids and the entire community. What kind of fear the kids at school had to live knowing their friend will pass out, seize or die... seriously
I was about to comment this after hearing one speak... think of all those kids going home and talking about why they wore the hats, or seeing her show up with no hair etc. Then it is all fake and actually abuse?! SO MANY kids were traumatized through all this!
Scary to think what they planned on doing with the child after her “6 months left to live”.
for real, I'm so glad she got out of there. I don't even wanna imagine the kind of thing they could've done to that poor girl
Probably kill her, that's why I was thanking Jesus, they figured it out before then
Oh wow, you’re right. Potential JCS/Dreading/True Crime UA-cam channel topic.
Terry had planned on telling Robert and the community that she had been cured by a miracle. The question is, would she have moved onto something else afterwards?
I hate this concept that kids have to keep loving their parents regardless of what they do to you.
Olivia Parsons. What I had was what I called THE HATE LOVE RELATIONSHIP. I loved my mother cuz she was my mother, but I couldn't stand her for what she allowed to let happen to me. At her end I had no feelings for her. I was still her slave, except I was no longer sleeping w/her husband (4-14 yo).
Something I also still can't do is forgive. They're both dead, but I still can't forgive. 😿😾
Wendy Saunders yeah but those who refuse to forgive end in Hades. Which is worse!?
I don't get it either. My father is a heartless narcissist and abused my mother, I don't love him at all. How could I? I don't understand "unconditional" love. It makes no sense.
I related to having no feelings in the end. I am Hannah just not in that scale. You love your mother ‘cause you’re a child but when you realize what has been happening as you grow old, you just lose not just love but respect and everything. In the end, just nothing. It’s not a matter of forgiveness or whatever. It is what it is.
Sometimes it's not a matter of forgiving someone to give yourself peace, some people truly should not have forgiveness imo. It's a matter of letting go, even if that means getting to a point where you don't just have no love you have no hate either, you just let it all go. Sometimes that's the healthier option, it all depends on the person, the events and the belief system.
I'm trying very hard to be respectful to Apphia Az and their faith, but I have to say Kricket Langendoerfer has survived a horrific childhood and come out the other side, they don't need to ask anyone or anything to GIVE them strength, they've already got a ton of it!
My 13 year old grandson is dying of cancer right now and it really angers me that someone would fake such a thing. Shame on you, you awful woman
Am so sorry praying for your grandson
Oh my I am so very sorry, we lost out 7 year old Sean to AML Leukemia in 1999.
My prayers will be with your family.
This is the grosses thing I have ever watched.
Sorry to hear about your grandson, may god bless him and the whole family.
@@Amber-sv7ld thankyou, your very kind. Xx
I'm so very sorry about your grandson. I said a prayer for him. God Bless you all.
Happy news is that Hannah seems to have recovered from this traumatic part of her life and is married with two children! She seems to be flourishing in adult life. She is proof that there is hope in overcoming trauma and abuse and there is life after the pain.
Hearing that the mother was going around saying she only had 6 months left to live. It makes me wonder what was going to happen at the end of those 6 months.
The mother should be glad Hannah didn't pull a Gypsy Rose on her!
Was thinking the same thing
Indeed. And I hold a lot of smypthay for Gyspy Rose.
RustyRC83 Rc what’s that?
@@ZERO_42069 Gypsy Rose was another child whose mother did this, and it ended with Gypsy arranging for her boyfriend to murder her mother.
@@GravesLilDarkAngel That girl never had a chance. She turned dangerous, but that was bound to happen. Gypsy should do some time. But that is absolutely the most complicated situation. Its heart breaking in all sorts of levels.
so i googled hannah to see if she's still around. turns out, she is! she said in an interview that her father authentically didn't know the cancer was a scam, and that they have since reconciled and are now close. her mother is, thankfully, no longer in her life. she also went through a period of depression, but now is in therapy. the article i found was a nice read. the story does have a happy ending.
Did they go to jail?
@@anyaskirko3201 they were sentenced, at least
Thank you for the information. 🙏🏻
She probably just let abuser back to her life as so many victims feel the need to.
@@finehomemadewine ok, not liking your tone dude. dont blame the victims for abusers being effective. look up hoovering. there's a reason why victims can get sucked back in by abusers; it's something they're good at.
As someone with cancer and underwent chemo and had a port, none of "treatments" sound right. This woman victimized not only her child but an entire school and town. This woman deserves the harshest punishment the law can give.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is real! My mother had me on multiple meds for years that I didn’t need! All for her need for acceptance! Prayers up to all the victims! Especially Hannah
It definitely is real. But is it real in this case? By a woman who is known to have previous cases of theft and greed? Not sure i can believe that.
The father doesn't think the child suffered significant mental abuse? She was told and mentally prepared to die. This child was absolutely mentally damaged.
I can't believe the dude actually said that they would be re-united as a family in the near future.. In which universe does that make any f'ing sense!??
Not only that, but downplayed the sleeping pills! "Oh it was only benadryl".. they're ADULT sleeping pills!! They can kill a child with that dosage!
Also feeding her pills no telling if it messed up her body.
He is SERIOUSLY deluded!
That Dad also apparently didn't care to be at his daughter's chemo appointments... any at all, apparently. Me thinks he's not the greatest father. Seems like he cares about saving face more than his daughter.
