
← The Misery Machine5. Okt. · 20 Min.
The Horrifying Case of Katie McCarron
<p>This week, Drewby and Yergy travel to Morton, Illinois, to discuss the case of Katherine "Katie" McCarron, a 3-year-old autistic girl who was killed by her mother, Karen Frank-McCarron, a former pathologist, who suffocated the child with a plastic garbage bag. According to trial records and confessions, Karen drove Katie to her parents' empty home and held a plastic bag over the toddler's head for about two minutes until she stopped struggling. In a disturbing series of actions immediately following the murder, she drove Katie's body back to their own home, placed her in bed to make it look like she was napping, went to a local store to buy herself ice cream, and then returned to her parents' house to remove the garbage bag to conceal evidence. In a videotaped confession, Karen stated she wanted to "fix" her daughter, saying, "Maybe I could fix her this way, and in heaven she would be complete." She expressed immense guilt and frustration over her daughter's autism, mistakenly blaming herself for allowing Katie to receive childhood vaccines, and told investigators she "just wanted autism out of my life."</p><p><br></p><p>Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine</p><p>Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1</p><p>PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine</p><p>Official Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/</p><p>Instagram: miserymachinepodcast</p><p>Twitter: misery_podcast</p><p><br></p><p>#documentary #themiserymachine #truecrime </p><p><br></p><p>🚨 EDUCATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY, SCIENTIFIC, OR ARTISTIC CONTENT DISCLAIMER 🚨</p><p>CONTENT WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT A SENSITIVE TOPIC INVOLVING LOSS OF LIFE. WE'VE REMOVED ANY GRAPHIC CONTENT TO COMPLY WITH YOUTUBE'S GUIDELINES. WE AIM TO PROVIDE INFORMATIVE, FACTUAL JOURNALISM ON A TRAGIC EVENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT DOES NOT DISMISS ITS SERIOUSNESS. ALL CLIPS ARE USED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF FAIR USE FOR NEWS REPORTING AND ANALYSIS.</p><p><br></p><p>Fair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."</p><p><br></p><p>THE CONTENT IN THIS VI