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Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family

October 30, 2013

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Dr. Phil - S12 - E38

A 65-year-old widow says she is in love with a man she has never met but has given tens of thousands of dollars; a private investigator tracks him down.

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Dr. Phil: Season 12 - 88 Episode s

12x1 - Secret Life of a Sex Addict
September 9, 2013
Whether sex addiction is a real disorder or just an excuse for bad behaviour. Marcos and Yvette say they are unable to stop having affairs and Staci says she meets strangers for sex anytime and anywhere.
12x2 - Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide
September 10, 2013
"The Bachelor" star Gia Allemand's mother discusses her recent suicide, and co-star Jake Pavelka gives an emotional tribute.
12x3 - Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish?
September 11, 2013
Dr. Phil sends a private investigator to check up on guests' fiances, whom they have never met in person; a woman flies to Nigeria to confront an online con artist; the man whose identity was stolen to lure former guest Dawn into a fake relationship.
12x4 - Football Star Accused: Did He Do It?
September 12, 2013
A teen football star accused of rape and his accuser speak out about how one alcohol-fueled night changed their lives in an instant; his parents insist that their son is innocent and that the girl just wants attention.
12x5 - Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out
September 13, 2013
A 16-year-old girl says four classmates raped her while she was intoxicated; one of the accused and his parents react; Leah says her 17-year-old daughter committed suicide after being raped and bullied; Alexis says she was also raped as a teen.
12x6 - Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back!
September 16, 2013
Self-professed monster-in-law Khalood returns with shocking news; her daughter has a heart-to-heart with Dr. Phil.
12x7 - Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron?
September 17, 2013
The parents of a missing child come together to tell Dr. Phil why they believe his stepmother may know more than she is admitting.
12x8 - Dangerous Online Obsession (1)
September 18, 2013
A mother learns the details of her 17-year-old daughter's online and offline activities.
12x9 - Dangerous Online Obsession (2)
September 19, 2013
The parents of a 15-year-old girl who appears to have been abducted and killed by a man she met on Facebook come forward to share their heartbreaking story.
12x10 - The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter
September 20, 2013
The mother of teen "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter, who lost custody of the girl amid accusations of physical and verbal abuse, tells her side of the story.
12x11 - Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom
September 23, 2013
Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys discusses his struggles with drugs and alcohol; a teen high-school dropout admits to abusing drugs, stealing her parents' car and dating a man nearly 10 years older.
12x12 - Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend
September 24, 2013
Parents say their teen daughter is making dangerous choices and confront her much-older boyfriend for the first time; Nick Carter performs.
12x13 - Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines
September 25, 2013
Rapper DMX discusses his drug addiction, erratic behavior, arrests and a streaking incident caught on tape.
12x14 - Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher
September 26, 2013
A woman living the high life suddenly falls deep in debt when her husband files for divorce; 28-year-old Steven still lives at home, on his parents' dime.
12x15 - Explosive Anger
September 27, 2013
Nichole's husband denies getting violent when he drinks; a couple say their son's rage is out of control and they fear for their lives; two survivors of a road-rage incident caught on tape tell their story.
12x16 - Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild?
September 30, 2013
A 19-year-old beauty queen says her career was ruined when young women sent compromising photos of her to pageant officials, and she faces one of the former friends who admits to sending the images.
12x17 - Dangerous and Violent Love
October 1, 2013
Bridgette says she is terrified of her abusive, controlling boyfriend, but she is too fearful to leave him; women who survived brutal attacks by their exes tell their stories.
12x18 - Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret
October 2, 2013
A young woman who was the only survivor of a drunken driving accident that killed two of her friends tells of her subsequent reckless behavior and leaving others to care for her infant son.
12x19 - A Drunken Mother's Rage
October 3, 2013
Jessica's fiance says her anger and drinking are out of control, causing chaos in their blended family; the husband of a woman who lost 100 pounds does not support her transformation.
12x20 - Ask Dr. Phil