"you look like a pretty boy" a back handed remark that makes the girl feel worse about herself disguised as a compliment. Sick. Can't wait to see how this pans out.
thats what i thought too
Right? Talk about not even trying to make her feel better even though it’s a hoax!
this is really old...look up the case
@@ciggylungz I meant the end of the documentary. I wrote that at the time the mom said that. So I wanted to know how the documentary was going to end.
@@dunkinnatalie I see you everywhere
There's NO way I could have a little girl plead for me to not cut off all her hair, and then proceed to cut it all off. Nope.
Karma should get them all! 3 days in jail for this Grandmother is the least of her problems!
"I'm not smart enough to do something like this, I'd get caught."
Well... you did get caught..
This is exactly what I said
@@TheKimGlynn Do you believe the father's at fault?
The girl in the wheelchair deserves a national donation found raise,BIG BIG BIG HEART AMAZING
Beautiful young girl whom should have had the money for a holiday or whatever. Bless her heart
Such an amazing soul she truly is. 💗⚘🕊
The girl is stuck in America where everything is for sale, including her health.
Yeah. That is one special girl. ❤️
Should start a go fund me page for her. 💗
When I saw the girl on the respirator and her mother say it was more important to help others I almost lost it. Such kindness being taken advantage of is sick.
Affebonbons that just broke my heart when i found out
Affebonbons
I agree here
Bunker Sieben - I have a degenerative neurological disorder and it causes extreme pain. One of the few things that helps me to still walk with crutches is getting spinal injections every other week. Without them, I need my wheelchair almost every day. With them, I use it maybe once a month.
Last year, my insurance refused to cover them because there’s no evidence that they help. I’ve had them done for years now and every time we’ve tried to reduce frequency, I’ve been right back in a wheelchair. My doc helped as much as he could, making zero profit off any visit I had that year (28 appointments), but my family was still paying $450 per month for the treatment. This was on top of massive other bills. Finally starting on Medicare likely helped save my family from bankruptcy.
The little girl is so sweet, and her mother seemed a little upset about the situation, naturally. I really hope for the best.
Wish they’d sent those ring pulls back
I feel so bad for the 17 year old girl who donated her bottle caps 😔
We lost our 6 yr old daughter to leukemia complications in 2016 and that was in between my own cancer diagnosis that i got in 2014 and again in 2019/2020. This is disgusting. To fake such a thing 💔
Also the father said "Hannah wasn't physically hurt" because drugging your child and shaving her head and making her lose weight isn't hurting them physically???
Maggie Hanberry ...Yeah that made me angry Hannah has forgiven her Dad they're close now she wants NOTHING to do with her Mother.. I don't know if her Dad has ever realized SHE WAS PHYSICALLY HARMED I hope for Hannah's sake and healing he did and apologized to her..For her healing and therapy if she received any he needed to acknowledge all the things he was IN DENIAL about right after the scam was exposed..
No mention about being emotionally hurt. He is as bad as the mom for that comment alone.
Isnt that more emotional harm not physical?
Daysee Jayd Not the drugging and weight loss.
Lettuceturtle oh yeah she gave her sleeping pills. Damn
Stephanie, the girl who donated the pop tabs. Wow, that's got to be the purest soul ever.
What a beautiful thought!
I wish her and her family nothing but happiness :) she's such a sweetie!
She was just so innocent I hope her family is doing okay
I hope the town turned to her and her mother to show their love now they are aware of a real victim ( granted Hannah was a victim but you know what I mean) cause they certainly deserve it
I have a feeling it was the mom's idea
Its hard watching the dad and grandmother being more concerned about themselves than the torture imposed on Hannah
I don’t think her father or grandpa knew about the lie
@@Brenda-lt7dm even if so, the way he minimizes the harm they caused. said the abuse was not that bad.
and really, i he says “i’m not an idiot.. but it looks like i was”. well, that’s so weird, even if he did not know, the way he must have been so uninterested in this child is WILD. To not notice anything you had to be just not bodered. so - not a great parenting, one way or the other.
@@aka3426correct 💯
@@Brenda-lt7dm maybe not but he didn't seem too worried about the harm done to his daughter at the time.
I was a seriously sick child from age 5 onwards, with diagnosis given when I was 7. There's zero chance that my father wouldn't have known if I hadn't been sick for real. Sick children display symptoms at home, too. Children that are not sick aren't capable of pretending to be sick 24/7 even if one parent claims they are sick and coaches the child into pretending. It's just not possible to be clueless about something like that if you live in the same house, even if you work long hours.
This is so sickening. Imagine convincing your own child she had cancer and would probably die young.
mynameisnotmya begging santa to spare her!!! :(((
mynameisnotmya broke my heart
mynameisnotmya it is truly the epitomy of evil and the dad is an idiot fully guilty as well
Leuretti , goodness me- stop your rambling - and learn to write...
Leuretti maybe you should learn how to form a coherent sentence
The only person that made sense this far said: " I think she was sick, and her sickness is Greed. "
*Exactly* .
Selfinflicted G those women had her spot on
Right
😁👍
Absolutely!
Oh my the tears for the disabled girl giving her pop tabs! God bless her sweet soul.
Noooo! They were never going to use them. I feel sick now.
