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* In the episode "Sick" of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', {{spoiler|a woman is discovered to be purposely poisoning her granddaughter to feign sympathy/money/services from charities.}} The episode aired in 2004. [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100930/METRO03/9300382/Warren-mom-accused-of-faking-son-s-cancer-to-raise-money This scenario happened in September 2010], though not an exact match.
** But this is a variant of the real world mental illness called Munchhausen's Syndrome, which has been known since at least 1951.
** A pair of better examples cropped up during the first half of the 2011 season. The episode "Missing Pieces" {{spoiler|in which a mother claims that her car was stolen with her young son still buckled into his car seat}} bears more than a passing resemblance to the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/sky-metalwala-law-order-svu_n_1086268.html Sky Metalwala] case. Another episode, "Personal Fouls," {{spoiler|which revolves around a well-respected coach who uses a children's charity to molest young boys}} originally aired a few weeks before the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160405070134/http://gothamist.com/2011/11/09/did_law_order_svu_predict_the_joe_p.php Penn State molestation] story broke. However, according to [[The Other Wiki]], this one was actually based on a ''[http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/10/09/sp-fleury-tell-all.html different]'' sports abuse case.
* Kim Gyngell's "Colin Carpenter" sketches in ''[[The Comedy Company]]'' in the late 80s included an arc spanning several episodes in which Carpenter thinks up and pitches the idea of combining instant coffee and powdered milk in a single sachet. As of 2012 this product has existed for a while now, despite the way in which it was shut down on the show: somebody simply pointed out that powdered milk tastes absolutely disgusting.
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' had one of the saddest examples: in the [[Series Finale]] "Finishing The Hat" recurring character Karen McClusky passed away from cancer. Kathryn Joosten, who played her, was also a cancer sufferer and herself was claimed by it not long after the episode aired.
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