October 4, 2013
A woman wonders whether she should marry her brother-in-law to fulfill her deceased sister's dying wish; a wife says her shopping addiction is ruining her marriage; an obese former beauty queen asks why she is afraid to slim down.
12x21 - Pretty Mean Girls
October 7, 2013
Holly says her sister Andrea is ruining their relationship because of her bullying and attacks on people.
12x22 - Munchausen Mom
October 8, 2013
Tina's syndrome causes her to harm herself to get attention; Samantha fakes illnesses.
12x23 - Threats, Fights and Videotape
October 9, 2013
Two couples' explosive fights are caught on tape and destroying their marriages.
12x24 - Pregnant at 11
October 10, 2013
At 11 years old, Hope got pregnant with then 13-year-old Bailey's child.
12x25 - Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal
October 11, 2013
"Golden Sisters" Mary, Josie and Teresa; women who date much younger men; actress Tami Erin.
12x26 - Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend
October 14, 2013
Malinda says she is in love with a registered sex offender and does not plan to leave him, even though she has a 4-year-old daughter.
12x27 - Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided
October 15, 2013
Family members take polygraph tests in an unsolved murder case.
12x28 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums
October 16, 2013
A couple say their 20-year-old daughter went from being a straight-A student to a heroin addict.
12x29 - My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision
October 17, 2013
Lisa says her longtime husband is verbally abusive and controlling, sending her into the arms of her boyfriend.
12x30 - Bitter and Twisted
October 18, 2013
A pair accuse each other of being a poor parent to their 16-year-old son; Alysia says her mother neglected her and her siblings, leaving her to be the mother figure.
12x31 - Dad's Wife Is Ruining Our Life
October 21, 2013
Allan wants a better relationship with his 38-year-old twin daughters, who he has been at odds with since their mother died more than a decade ago.
12x32 - Stepdad Takes On Dr. Phil
October 22, 2013
Brenda claims her husband, Drew, physically and verbally abuses her 14-year-old son and ridicules her 20-year-old daughter, who is intellectually disabled; he denies being abusive and says he is trying to prepare them for the real world.
12x33 - Stepparent Abuse?
October 23, 2013
Dr. Phil continues his discussion with Brenda and Drew, who are at odds over the way Brenda says he treats her two children; Dr. Phil's wife, Robin, has a strong message for the couple; Lauren says her 2-year-old daughter was murdered by her stepmom.
12x34 - My Mother-in-Law Destroyed My Marriage
October 24, 2013
Joey blames his wife's mother for the failure of his marriage; after learning that her husband had an affair with one of her friends, Ashley is afraid to let him out of her sight.
12x35 - Teen Mom: Should They Kick Her Out?
October 25, 2013
Valerie says her 19-year-old daughter, Alyssa, is a lazy, irresponsible mother who refuses to get a job and leaves her baby unattended; Alyssa says her mother and stepfather's strict rules make her feel like she's in prison; actor Antonio Sabato Jr.
12x36 - When Love Hurts
October 28, 2013
Courtney must decide whether to return to her husband, who has been convicted of domestic assault; an abuse survivor's shocking story; Robin McGraw's important announcement.
12x37 - Abandoned by Their Mother: Reunion Aftermath/Exclusive: Baby Veronica Returns
October 29, 2013
Professional locator Troy Dunn helps to reunite a 19-year-old with the mother who gave her up; the custody battle involving baby Veronica.
12x38 - Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family
October 30, 2013
A 65-year-old widow says she is in love with a man she has never met but has given tens of thousands of dollars; a private investigator tracks him down.
12x39 - An Online Imposter Faked Her Death and Sent Me Ashes
October 31, 2013
A catfish who orchestrated several online dating deceptions faces her victims; a man says his ex falsely accused him of posting online intimate photos and videos of her.
12x40 - Parental Alienation: Who's to Blame?
November 1, 2013
Sara says her ex has brainwashed and alienated their grown children against her; he and his new wife say they are afraid of her.
12x41 - Starving Myself, Killing My Family
November 4, 2013
An anorexic, bulimic woman who weighs only 75 pounds and could die at any moment meets a woman whose eating disorder left her with permanent brain damage.
12x42 - Exclusive: Ariel Castro's First Victim Speaks Out
November 5, 2013
Ariel Castro abduction survivor Michelle Knight reveals the acts of cruelty that took place in the Cleveland house.
12x43 - Chained, Tortured and Starved: The First Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Reveals All
November 6, 2013
Ariel Castro abduction survivor Michelle Knight reveals details of more than a decade of captivity in the Cleveland house, the day she and the other women were rescued and what her life has been like since.
