Munchausen By Internet

On the Media | Sep 24, 2015

Taryn Harper Wright spends her spare time unraveling the stories of people who fake illnesses online, a syndrome known as 'Munchausen by Internet'. She talks with Bob about how she spots hoaxes among countless illness-related blogs, Facebook pages, and message boards, and the surprising relationships she's formed with some of the people she's exposed. 

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