{"podcast":{"title":"Mysteries and Histories","slug":"mysteries-and-histories-1576928","podcast_index_feed_id":1576928,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f731918/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBTMJwtvyuP7XMgpofJWH5g/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45441686/06037aa4e36546ef.png","author":"Georgia Marie","episode_count":302,"summary":"Join Georgia as each week she talks you through important pieces of history that more people should know about or true crime cases that require more public attention - awareness and education are key!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:18:28.244014+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928"},"episode":{"title":"The Case SOLVED by a TV Show","slug":"the-case-solved-by-a-tv-show","published_at":"2026-06-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/the-case-solved-by-a-tv-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgiamariexo/episodes/The-Case-SOLVED-by-a-TV-Show-e3lfdgi","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f731918/podcast/play/122188754/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-30%2F427090587-44100-2-838201cb48f06.mp3","summary":"The Patty Stallings case is a nightmare of bad science turned into a murder charge and a rare example of TV saving the day. In 1989, when Patty’s newborn fell violently ill, lab results were misread as antifreeze poisoning, and she was swiftly branded a baby‑killer, arrested, and convicted even as her second child showed the same terrifying symptoms. After her story aired on Unsolved Mysteries , watching doctors recognized the pattern as a rare metabolic disorder, methylmalonic acidemia, that only looks like antifreeze poisoning on tests, proving her children were sick because of genetics, not abuse. Patty was eventually cleared, but only after losing a child and years of her life, making her case a stark warning about how quickly “clear evidence” can collapse and how a single TV episode can sometimes do what the justice system failed to do.","meta_description":"The Patty Stallings case is a nightmare of bad science turned into a murder charge and a rare example of TV saving the day. In 1989, when Patty’s newborn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1585,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/episodes/the-case-solved-by-a-tv-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/the-case-solved-by-a-tv-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}