12x44 - Spies, Suspicions and Sexual Accusations
November 7, 2013
Cindy says her husband constantly accuses her of cheating, spies on her and even faked a suicide attempt to manipulate her into a confession.
12x45 - A Husband Obsessed, a Wife Accused
November 8, 2013
Dr. Phil examines Mike's "evidence" that he says proves his wife is unfaithful.
12x46 - From Housewife to Secret Sex Life: A Sister Intervention
November 11, 2013
Women say they worry about their sister's 9-year-old daughter being exposed to her new, alternative lifestyle, which includes a sexual fetish group.
12x47 - A Sister Intervention: The Boyfriend's Sordid Past Revealed
November 12, 2013
Emily and Lori meet their sister Kim's boyfriend and learn a shocking secret about his past; Kim's 9-year-old daughter may be in danger.
12x48 - Feuding Exes: Children Caught in the Crossfire
November 13, 2013
Parents admit that since their divorce, they have made several serious allegations against each other, and their 9-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son are stuck in the middle of the turmoil.
12x49 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios
November 14, 2013
Parents do not believe that their 19-year-old son committed suicide, and two witnesses agree to take polygraph tests to clear the cloud of suspicion they say follows them as the result of the parents' allegations.
12x50 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios: The Polygraph Results
November 15, 2013
Parents do not believe that their 19-year-old son committed suicide, and two witnesses agree to take polygraph tests to clear the cloud of suspicion they say follows them as the result of the parents' allegations.
12x51 - Survivor Winner's Losing Battle
November 18, 2013
Intoxicated "Survivor: China" winner Todd Herzog comes onstage to confront his family, who say he is a dangerous alcoholic.
12x52 - The Doctor, His Wife, His Mistress, the Murder
November 19, 2013
Gypsy Willis, the former mistress of a doctor recently convicted in the 2007 murder of his wife, discusses the case and her own 2009 conviction of fraud.
12x53 - My Mother-in-Law Believes I'm a Killer
November 20, 2013
Ty's wife and mother have not seen or spoken to each other in seven years, because his mother has made serious accusations against his wife, including involvement in her other son's death; the three face one another onstage.
12x54 - Midlife Marriage Meltdown: Torn Between Two Men
November 21, 2013
Judy's husband of 30 years had a midlife crisis and an affair and filed for divorce, but now that she has a new boyfriend, he wants her back.
12x55 - Dump Your Fiancee Now!
November 22, 2013
Tone and John disapprove of their brother's fiancee, who they say is rude, selfish, manipulative and abuses drugs; she says the siblings are responsible for all of the family drama.
12x56 - Did She Marry an Imposter?
November 25, 2013
A man accused of impersonating a doctor, a professional hockey player and a wealthy businessman tells his side of the story.
12x57 - Pageant Mom: Did She Put Her Daughter in Danger?
November 26, 2013
A pageant mom fights to have a website remove a sexually suggestive post featuring her 11-year-old daughter's photo; a 21-year-old mother of three explains her arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old.
12x58 - Inside the Baseball Wife's Assault on Her Pitcher Husband
November 27, 2013
Anna Benson ("Baseball Wives") tells of showing up heavily armed and wearing a bulletproof vest at the home of her estranged husband, ballplayer Kris Benson.
12x59 - My Husband Shot Me; My Husband Killed My Kids
November 29, 2013
Samantha's war-veteran husband shot her with an AK-47, destroying her legs; Laurie's ex-husband shot and killed their 4- and 5-year-old sons.
12x60 - Love, Lies and Murder: Killer Doctor's Daughter Reacts to Mistress Interview
December 2, 2013
A daughter of Dr. Martin MacNeill tells why she helped prosecutors build a case against him in the death of her mother and reacts to Dr. Phil's interview with her father's former mistress, Gypsy Willis.
12x61 - Parents Divided Over Disowning Their Son
December 3, 2013
A couple say their young-adult son has become angry and violent, and they are divided over whether to cut him out of their lives.
12x62 - Scandals Ripped From the Headlines
December 4, 2013
Kimberly is accused of throwing an alcohol-filled party with 26 teens in her home; Soraida says her ex posted her and her 16-year-old daughter's information on Internet escort sites, causing men to show up at their home; repairing one's reputation.
12x63 - Pregnant in Handcuffs: Shopping Outrage or Innocent Mistake?
December 5, 2013
A former minor-league ballplayer, two actors and a young mother say they were victims of racial profiling.
12x64 - Twin Trouble and Marriage Misery
December 6, 2013
Competitive twins and triplets say their relationships are suffering; a woman says her depression is ruining her marriage.
12x65 - Violent Vixen
December 6, 2013
Parents say their 16-year-old daughter went from a straight-A student to violent and out of control during their contentious divorce.
