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Episode 178

Family Destroyed By Sexual Abuse, Secrets and Lies

August 28, 2019

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Dr. Phil - S17 - E178

Twenty-six-year-old Megan claims from the age of 7, she was repeatedly sexually abused and raped. As a teen, Megan claims her parents threw her out on the streets, where she says she was raped over 100 times. Megan claims she spent her 21st birthday chained to a bed – after being abducted, beaten, and sex trafficked. Megan’s mother, Beth, emailed Dr. Phil for help. Even though Beth claims her daughter’s trauma has left her “non-functioning,” she also says Megan needs to pull herself together and get a job, because she says she and her husband, Steve, are done bankrolling her.

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Dr. Phil: Season 17 - 19 Episode s

17x131 - Finger Pointing and Accusations: Will Karlie Guse Be Found?
March 26, 2019
Continuing the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of 16-year-old Karlie Gusé, who vanished from her stepmother and father's home in the early morning hours of Oct. 13, 2018.
17x132 - Hollywood Obsessed: The Black Dahlia Murder Mystery New Evidence Found
March 27, 2019
The 1947 case of a 22-year-old woman found murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles becomes one of the most notorious unsolved murders in American history.
17x135 - I Believe Global Terrorists Are Poisoning Me
April 1, 2019
Cheryl says she must wear surgical masks at home because a global terror network is experimenting on her with lethal chemicals; her daughter is concerned for her mental health; Dr. Phil reveals the results of extensive testing in Cheryl's home.
17x136 - Let Me Live My Life!
April 2, 2019
Sarah's dad says she is destroying her life by walking away from a full-ride college scholarship to chase what he calls a "silly daydream" of becoming a professional dancer; sisters say mom Laura is a reckless dater who has been married 10 times.
17x137 - Jonestown: Stories of Strength and Survival
April 3, 2019
On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 followers of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple were killed, many by drinking cyanide-laced fruit punch; Dr. Phil speaks with survivors Rep. Jackie Speier and former Peoples Temple members Vernon Gosney and John Cobb.
17x140 - Blinded by Love
April 8, 2019
Amanda is madly in love with her son's father, a severe epileptic who refuses to take his medication and has seizures almost every day; her mother wants her to move on.
17x141 - I Want My Vindictive Millionaire Mother Out of My Life
April 9, 2019
Patty says she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars giving her son everything he wanted, and now, she says, he wants her dead; a first look at Dr. Phil's interview with Oprah Winfrey (book "The Path Made Clear").
17x142 - An Unfit Mother or an Alienating Grandma? Family's Decade-Long Drama
April 10, 2019
Jessica, who makes poor decisions, drinks alcohol daily and has a violent relationship with her live-in boyfriend, says her mother is brainwashing her 10- and 13-year-old children against her.
17x143 - Our 6-Year-Old Son Was Murdered by His Grandmother
April 11, 2019
Mason's grandmother stabbed him to death two days before his 7th birthday, causing his father to start using drugs again and acting erratically.
17x159 - Is This Scam Artist Ready to Come Clean?
May 3, 2019
Michael, an admitted liar who now claims he's a changed man and wants to "come clean" about all his past lies and deceptions, including some that have landed him behind bars, comes face-to-face with three of his victims.
17x174 - A Daughter's Brutal Murder; Her Father's Quest for Justice
May 24, 2019
Lindsay was a 24-year-old real estate agent when she was targeted and brutally murdered; her father thinks police are covering up who killed her; a woman uses DNA ancestry websites to help solve seemingly unsolvable cold cases -- all from her couch.
17x176 - Dr. Phil, Help Our Marriage & My Wife's Kidnapping 35+ Years Ago Captured Our Future
August 26, 2019
Shelly says when she married her husband, David, less than a year ago, she had no idea that divorce might be a possibility. While Shelly claims David is verbally abusive and controlling, David says his wife thrives on drama, loves attention, and refuses to let go of the past rather than try to work on a better future. David claims he feels Shelly’s health issues control a lot of her emotions. Shelly says she desperately wants Dr. Phil’s help to save her marriage. Then, Sandra says 26 years ago, she thought it was just a typical day of running errands at the mall, but instead, it was a day that will haunt her forever. Sandra says at 21, she was kidnapped at gunpoint and told that if she tried to run, her kidnapper would kill her! Sandra says she was able to escape, but her anxiety and traumas from her past are still affecting her daily life and current relationship with her husband. Will Sandra find a way to heal from her past?
17x177 - Our Preppy and Privileged Son is Now a Wannabe Gangster”
August 27, 2019
Fifteen-year-old Dawson says he is not the person his parents, Chris and Dawn, believe he is. He says their perception of him is based on their childhood memories of him playing baseball and going on family vacations. Dawson says he wants more freedom to do the things he enjoys, such as smoking marijuana and hanging out in the streets, where he posts photos on social media of himself holding guns. Dawson shared some videos he posted on social media with Dr. Phil producers – and his parents were shocked and horrified to see what their son was up to right in their own neighborhood. Later, hear from Dawson’s aunt Abbie, who says her minivan was trashed after Dawson went joyriding in it at 110 miles per hour. Not convinced Dawson really understood what his future could look like if he kept idealizing this criminal lifestyle, Dr. Phil presented a group of people to explain the consequences of dangerous behavior, including a former gang member and a woman currently paralyzed as the result of a reckless car accident.
17x178 - Family Destroyed By Sexual Abuse, Secrets and Lies
August 28, 2019
Twenty-six-year-old Megan claims from the age of 7, she was repeatedly sexually abused and raped. As a teen, Megan claims her parents threw her out on the streets, where she says she was raped over 100 times. Megan claims she spent her 21st birthday chained to a bed – after being abducted, beaten, and sex trafficked. Megan’s mother, Beth, emailed Dr. Phil for help. Even though Beth claims her daughter’s trauma has left her “non-functioning,” she also says Megan needs to pull herself together and get a job, because she says she and her husband, Steve, are done bankrolling her.
17x179 - “Our Mother Was Diagnosed with Munchausen By Proxy”
August 29, 2019
Annie and Josh say their mother, Shauna Taylor, created non-existent illnesses and put them through medical workups that were painful and occasionally dangerous. Josh says not only did his mother constantly take him to the hospital where he says he had two unnecessary spinal taps, he claims she also locked him and his brother in a dog cage and threw them around the room. Shauna was eventually diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy and had her children removed from her care. Shauna’s then-husband, Bill, says he had no idea that Shauna was harming their children until he was contacted by social services, and the children were removed from their care. Josh and Annie want to know if Bill really had no idea, as he claims, or did he suspect that something was wrong? Josh and Annie say they are afraid they may become like their mother. And, hear from an international expert on Factitious Disorder.
17x180 - The 47-Year-Old Relationship Virgin
September 3, 2019
Forty-seven-year-old Adam says he needs Dr. Phil’s help because he’s never had a girlfriend, never been in love, and no woman has ever loved him. He says out of the hundreds of dates he’s been on, he rarely gets a third date. By 50, he says he wants to be married with children but fears he will never get there if he can’t even snag a third date. Dr. Phil sends Adam on a speed date with five single women to dissect what Adam may be doing wrong on dates. By the end of the show, after Dr. Phil gets in Adam’s ear, will one of these ladies give Adam a second chance?
17x181 - Child Kidnapped, Starved and Beaten
September 4, 2019
Elsa claims she was abused almost daily and beaten with ropes, chains and whips by the people she thought were her adoptive parents, Joe and his wife, Evangeline. Elsa claims Evangeline smashed her fingers with a hammer, cut off part of her tongue with a pair of clippers and even tied her to her highchair and threw her down two flights of stairs. When she would get grounded, she claims Joe and Evangeline would starve her for 1-2 weeks. Elsa says the abuse lasted for years until an unlikely person stepped up and helped rescue her. Find out what Detective Debbie Richmond discovered when she saw Elsa at the hospital. We’ll also hear why Elsa says she refused to talk to police, and how her aunt Susan convinced her.
17x182 - A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds
September 5, 2019
Jacob’s son Blake was burned at 2 1/2 years old on a treadmill in his sister Ellen’s home at Thanksgiving in 2014. Jacob claims Ellen was 100% responsible for his son’s injuries and scars. Jacob’s wife, Beth, says that their family was uninvited to further Thanksgivings by Ellen. Ellen says that she never uninvited Jacob and his family, is not responsible for Blake’s injuries and says that in the four-and-a-half years Jacob has held this grudge, Blake hasn’t developed scars. Ellen and Jacob’s brother, Ed, says that he’s tried to play mediator, but after Jacob went on a social media rant in February 2019, rehashing the accident and continuing to blame Ellen, he knew that this unhealthy family feud needed bigger help. Can Dr. Phil help these siblings mend fences?
17x183 - “We Gave Our 31-Year-Old Daughter a Curfew and Tracked Her on GPS … But She’s Still a Liar and a Drunk”
September 6, 2019
Twelve years ago, Sara says she gave birth to a baby girl and then, two years later, had a baby boy. After saying she did not connect with her son, Sara eventually gave him to his father to raise. Then, when she says she found herself too “stressed out to raise her daughter,” she gave her to her parents, Tracy and Bret. Now, Tracy and Bret say they wonder how their daughter could have just given up on motherhood. Tracy, Bret and Sara’s older sister, Heather, say now that Sara is childless, she still struggles with life and spends her time partying, to such an extreme that she acts like something out of “Girls Gone Wild.”

