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He Faked Pregnancies, Fathered Children: The Jacobson Deception Revealed
He Faked Pregnancies, Fathered Children: The Jacobson Deception Revealed
Fear that the person you trust most is betraying the deepest hope - that’s the pull at the heart of this story. Cecil Bryan Jacobson used hCG injections and doctored ultrasound photographs in Fairfax County in the 1980s to create false pregnancies; the deception produced at least fifteen children and a 52-count federal conviction. How did routine hormones and a single photograph become the instruments of such a widespread betrayal?
In this episode, we present the documented history of Cecil Jacobson and the practices in…
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