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Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat was renowned for getting amazing results. Women who were desperate for children would visit him at his Rotterdam clinic and leave pregnant. But when the clinic closed, rumours began about the methods Karbaat used to achieve his success. The children conceived at the clinic - the Karbaat Kids - began asking difficult questions about what happened to their mothers. What happened in Dr Karbaat’s clinic? From Somethin’ Else, The Immaculate Deception is a story about a doctor who was determined to create life - by any means possible. Reported and hosted by Jenny Kleeman.This is a Somethin' Else production.
A dead doctor's recorded interview can only go so far; you'll want to hear his children's questions.
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Jenny Kleeman revisits the reporting choices, ethical pressure, and personal interviews behind The Immaculate Deception.
This making-of bonus returns Jenny Kleeman to spring 2017, when reporting on the Carbat case and Tim Booters' effort to have Carbat's DNA extracted first pulled her into the story.
Natalie's search for her donor father turns a fertility scandal into a family question with medical stakes.
Jan Corbat's fertility-clinic abuses are framed through mothers who say they carried his children and donor-conceived people trying to absorb what it means to share his DNA.
A donor-conception investigation turns darker when the doctor at its center is confirmed dead.
A search for identity darkens into a more troubling investigation as donor-conceived adults press for answers about the doctor at the center of their case.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
["Jenny Kleeman and producer Paul Smith use this bonus episode of The Immaculate Deception to explain how a spring 2017 Dutch DNA dispute over Carbat became a story about mothers, secrecy, and fertility medicine.", "Kleeman says pregnancy with her second child made the case visceral, because she kept thinking about women lying back during gynecological exams and trusting doctors who told them not to tell anyone.", "The reporting widened from Joey and Natalie to Marsha, Inga, and Lydia in Benidorm, while the team also visited the Barendrecht clinic and kept pushing for a mother willing to speak.", "The episode lands on Rita Carbat, the appetite for apology over damages, and the lingering taboo around male infertility and donor sperm."]
The Immaculate Deception episode 7, “The Karbastards,” follows Jenny Kleeman as she traces Jan Corbat’s legacy through Dutch families he affected.
The Immaculate Deception episode "The Nose Hair Trimmer" follows Laura Bosch and Tim Butos as they try to prove that Dutch fertility doctor Jan Carbat used his own sperm and altered donor records.
An investigation into Dutch fertility doctor Jan Karbaat who fathered over 60 children using his own sperm without patients' consent.
Jenny Kleeman investigates whether Jan Corbat transported his own sperm to Miami and San Francisco, after reports of thousands of samples passing through customs once and being destroyed another time.
Camille Balluck describes his 2016 interview with fertility doctor Jan Carbat, who had used his own sperm to father at least 60 children without mothers’ knowledge or consent.
The episode begins with a Home Depot ad, then the host describes discovering a photo grid of the Karbaat kids and reflecting on the doctor's motives.
The episode introduces the story of Dr.