2007: Licensed to Kill part 1
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02/25/25
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What if your doctor wasn’t trying to save you, but trying to cash in on you?
In this episode of Pretend, we uncover the shocking case of Dr. Thomas Weiner, an oncologist accused of prescribing years of brutal chemotherapy treatments to patients who may not have even had cancer.
We follow the story of Scott Warwick, a man who was told he had stage 4 lung cancer and endured 11 years of toxic treatments—only to later learn there was no biopsy confirming his diagnosis. When Dr. Randy Sasich, a pulmonary critical care specialist, began questioning Weiner’s practices, he faced pushback, intimidation, and threats.
But Weiner’s case isn’t unique. Across the country, doctors like Farid Fata, Jorge Zamora-Quezada, and Michael Swango have been caught exploiting patients for profit, exposing just how broken the U.S. healthcare system truly is.
In this episode, we dive into:
✔️ How financial incentives reward doctors for prescribing unnecessary treatments
✔️ The loopholes in insurance billing that allow fraud to go undetected for years
✔️ The whistleblower who risked everything to expose the truth
✔️ The cult-like following that still defends Dr. Weiner
🔍 Sources & Additional Reading:
- ProPublica’s Investigative Report: "Eat What You Kill" :
https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology
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Meet a patient who underwent three years of cancer treatments—for cancer she never had.
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2006: Operation Cock Block
February 19, 2025
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A group of women, all with eerily similar stories, say they were deceived—emotionally and financially—by the same man: William Sullivan. But instead of staying silent, they took matters into their own hands. They formed Operation Cock Block, a coordinated effort to expose what they claim were Sullivan’s deceptive tactics and warn others before they fell victim.
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2008: Licensed to Kill part 2
March 4, 2025
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n part two of Licensed to Kill, we continue the shocking investigation into doctors who exploit their patients for profit. This episode follows Patty Hester, a fitness instructor who was misdiagnosed with a rare blood cancer and nearly subjected to years of unnecessary chemotherapy—all at the hands of Dr. Farid Fata, a Michigan oncologist who built his fortune by treating healthy patients for diseases they never had.
But Fata isn’t alone. Across the country, doctors like Thomas Weiner, Ian Paterson, and Javaid Perwaiz have betrayed their patients, mutilated bodies, and destroyed lives—all under the guise of medical care.
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