I tried to watch this but I can't even now all these years later. My daughter had cancer when she was 3. The community helped me so much, example, driving from our home to St Judes every week a stranger I never met paid to put tires on my car, and almost 30 years later I'm still grateful. Please don't stop helping out. You'll let these horrible people continue to hurt families who really need help. Praise God, my daughter survived Glioblastoma multiforme( not sure I've spelled that correctly). Brain tumor in right parietal lobe. No Chemo, only surgery and radiation, at that time and maybe now chemo wouldn't pass the blood brain barrier.
Can we address how kind everyone in this town was for helping them as much as they did though😭❤️
Unfortunately, they'll probably never help anyone ever again. These charlatans ruined it for future people honestly in need.
@@shelldotshell 😭😭😭
That’s how small towns are. Towns where everyone knows everyone.. the love is there for one another. I wouldn’t say they will never be as generous or giving again because of this situation.. I’m sure they would still give the shirts off their backs to anyone in need. I would imagine they would just be more cautious and aware before giving again though.
@@southernladyish I do hope so💗🥰
❤ Absolutely
The girl in the wheelchair trying to help someone else in need when she is in such need herself was very touching but it made me even more furious with this people!
tooot tooot that's what got my blood boil the most
tooot tooot Yeah, that girl deserves all the donations
That was when we I got angry, too
That got to me most as well. What a precious soul she is.
She, along with her mother, were willing to sacrifice when they were in so much need themselves. I hope they received that help.They are kind and generous people.
In 2010 after Teresa (Terri) Milbrandt spent 6.5 years in prison for this case, she was arrested again nine months after her release from prison for prescription fraud. One of her other daughters was also arrested with her. Together, they forged prescriptions in July, August and October to get pain pills at a Walmart Pharmacy in Springfield. Also her husband Robert served 2.8 years of a 4 yr 11 m sentence for his role, and Terri's mother was acquitted.
I can almost believe the dad. My husband at the time did absolutely nothing to help our daughter. I had to beg him to go to the doctor with us. If I didn't tell him what was going on he wouldn't have known anyway.
Almost 😅
The fact that the husband thinks the child and mom should be back together when she's out of prison is sick! I'd want to take my child away from their abused! For that alone he should never regain custody of her. He would put her back in harms way! So not ok!
Praying that little precious girl can recover from the abuse and grow up strong and resilient! Having your mother betray you in that way must be more than some can handle. I pray she can!
Totally agree with you!!
Lisa Locke Actually this event took place in the early 2000's! im not sure when this documentary was made but it was probably around the same time as well. hannah was 8 in 2004 according to articles, so she is in her early twenties now. i looked up pictures of her and she is a beautiful woman and seems to be happy!
+Totori MC
Do you know who ended up raising Hannah? Was she put into foster care until she was 18? Did the father get her back?. Couldn't find any info on google regarding that.
Lisa Locke poo
The Dad had absolutely nothing to do with his dying daughters health? No trips to the hospital, never checked her wounds, took an interest in her conditions or medication?? What a load of rubbish.
I think he checked on her but he wasn't about to remove a "clean" gauze. He even said that he tried to take time off to go with them but the mom would fake a schedule change. My only question is, I have never had a doctor reschedule on me, so why did he accept it so easy?? I think the only innocent person is the grandma. She wasn't trying to get any money, just care for her grandkid. Where did Hannah go when all her guardians were stripped from her for weeks??
For real
I would notice if my daughter was looking fine when she was supposed to be dying or her hair wasn’t falling out
If he didnt his wife would say so
I don’t know! when you are married a long time and duties are divided between you it’s hard to say what he could’ve noticed or not. Working full time and trusting your spouse is part of marriage, after all. It’s such a bizarre situation any normal person wouldn’t even dream of being suspicious. He most likely is a victim in this situation as well, that lady is a real nut.
Terry was seriously only 35 when this was filmed!!?? And the grandmother was 58?? Holy crap! They certainly have not aged gracefully. I’m 34 and I hope to God that I don’t look that bad
That is a rather shallow observation. Is that your takeaway from this story? That Hanna's abuser and her grandmother have not aged gracefully? It really doesn't matter how you think a person looks, because as long as they are comfortable in their own skin, your "opinion" here means squat.. 🙄
It was her first run in with the law she has a long list..Her mother had to use her life savings bailing her out..This happened in my hometown and I worked with her at a gas station she did and she took off with a while weekends deposit
Totally thought the same thing!! Lol
I thought that too
this really shows how innocent children are , the kids doing “hat day” to make her feel less alone .
When Terri gets cancer just give her sleeping pills and drive her around and tell her she went to chemo.
Dude ill volunteer to medicate her and drive all over the place. But not a gentle kind of ride. Its gonna be music blaring, stomping the breaks and gas.
Put 2 patches on the neck and chest then grab a bucket and go and collect donations
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Exactly!
Yes please.
Don't treat her and just end what she would call suffering.
I knew she was lying when in the "thank you" letter to the fire department she included that Hannah was getting thinner, and wasn't doing very well. why would you include that in a thank you letter unless you wanted more sympathy than what was already given?
@Naomim - ikr, that's what I was thinking while watching the video. If anything< i would probably tell a white lie and say thank you so much for the donation, it makes Hannah happy and she's doing better thanks to your kindness. Makes them feel better even if it's not completely the truth.
Naomi Taysha I knew she was the lying...because the title said she was lying.