17x131 - Finger Pointing and Accusations: Will Karlie Guse Be Found?

17x132 - Hollywood Obsessed: The Black Dahlia Murder Mystery New Evidence Found

17x135 - I Believe Global Terrorists Are Poisoning Me

17x136 - Let Me Live My Life!

17x137 - Jonestown: Stories of Strength and Survival

17x140 - Blinded by Love

17x141 - I Want My Vindictive Millionaire Mother Out of My Life

17x142 - An Unfit Mother or an Alienating Grandma? Family's Decade-Long Drama

17x143 - Our 6-Year-Old Son Was Murdered by His Grandmother

17x159 - Is This Scam Artist Ready to Come Clean?

17x174 - A Daughter's Brutal Murder; Her Father's Quest for Justice

17x176 - Dr. Phil, Help Our Marriage & My Wife's Kidnapping 35+ Years Ago Captured Our Future

17x177 - Our Preppy and Privileged Son is Now a Wannabe Gangster”

17x178 - Family Destroyed By Sexual Abuse, Secrets and Lies

17x179 - “Our Mother Was Diagnosed with Munchausen By Proxy”

17x180 - The 47-Year-Old Relationship Virgin

17x181 - Child Kidnapped, Starved and Beaten

17x182 - A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds

17x183 - “We Gave Our 31-Year-Old Daughter a Curfew and Tracked Her on GPS … But She’s Still a Liar and a Drunk”

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