Blurbal Perspective

photo credit: tntrealtygroupsd In 2013, Meaghan Hudson claimed to have cancer and only one year to live. For the next year, her parents set up fundraisers, collecting over $7,000 in donations. As sad as that is, it doesn't end there. Hudson's friends shaved their head and got tattoos in support of their ailing friend. Hudson's lies caught up to her last summer when an anonymous person phoned police and told them that Hudson was lying about having cancer. Police confronted Hudson and she admitted to police that she lied. She was arrested on felony charges and is currently out on bond. Understandably, no one is speaking to her. Her own parents have severed ties with her because of her lies. Hudson's parents will be returning the donation money to those who contributed money. My Two Cents: People like Hudson make me physically sick to my stomach. For the life of me, I cannot comprehend how someone could lie about having cancer, and just selfishly take from th...

photo credit: Chesterfield police via WFSB A woman in Chesterfield, Virginia pretended that her daughter had terminal cancer in order to collect donations. Katie H. Patterson, 26, defrauded her co-workers into donating over $2,000 by telling them that her 4 year old was dying from Leukemia. She told her co-workers that the money would go toward doctor visits, medication and food. A friend of one of Patterson's co-workers began to suspect that something was off when she saw the 4 year old in public. "Since she was familiar with what was reported she knew the little girl should be very sick and ill. She didn't look that way, she looked pretty healthy, so she started to get suspicious."  - Chesterfield police statement Patterson was confronted and she then admitted that the four year old was not sick. She made up the story because she was dealing with financial difficulties. When she started the lie, the whole thing snowballed. Patterson then quit her job. A...