Baba Booey 🤣🤣🤣
Hindsight is 20/20
And her handwriting was like a 15yr old girl's
To the woman who says: "Oh, she's definitely sick. Not mentally sick. I think she has an illness, and I believe it's greed.", you drop this 👑
The little girl who appears in this doc is such a good egg. Bless her heart
Ugh I hate how the dad is defending this. "I don't think there was much mental distress".... She asked Santa to let her live!!!!! Jesus.
C Nonya Right??? Not to mention finding out that your parents did this to you would be extremely traumatic. She is going to suffer, mentally, for the rest of her life because of this. She'll definitely have trust issues and severe anxiety and depression, if not full blown PTSD.
And crying when her hair was shaved off :(
Denial dad pathetic
+C Nonya-Not only what Sam said but apparently, her mother took it so far that Hannah was put into therapy sessions to cope with the fact she was going to die. . .They put a little child. . .into therapy. . .because she believed she was going to die. . .That is just SICK. Poor Hannah has confirmed that she has suffered from a tremendous amount of issues over the ordeal. She has been depressed almost her entire life now, to where she developed depression at 12 and even suicidal thoughts. . .Thankfully and mercifully, she has never acted on them, but the duress of that depression and suicidal thoughts were probably never go away. . .And while this wasn't confirmed, it is possible Hannah does suffer some kind of PTSD (crying in her sleep, agitation, flashbacks/nightmares, etc.) over what happened and always will. This is not something anyone can ever fully recover from, let alone someone who was forced, by their own mother, to go through this at a mere 7 years old. But thankfully and pretty miraculous, it seems Hannah has found her way to find a way to live her own life-she does suffer quite a bit and knows she probably always will from what happened-but she looks to have turned into a pretty wonderful young woman.
He didn’t go to the hospital because hospitals made him uncomfortable?????
His child was dying and all he cared about was his comfort...wow!!!
This guy was in on the scam
Tamala Kakusa he also didn’t enter his garage....
Tamala Kakusa 💯
I don’t blame him
A SCAM SIS imagine that tells you he’s selfish asf
My daughter was in the hospital gravely ill and eventually died and my ex husband never went to the hospital nor did he ever go to a dr. appointment.. Some parents are just detached.
Thank goodness for the people who noticed Hannah didn't seem sick and cared enough to report it to police. Who knows how long the mother would have carried on with that charade.
The fact that people were so ready and willing to help Hannah gives me a lot of hope for humanity… and then the fact that Hannah’s mother abused their goodwill and her daughter with that almost tears it away
My daughter died of a cancerous brain tumor at age 2. I would’ve done anything to have had her survive. People don’t realize what they have! 😳😔
Nobody should have to go through that. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry ,I'm a mom first then a nurse. No parent should ever have to bury her child.
Bless you so sorry your loss x
So sorry for your loss ❤️🙏🏼
@@destinya.8115 thank you! It hurts n stings everyday, still 😳😔❤️
The sickest part was the child going to counseling to prepare for her death. I imagine that counseling would be helpful for a child who actually will be dying young. How in the world could you put your child thru that when it was so unnecessary? The psychological trauma of preparing for death as a child when she didn't even need that. Ugh.
i was wondering if someone was going to touch on that. Bob's 'she wasn't harmed and will rebound mentally very quickly' needs a shoe shoved somewhere dark and private. they convinced the poor thing she was dying.
I can't imagine it's been easy for the counselor either, It must be horrible to give counseling like that to a child just to find out they didn't need it.
The dad - "you did me wrong"
Me - you??? How about your daughter??!!
He knew.
This has to be one of the worst stories I've heard. Mad respect to the community and hopefully this vile woman's actions haven't changed their opinion on helping others in need.
There are stories much worse. Olivia Grant from Colorado was allowed to die bc her Mom had Munchausen by Proxy! She was starved to death by her Mom! Childens Hospital was also involved.
Part of parent's punishment should be volunteer work at a children's cancer hospice and see first hand how traumatic this illness is and the devastation it brings upon families.
Marsbar1212 great idea!!
Marsbar1212 preach
Marsbar1212 Good thought but don't put a predator in with vulnerable kids. Plus she might sadistically get off on it.
Got to be honest, i personally wouldn't want these people around my child if they had cancer, they are sick in the head
Marsbar1212 I'm not sure she should be trusted around children
But that would be eye opening for her
My heart broke when she asked santa to not die
That is so sad 😢
Yeah Well, He Came Through..😜
Same😭
😭
@Tanya Mcghee
Hail Santa 🎅
When I was 5 to 16 years old, my single mother regularly threatened to kick me out (up to the point of packing my bags and dragging me out of the house). And let me tell you, I would be FAR MORE TRAUMATIZED being convinced I was dying over being separated from my family. It's RIDICULOUS for the father to say that there's not much mental trauma that the little girl can't bounce back from quickly 🙄
This is another heartbreaking story . Hats off to the teachers for reaching out for help . Hope Hannah went on to have a happy life ❤
Wow the girl who gave the pop tabs to help Hannah is probably one of nicest, selfless people on earth. We could all learn from her. She is well within her rights to feel sorry for herself and to ask people to HELP HER but instead she tries to help others. Altruism personified. It shows what a great mum she has too.
What an awful thing to do to a lovely little girl.
@@TheJan8421uguguguguguf
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I'm glad the school called before her estimated death day, I don't want to imagine what the mother would've done if she was really that desperate.
Omfg! Wtf was she gonna do? Plan death or Cure?
