Join us for the juiciest Mackenzie Undercover story yet! What starts as a consensual surrogacy arrangement between two married couples, meant to be loving, transparent, and drama-free, quickly takes a turn when strange messages, broken rules, and suspicious “errands” begin stacking up. Mackenzie is then brought in to investigate and get to the bottom of the secrets and lies that plagued this surrogacy for nine months. The story spirals into a jaw-dropping tangle of secrets, shifting alliances, and behavior that is truly stranger than fiction. This episode is messy, shocking, and impossible to predict—and it will absolutely have you yelling “WHAT?!” out loud.

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In this Dating Detectives episode we talk to Mary, a devoted true-crime fan who believed she knew every red flag—until she found herself pulled into an online connection that felt unusually thoughtful, emotionally intimate, and too real to ignore. What begins on Bumble slowly moves off-app, where charm, consistency, and shared vulnerability blur the line between intuition and overthinking. As subtle cracks begin to show, Mary uncovers a truth far darker and more sophisticated than a typical romance scam. This episode explores modern crypto romance fraud, emotional manipulation, and how even the most informed daters can be targeted, revealing why sometimes a bad feeling is more than enough reason to walk away.

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On the final Dating Detectives Monday of the year, Mackenzie and Hanna celebrate nearly three years of sleuthing with a classic PI Undercover episode, this time featuring private investigator Helen, business partner to fan-favorite Ken. Helen shares her journey into the PI world and takes us deep into a jaw-dropping case involving an out-of-state client, a glamorous LA girlfriend, and a web of lies that unraveled into a full-blown Dogfish discovery.

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