12x66 - I Did Not Try to Blind My Wife
December 10, 2013
Heather says her new husband is physically and verbally abusive and she fears that he will seriously hurt or kill her; he says that since he returned from Iraq he has had trouble controlling his anger and has abused her dog, but would never harm her.
12x67 - 16 and on the Path of Destruction
December 11, 2013
Kelly says her 16-year-old daughter has an eating disorder, is suicidal, cuts herself, has overdosed on prescription medication and lashes out in anger on a daily basis; the girl says her mom is overreacting.
12x68 - Give Me Back My Child
December 12, 2013
Rabecca says her mother tricked her into giving her custody of her 4-year-old daughter; her mother tells why she contacted Child Protective Services.
12x69 - A High School Homecoming, a Rape and a Ruined Relationship
December 13, 2013
Brianna says she was raped by two high-school classmates at a party, and her mother coerced her into sharing her story with the national media, creating a backlash from her peers; her mother makes allegations of her own; author Mitch Albom weighs in.
12x70 - A 26-Year Age Divide: Can This Couple Be Saved?
December 16, 2013
A 24-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man have both served time for domestic assault due to their volatile relationship.
12x71 - A Husband's Betrayal: Lies, Secret Video Tapes and Financial Ruin
December 17, 2013
A woman discovers her husband has spent almost all of their money on his affairs with multiple women; a surprise for the parents of a toddler injured by a drunk driver.
12x72 - Haunted By the Evidence: Why Was My Brother Killed?
December 18, 2013
A man is determined to prove his brother's death was a homicide, but his efforts are tearing his family apart.
12x73 - Obsessed and Over It
December 19, 2013
A woman who can't stop picking at her skin; a man's perfectionism threatens to destroy his relationship.
12x74 - Amber Portwood: Teen Mom Out of Prison ... Now What?
December 20, 2013
Amber Portwood ("Teen Mom") discusses addiction, anger issues, prison and whether she can be a good mother to her 4-year-old daughter; a surprise for a deserving foster mother.
12x75 - Reckless Runaway Teen
January 6, 2014
Parents say that even a GPS tracking anklet has not prevented 16-year-old Caitlin from running away from home; siblings tell of being shot by intruders and witnessing their friend's death.
12x76 - Fat, Furious and Fed Up
January 7, 2014
Dr. Travis Stork helps 400-pound Robert and 300-pound Rose learn healthier eating habits.
12x77 - A Father Accused: Did He Molest His Children?
January 8, 2014
Adam denies raping his wife and molesting their two toddlers, saying she is mentally unstable and angry that their marriage is falling apart.
12x78 - I Swear I'm Being Cyber Stalked, Wiretapped and Followed
January 9, 2014
A 51-year-old man says he has been stalked, wiretapped and hacked by an unknown group of people trying to terrorize him for the past four years.
12x79 - Double Trouble: Teen Sisters Out of Control
January 10, 2014
Kristen says her nieces are angry, violent teens who abuse drugs and have been expelled from school for assaulting their classmates.
12x80 - Spankings, Secrets, a SWAT Standoff: A Family Torn Apart
January 13, 2014
Mindy says her children are afraid of their father's violent behavior; he says she is a liar and a manipulator.
12x81 - Hoarding Chew and Spit Bags: My Daughter's Eating Disorder Is Slowly Killing Her
January 14, 2014
Stefany says she fears for the life of her 17-year-old, who has had an eating disorder since the age of 5.
12x82 - Bad Teen or Bad Mom?
January 15, 2014
Fifteen-year-old Baylea's out-of-control rages are sometimes so violent that police are called to intervene.
12x83 - Stabbed and Abandoned/Addicted to Video Games?
January 16, 2014
Shannon says her family did not visit her in the hospital after her ex-boyfriend nearly killed her; Kasey wants her adult son to stop playing video games all the time and grow up.
12x84 - Elkhart 4: Justice or Overkill?
January 17, 2014
After five young people break into a home and the homeowner shoots one of them to death, the others are charged with his murder.
12x85 - Broken Nose, Broken Marriage
January 20, 2014
Danielle says her husband is jealous and abusive and was recently arrested for assaulting her, but she still wants to save their marriage.
12x86 - Life out of Order Because of My Disorder: Addicted to Pregnancy
January 21, 2014
Liz's marriage is on the verge of divorce because of her many addictions and illnesses; Sydney says some sounds, smells and touches irritate her so much that she must keep her distance from her fiance and children.
12x87 - Mooching, Stealing, Sloppy Son: Should They Kick Him Out?
January 22, 2014
Brandi and her fiance are on the verge of splitting up because of the tension and fighting her lazy 20-year-old son causes.
12x88 - A Daughter's Dark Memory: Why Doesn't Her Mother Remember?
January 23, 2014
Aubrey believes that her mother knew her stepfather was beating and molesting her from the ages of 8 to 16; her mother insists she had no idea what was going on.