@@tanyamcghee3922 I'm not sure and I'm glad I never do have to know.
I remember a similar case of a mother with Munchausen by proxy who ended up killing her son. It's so awful and I'm so glad Hannah's story had a happy ending.
@@o_p0tterhead same
@@o_p0tterhead wait… are you talking about the Garnett Spears case??
I don't believe the father one bit, he is showing zero emotions, no frustration, no anger towards himself or his wife, not even sadness or disappointment in relation to this whole situation.
He surely had agreed with her well beforehand upon what they would do in case they went down.
I'd be willing to accept that he was, at most, willfully blind. But don't think so either..
In 2003 Terry was sentenced to 6 1/2 years, while her husband “will service 4 years and 11 months.”
See what I mean about the father, if you honestly thought that your daughter had cancer and then found out it was all a lie, you would be livid that your daughter has been abused in such a manner. Would you be making light of the fact that your daughter was given adult drugs to make her sleep and traumatised your daughter by shaving all her hair off, but yet he's making excuses for his wife and to me that's a GUILTY conscience. That father is a Filty liar and he should be in jail.
i completely agree marcella. almost every word out of that man's mouth was in defense of himself. no concern for the child. a very pathetic and deeply disturbing reaction. my father would have been breathing fire to get me away from that woman, not trying to "restore the family.""
Marcella Sheridan there's no way he wasn't in on it
he did go to jail..... he has a relationship with his daughter and she believes him and doesnt remember him ever coming to "appointments" (or car journeys that were fake appointments) either way she is happy now and has nothing to do with the mother.
samantha carter the DEVIL is talking to you MOM. I know that!!!!!
Michelle Clough love this comment lol
The husband's defense was essentially, "I'm too dumb to understand what's happening with my own child."
Pat Flynn literally
I will accept that answer since there is not a possible better one...It is still not the truth-he knew -is the truth.
The biggest question is why he never went to a medical appointment with her? Would you not want to go if it were your child?
In my country a little girl died in suffocation because her father believed his new wife as a moroccan doctor who was expecting triplets despite being almost 50 years old. She was as finnish as he was but spoke with fake french accent.... Check our Eerika-case. liveinfinland.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/eerika-the-little-girl-no-one-loved-enough-to-save/
Well believe it or not my dad is the same. He doesnt know anything about any doctor appointments I had in all my life. My mom was the only one that knew everything about me (medically). My dad would just ask hows school plus my mom took care of all the paper work stuff and took us to the doctor and dentist
That sweetheart of a girl (I couldnt find her name on the video) who gave her pop tabs that she used for her own medication is an angel. I dont know a more pure form of caring for others. Its devistating knowing that that money ended up in the pocket of that trash human being that has the audacity to call herself a mother. That family worked for that money, literally can by can, and that woman just took it and smiled...how people can do that and feel no guilt is disgusting
My daughter had Non Hodgkin's lymphoma @ 2, she passed away at 3 and 1/2. She got a port right away! She was so happy! Her other parent was totally unsupportive the entire time. Gosh it's hard to watch this!
Wow! I googled this family, this story doesn’t end here!
Terry the mom went to prison for 6 1/2 years for her crimes against Hannah, theft and fraud. Then in 2010 she was involved in a drug scam involving her older daughters!! Apparently, Katie 27, was a medical assistant, who forged prescriptions for Vicodin, and had her mom pick up the drugs, which were shared between her mom and two sisters!!
I can’t find out if she went to jail for that too? It was proven that she did not have munchausen by proxy syndrome. Which made sense when it came out that she’d been in prison in 1989 for bank fraud! What a POS!!
Bob the father, spent 4 years 11 months in prison for scamming the town. He maintains his innocence and that he didn’t know Hannah wasn’t sick. The grandmothers charges were dropped.
Hannah spent a year in foster care & then went to live with her aunt (on her fathers side), until her father was released when she was 15. At that point she lived with her father (who she feels didn’t know), until she was 18.
What really infuriated me was how her father said that Hannah wasn’t hurt by anything the mother did!! Down playing the fact that she drugged his daughter!! Saying it was just Benadryl!! He comes off as such as idiot here!! His daughter was told she was going to DIE at 7 years old!! Her hair was shaved!! She had to wear a mask!! She wasn’t allowed to play with her friends!! He’s super lucky that his daughter forgave him!!
Well he was wrong... because Hannah says that she’s still dealing with this at 21 (the interview was done in 2017). She struggled with depression at 12, and had suicidal thoughts! Poor girl!!
Hannah is studying social work at university and wants to help foster kids. She moved back to Ohio and occasionally runs into her mom on the road. She’s terrified of Teresa and feels her mother will try and deny what she did!
Despite what she’s been put through it seems Hannah is doing pretty well, and she’s blossomed into a beautiful young woman. God bless her.
Kimberley Searching Thank you! Glad to know she’s doing well despite the odds
Was just about to google the outcome. Thank you.
Wow thx for the udate. Is there a link on the daughter currently?
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Thanks for the update!!
what about the childs weightloss? did they starve her to make her be at a low body weight?! Horrifying
Amber Brink the sleeping pills probably decreased her appetite
Amber Brink They would've had to.
They starved the child too, what an awful woman.
the meds do that, I have an immune disease (not cancer) and every pill prescribed has a list of side effects longer than the last. alot of the meds cause nausea, diarrhea, etc
I currently am taking pain meds for my medical condition and it basically turns off the "I am hungry" button. I would also sleep quite a lot. So I am having to force my self get up and eat something.
