# Maternal Instinct: What Taylor Parker Was Faking Long Before the Pregnancy

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426)
Published: 2026-06-25T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8920494
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Taylor Parker Maternal Instinct — the fake pregnancy was the crescendo, not the first note. Long before Taylor Parker told Wade Griffin she was carrying his child, she was rehearsing. Cancer. MS. A brain tumor. A stroke she performed on camera with symptoms convincing enough to fool the people closest to her. Each lie she got away with built the foundation for the next. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the full arc of Taylor Parker's deception in this conversation — from the fabricated medical emergencies to the silicone belly, the stolen ultrasound images, and the nine-month performance that ended in the death of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn daughter. What does a professional trained in behavioral patterns see in this case that the average viewer doesn't? Before Wade Griffin, Taylor fixated on her friend Kenzie's real pregnancy — tried to plan the gender reveal, asked to access her pregnancy-tracking app. Kenzie cut her off. Taylor packed up, moved to a new town, and started over with a new audience. Her brother told the court her personality changed after weight loss surgery. The people who knew her longest say the woman in the documentary is unrecognizable. This interview puts the biggest question on the table: was the pregnancy the moment Taylor Parker snapped, or just the lie that finally got too big to sustain? Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimeP…

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