12x1 - Secret Life of a Sex Addict

12x2 - Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide

12x3 - Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish?

12x4 - Football Star Accused: Did He Do It?

12x5 - Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out

12x6 - Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back!

12x7 - Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron?

12x8 - Dangerous Online Obsession (1)

12x9 - Dangerous Online Obsession (2)

12x10 - The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter

12x11 - Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom

12x12 - Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend

12x13 - Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines

12x14 - Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher

12x15 - Explosive Anger

12x16 - Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild?

12x17 - Dangerous and Violent Love

12x18 - Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret

12x19 - A Drunken Mother's Rage

12x20 - Ask Dr. Phil

12x21 - Pretty Mean Girls

12x22 - Munchausen Mom

12x23 - Threats, Fights and Videotape

12x24 - Pregnant at 11

12x25 - Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal

12x26 - Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend

12x27 - Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided

12x28 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums

12x29 - My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision

12x30 - Bitter and Twisted

12x31 - Dad's Wife Is Ruining Our Life

12x32 - Stepdad Takes On Dr. Phil

12x33 - Stepparent Abuse?

12x34 - My Mother-in-Law Destroyed My Marriage

12x35 - Teen Mom: Should They Kick Her Out?

12x36 - When Love Hurts

12x37 - Abandoned by Their Mother: Reunion Aftermath/Exclusive: Baby Veronica Returns

12x38 - Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family

12x39 - An Online Imposter Faked Her Death and Sent Me Ashes

12x40 - Parental Alienation: Who's to Blame?

12x41 - Starving Myself, Killing My Family

12x42 - Exclusive: Ariel Castro's First Victim Speaks Out

12x43 - Chained, Tortured and Starved: The First Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Reveals All

12x44 - Spies, Suspicions and Sexual Accusations

12x45 - A Husband Obsessed, a Wife Accused

12x46 - From Housewife to Secret Sex Life: A Sister Intervention

12x47 - A Sister Intervention: The Boyfriend's Sordid Past Revealed

12x48 - Feuding Exes: Children Caught in the Crossfire

12x49 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios

12x50 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios: The Polygraph Results

12x51 - Survivor Winner's Losing Battle

12x52 - The Doctor, His Wife, His Mistress, the Murder

12x53 - My Mother-in-Law Believes I'm a Killer

12x54 - Midlife Marriage Meltdown: Torn Between Two Men

12x55 - Dump Your Fiancee Now!

12x56 - Did She Marry an Imposter?

12x57 - Pageant Mom: Did She Put Her Daughter in Danger?

12x58 - Inside the Baseball Wife's Assault on Her Pitcher Husband

12x59 - My Husband Shot Me; My Husband Killed My Kids

12x60 - Love, Lies and Murder: Killer Doctor's Daughter Reacts to Mistress Interview

12x61 - Parents Divided Over Disowning Their Son

12x62 - Scandals Ripped From the Headlines

12x63 - Pregnant in Handcuffs: Shopping Outrage or Innocent Mistake?

12x64 - Twin Trouble and Marriage Misery

12x65 - Violent Vixen

12x66 - I Did Not Try to Blind My Wife

12x67 - 16 and on the Path of Destruction

12x68 - Give Me Back My Child

12x69 - A High School Homecoming, a Rape and a Ruined Relationship

12x70 - A 26-Year Age Divide: Can This Couple Be Saved?

12x71 - A Husband's Betrayal: Lies, Secret Video Tapes and Financial Ruin

12x72 - Haunted By the Evidence: Why Was My Brother Killed?

12x73 - Obsessed and Over It

12x74 - Amber Portwood: Teen Mom Out of Prison ... Now What?

12x75 - Reckless Runaway Teen

12x76 - Fat, Furious and Fed Up

12x77 - A Father Accused: Did He Molest His Children?

12x78 - I Swear I'm Being Cyber Stalked, Wiretapped and Followed

12x79 - Double Trouble: Teen Sisters Out of Control

12x80 - Spankings, Secrets, a SWAT Standoff: A Family Torn Apart