One of the saddest stories I've ever listened to. Poisoning your own child for financial gain. Monstrous.
The way the dad minimizes the mother’s abuse and the grandma tries to make the child a victim of authorities instead of her mother tells me that dad and grandma were more than likely in on it. Awful people.
I personally knew tye mother and grandmother they both are awful people the grandma was always bailing out the mother..it wasn't her first run in with the law most of her criminal activity got swept under the rug cause the grandma would bail her out
i really enjoy the part when the woman who's doing the nails is just talking and continues working it's so classic and stereotypically gossipy
Was looking for this comment lmao 💯
I love it too 😆💕✌️ 💅
Whitney Tfankedjian yes! 💅🏼
Same omg I was about to comment that too, it's the best part and so atmospheric
sis, what's the tea
That poor girl was getting counseling to prepare her to die. That's just unimaginable!!
To Stephanie.. to give something to someone that needed it (it was real to you, so it was real), at great cost to yourself..I hope you and your mother understand what an unbelievable act of charity that is..the blessings that await you 🙏🙏🙏 in this life, or your next, you will receive it a hundred times over..none could have given what you gave..I hope you carry this wonderful and pure act in your heart always..what someone has done to deceive you is irrelevant, and takes nothing away from your actions..I bow my head to you in respect 🙏
these teachers are angels. i’m so glad they were watching over hannah.
I can understand about the granny being duped by this but not the father, he's a liar, he said, I don't like hospitals, he NEVER went to the hospital for his daughters treatment, not once, don't believe him.
Marcella Sheridan Actually that's possible. My dad never went to the hospital with me, and I've been sick several times (with several hospital stays).
Marcella Sheridan
It's not nice when someone dies in hospital
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What a horrible disgusting selfish father
How sad to use a child for your own selfish needs when there is a girl needing real medical attention who gave selflessly. Makes my heart hurt.
I'm not even halfway through the video, but I just HOPE that NO ONE blames Hannah for this! She had no idea she was being used and groomed for her mom's use. It's awful because this of course makes people more questioning as to who they believe & less likely to help people who actually ARE in need.
I also hope Hannah is eventually able to connect to her childhood friends!!
That is one lousy Father! HOW did he not know?! How did he not go to a Dr. visit, Hospital, treatment, etc...?
"They're making a big deal out of OTC Benadryl" YOU'RE GIVING YOUR 7 Y/O AN ADULT DOSE OF BENADRYL AND TELLING HER SHE WENT TO CHEMO
Benadryl is not OTC in most countries. Also, according to some sources, it may have been doxylamine, which shouldn't be given to children at all.
But no big deal, right?! JFC! I wanted to punch him!
@@DellaStreet123 benadryl is OTC here as are many sleeping pills
@@ingloriousbetch4302 I know it's OTC in the USA and maybe some other countries as well, but I think it's wrong.
@@DellaStreet123 it's just an allergy pill. Many rely on it for seasonal allergies.
So the dad never spoke to a single one of Hannah's "doctors", never caught a glimpse of the caretaker, never asked to look at a bill, AND never looked under or changed one of Hannah's bandages?
I could believe one of those things, but not all of them!!!
The dad is definitely not innocent. He either knew what was going on or he's a neglectful parent.
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll bet he was in on it 100% but just playing the innocent dumb one.
Exactly!! Useless uncaring father.....he knew!!
Don't be too quick to denounce the father. My ex-wife tried that same thing with our first child and it worked for a short time on me with much less serious medical conditions. Newly married at age 22 I had only 30 days that entire year I didn't go to work. I thought our baby was just very prone to every allergy and every cold virus that existed!!! It changed when I was working at the home of an allergy specialist and told him these tests are costing between $500-$1200 every couple months and I was barely keeping myself above water financially. He "offered" to give us a free consultation if we wanted and I jumped at the chance. Immediately my wife became very skeptical. I kept insisting we go to him at least once since it's free and she kept preventing it and we never went. Our child suddenly stopped getting sick and seemed perfectly normal. It was years later I learned about Munchausen syndrome by proxy and I told her about it and she shrugged it off. Fortunately neither of our children had any other medical issues but she did end up having serious mental issues a decade later and still to this day.
After having my daughters best friend diagnosed with brain cancer at 13 yrs old I just can not wrap my head around this. Praise God she is now 23 yrs old but that diagnosis at such a young age affects all the children who love the child sick. Going to hospital to see her was extremely hard for my daughter. So this doesnt just affect Hannah. Those children that love Hannah lost a piece of their innocents as well.
I think the woman who said she knew she was in the reformatory prison knows exactly why she was there, and she was getting money from her to keep quiet. No woman would be told that by a friend and not ask why.
It boggles my mind that the Father and Grandma are more concerned about themselves than concerned about Hannah.
100% !
That's narcissism for you. Protecting themselves over protecting the victim. Everytime.
They’re all a piece of work. That poor child born to the wrong family
The father is areal idiot! I can see why it may have been so easy to keep him in the dark, if in fact he didn’t know
me and my sister believe the crew might be asking specific questions before they talk like "how did this action effect you" which could be skewing the narrative
Taking that girls pop-tabs was just pure evil, wow.
