2004: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 2

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A mother kills her autistic son. Why? Because he asked her to. The mother claims he used facilitated communication to ask her to help him die. This case is just one of many tied to the controversial method that claims to give a voice to non-speaking autistic individuals. But what if the voice wasn’t theirs at all? Share Your Thoughts: Have you listened to The Telepathy Tapes? What do you think about the claims it makes? We want to hear from you! Send a voice memo with your thoughts to [email protected], and your message might be featured in an upcoming episode. Resources Mentioned: ➜ Learn more about Amy Lutz’s work and her book Chasing the Intact Mind. https://amzn.to/4gg9Mbe ➜ Read Zaid Jilani’s articles on Facilitated Communication and The Telepathy Tapes on his Substack, The American Saga. https://www.theamericansaga.com/ ➜ Explore the history of Facilitated Communication in the documentary Tell Them You Love Me (available on U.S. Netflix). https://www.netflix.com/title/81783064 Stay Connected: Follow PRETEND on social media and subscribe to the podcast for more stories exploring deception and the human condition. ➜ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pretendpod.bsky.social ➜ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pretendpod/ ➜ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pretendpod ➜ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pretendpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Babel.
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0:40.8	at all protected.
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0:47.4	In 2010, Gigi Jordan, a socialite and pharmaceutical executive,
0:53.3	used a syringe to force feed her eight-year-old
0:56.5	non-speaking autistic son Jude, a deadly cocktail of painkillers, anti-inflammatories, vodka,
1:04.0	and juice.
1:05.0	You killed Jude?
1:06.4	I gave Jude, yes, an overdose of medication, yes.
1:10.6	This audio is from a CBS2 jailhouse interview with Gigi Jordan.
1:14.6	I wanted him to be safe and at peace at any cost.
1:20.2	So why did she do it?
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