Just plan wicked
Almost Devil's advocate here......take the tabs form the girl and profit.........but they couldn't even be bothered with that. Shitstains.
They should give all them tabs that were found as evidence to the girl in the wheelchair that actually needs it.
The fact that they took from a young girl who is REALLY dying from cancer - you can't go much lower. Except maybe telling your little girl that she's dying.
And I kind if have a hard time believing that the father knew nothing. I mean your daughter has cancer and you don't go to any of her doctor's appointments. Not once you do try to find out who is treating her so you can talk to the doctor? Apparently they were shelling out hundreds of dollars for medical treatment. He either never looked at the bank account or Terri was making purchases on something - which he didn't notice?
The positive side of these cases is how many good-hearted, generous people step up when a member of their community is sick. It proves there's still a lot of good people in this world.
the child in the wheel chair....bless her kind, unselfish heart!
They should give her all the pop top ring pulls.
I am happy her pop can tags were not sold
She's a lovely soul, so good
sonie v.kay I agree she gave all her pop tops for her. Shame on Hannah's mom. Wow I could never do something like that to my children. I have a disabled child and NEVER EVER would scam s soul!!!
I'm pretty sure she's a murderer now lol
The dad says he's never been comfortable with "doctors and things". How comfortable was this little girl
thinking she was dying?
He didn't know anything was wrong until he was arrested. You have to understand how people like Terri manipulate others, and if you still think it's bullshit, then you must be a manipulator just like her. My mother manipulated my dad, aunts and grandparents for years about my health and mental state. My father hated doctors, and my grandparents didn't believe in medications. My grandparents were the ones who found my mother out and uncovered her game and had me removed from her "care".
@L Cam Well, According to a lot of people involved in this case, including Hannah, he didn’t know. Why is it cool for OP to trash someone, & twist what they said, but it’s unacceptable for someone to call them out?
@@markusallport1276 Even if he didn't like doctors he didn't even check his own daughters back to see if she had a hole in it? He not the grandma never seen the child unclothed? Even the balding should have been a dead give away to them. I'm sure she was not manipulitve as much as they knew but turned a blind eye to reap the rewards.
I have had chronic health problems since I was 5 and my dad rarely would go to the hospital with me whenever I broke something (brittle bones), and my issues were real. Apparently he has had very bad associations with hospitals (from when his dad passed, I know he was absolutely devastated.) Lots of people have phobias, so I wouldn't automatically jump to him being a bad father because of this.
Right! How selfish! It’s your kid for god’s sake. He’s guilty of being a lazy uninvolved parent
If my daughter told me her child had cancer I would not second guess her. Terri fooled everyone including her own family.
That background noise is driving me insane and I was so excited for this story lol.
and the father defending her actions like "oh it was only Benadryl"
clearly no remorse
That pissed me off
Update on this case: Mother was found guilty and released after 6 1/2 years. Has since been arrested, along with her oldest daughter, for forging prescriptions and fraud. The dad served 5 years. Grandmother was released.
Hannah lived with family members in another state and struggled with depression. She gave an interview to Teen Vogue last year about her struggle and encouraged abused kids not to blame themselves.
Thanks for the update!! I'm not surprised the dad went to jail. He seemed like a total crook to me.
Jennifer lawrence of course he went to jail! He was in on it the whole time!
cyranothe2nd thank you for the update. The show ended and I was like hello what the heck happened to them all, so ty.
Thanks
cyranothe2nd Do you know when this documentary was published? Just looking for a timeline.
Wow the mom even spoke in front of her class about her cancer and treatment. That's absolutely cruel.
The dad definitely took part in this that poor child suffered so much bless her heart
That family is acting like they are victims but what about the child and the people that have been duped out of their money, they convinced a little girl that she is dying, that is sick, that woman should not have her child back
+POP! sey All true. And that dad is a lying liar, claiming that his wife just described everything so elaborately due to her "mental illness" that he was fooled too. So, he thought his daughter was dying of leukemia (blood cancer) that also gave her tumors all over her body... yet he never met and never spoke to a single one of her doctors, never went to a treatment session, never picked up medications, never paid or even saw a single one of these bills the family was so worried about paying? Fathers of a 7 year old cancer patients are typically run ragged going to doctors appointments and hospital visits. This dad - who claims he heard all the details of the "cancer," yet never sees a doctor, never sees a report, and never goes to a hospital - is 100% complicit.
POP! sey zero sympathy should ever be given to these psychos- dad right now saying daughter in no way hurt. Horrifyingly narcissistic!
That girl in the wheel chair, I hope she got compensated! Bless her heart 😢
I'm willing to bet part of the reason she was included in this documentary was to bring attention to her and her mom so that they can receive some financial aid.
Dad saying that the daughter will be fine and get over this very quickly shows how little he knows or cares. I believe the child will carry issues from this for her whole life. She will move on, I'm sure, but knowing that your parents were using you for money isn't gonna just go away.
While I understand that the mother had a genuine psychological condition, her behavior is absolutely disgusting. She doesn’t deserve to be a mother or have contact with that child. While I can’t say whether or not the grandmother or father knew what the actual truth was, there’s no way that they didn’t have their doubts as far as what was going on with Hannah as she was growing up. There’s way too many places where holes would be exposed in the story as far as chemo ports and doctors visits for me to truly believe that they were 100% innocent as far as the lies perpetrated by the mother. Even worse is how she continually alter the narrative to hide the truth from her husband. Suddenly doctors appointments are moved and he never was around when “Beth,” the home health aide would be at the house. Even more sickening is having your own daughter lie as far as some fictional relationship with Beth, who chances are she never even saw herself because of the sleeping pills she was forcing down her daughters throat. But their participation in this story at the very least let’s me believe that they weren’t a part in this whole plan. To me they seem more like pawns who the mother would move around as needed to further push the story along. I couldn’t in my wildest dreams imagine doing this to my child so I can get some sort of attention or compassion. A child is supposed to be able to wake up and go to school and just simply enjoy experiencing whatever life has to offer them. I hope that this woman wakes up every single day with a feeling of dread and anxiety of having to face another day with the consequences of her own actions. I hope she is never allowed to be around children without supervision and I hope that Hannah gets to live the rest of her life as a happy and carefree woman and doesn’t live with this in the back of her mind each and every single day. The mother isn’t insane. She’s a monster. She’s greedy. She doesn’t deserve to be believed in anything she says for the rest of her life. It’s sad though because if at some point she does have an actual terminal disease and does need to ask the public for help no one will believe her again. As much as a lawyer would love to paint her munchausen by proxy as being insane it’s honestly nothing more than someone who is just dying to be the center of everyone’s world. It’s selfish and self centered. It’s egotistical. It’s nothing more than feeling like people don’t pay enough attention to me and I’m not popular enough so let me act like a fool and create some elaborate lie so I can get that attention. Don’t think that the piles of negative attention is what she was after but I guess we can say she got what she wanted. Now everyone knows who you are so mission accomplished. Go pay back all those people and get them back all the emotional energy they spent praying and worrying about your family and your daughter unnecessarily. I don’t think there are enough days left of the earth revolving around the sun to make up for all of that. Hannah was lucky that child protective services stepped in because there would be no guarantee of her safety from her mothers reckless actions if she were to have been in the grandmothers custody. That grandmother would have bent the rules as far as letting the mother have contact with her daughter and that would have only lead to more confusion and disappointment in Hannah’s life. While she will more than likely never forget what happened she absolutely deserves the chance to put it behind her and have the life she so greatly deserves. Hannah’s own actions and her rekindled relationship with her father also helps show how he genuinely didn’t have the role the lawyers would have you believe in this whole sad story. At 7 Hannah was old enough to realize that it all stemmed from her mom and thankfully didn’t harbor ill will towards a father who was equally blindsided by the actions of a woman who simply didn’t wanna face losing him in a divorce so she lied to keep him around. Brilliant move sweetheart. I hope your time in prison for this Nobel prize winning idea was worth it.
This reminds me of that girl Gypsy whose mom pretended that she was disabled and put her in a wheelchair and then Gypsy ended up killing her mom
There are a lot of things like this.many more cases then are actually found out
Oh yes. The Gypsy Rose story. That poor girl, her mom physically abused her. I thought of her story too.
@@majormana1 my grandmother had this. She was never diagnosed. They lived in a small town where you ask no questions, and ignore what you may suspect. My aunt was so abused, she has blocked memories up until she was 11. She also abused her own self sooo it wasn't just by proxy with her. She lived with me a while and actually put her own eye out, poked herself up the rear with a sharp object to cause severe bleeding, and sliced open her palm for medical attention and church sympathy. Thankfully, she died a few years back. Unfortunately, it was from leukemia and her family wasn't there for her because of all the things she did. None of us went to her funeral and we don't know who ended up with her ashes.
Same!
Ldyether wooow, that none of you went to her funeral is just so disgusting I cant even tell you how much.
It's nice to know that a town would give so much. Even though they were scammed, it shows that they were so kind.
Nathan Spencer it is touching i hope if i ever needed my community id get even a fraction of this love and support but where i live in uk its all foreigners and strangers noone wants to even say hello most the time. My corridoor on my block we have lovely neighbours and thats it really so sad.
Awee... God bless this community. Especially, the mum and daughter who donate their pop aluminium things to help Hannah. Regardless of the fraud, they're are beautiful humans!
This entire thing makes me sick. I CAN'T believe the "dad" says she wasn't damaged mentally or physically? That woman TORTURED her in my opinion. My daughter is 3, I never want to think of anything bad happening to her & this witch did this... probably hoping it was true.
I'm disgusted in these people ...
being a mother who has lost a child to Leukaemia it's beyond my comprehension .for the life of me i can't understand how they could do this to this poor little girl .
wishing Hannah a happy ling life
I'm so sorry for your loss. This story must hit a sad place in your heart. I can tell you are a good mother, your child was very lucky to have you. Hugs from Minnesota
Deanne M I'm sorry for your lost
Lisa Gallo Thankyou
JKL Thankyou
Deanne M sorry for your loss
The sad thing is that business that donated probably won't ever donate again to anything because of this.
Dusk Bringer I wouldn't go that far
Sad but true! It happens all the time!
TheDarkerKnight I would go that far totally. People don’t donate when people really need help anymore! Look at Flint! They would rather donate BILLIONS to rebuild a stupid church! Families need help and they can’t get it! I ought to know!
The father was downplaying everything that poor girl went through, I bet he lied about not knowing.
People keep saying "thank God they stopped it before it became a gypsy rose situation" and unfortunately most children in this situation end up being murdered by their parent, gypsy rose case is actually rare