HOAX: The Sherri Papini Story

CAKE MEDIA
HOAX: The Sherri Papini Story

Premier: Wednesday June 29th, 2022. On November 2nd, 2016, California mom Sherri Papini went out for a jog and vanished. Three weeks later, she was found on the side of the road, badly beaten up and claiming she'd been kidnapped and tortured. But it was all fake. Like a real-life "Gone Girl," Sherri Papini had completely fabricated her abduction. Journalist Abby Schreiber explores one of the most bizarre true crime sagas in recent memory, diving into the graphic lies Sherri told to the colorful characters who pop up during the investigation, all in an effort to discover whether any clues from Sherri's past foreshadowed all of the lies and deceit in her future. This is a CAKE MEDIA Original Production Credits: Created by: Jessica Devine and Abby Schreiber Written and hosted by: Abby Schreiber Executive produced by: Elena Murdock Sound design and editing by: Gus Hurteau with additional help from Jacob Stein and Jason Rabinowitz at The Pop Ups Studios Original art by: Keitha McClocklin Graphics by: Katherine Deck

Episodes

  1. 09/29/2022

    Episode 5: Sherri’s Sentencing

    After pleading guilty to lying about being kidnapped, Sherri Papini was charged with Making False Statements and Mail Fraud. Finally, her big day in court arrives where she’ll learn her sentence. After a dramatic memo from her defense lawyer and stunning statements in court, the Judge makes a shocking decision.

    59 min

  2. 07/20/2022

    Episode 4: The Unraveling

    After years go by with little news about Sherri’s case, law enforcement makes a huge breakthrough that blows everything wide open. When DNA from the clothing Sherri was wearing in captivity shows that it belonged to an unknown male, the police use some of the same methods used to crack cold cases like the “Golden State Killer” and ultimately trace the sample to Sherri Papini’s ex-boyfriend. After authorities interview the Ex, they learn a stunning revelation: Sherri’s kidnapping was all made up…

    34 min

  3. 07/13/2022

    Episode 3: Who Is Sherri Papini?

    As investigators continue to look into Sherri’s case, new details emerge about her life before she went missing. Her past includes a first husband, problems with her parents over the years, and a shocking rumor that she once posted on a white supremacist message board. With this new information, will investigators be able to track down her captors? Or will they conclude that the whole thing was made up?

    34 min

  4. 07/06/2022

    Episode 2: A Supermom Returns

    After Sherri is unexpectedly found on the side of the road, her family is overjoyed by her return. But their happiness quickly turns to horror when they see what’s happened to her: she’s apparently been burned, beaten up, and branded. After law enforcement interviews Sherri about her ordeal, new—and surprising—details emerge about her alleged abductors and her time in captivity.

    25 min

  5. 06/29/2022

    A Supermom Disappears

    On November 2, 2016, Sherri Papini, a young mother of two kids in Redding, California, went out for a jog…and vanished. As law enforcement begin to hunt for clues, her worried husband shares the story of her disappearance with the media, prompting a mysterious anonymous donor to come forward and offer a “reverse ransom” in an effort to get Sherri released. The donor taps a self-described “abduction expert” to negotiate with Sherri’s alleged captors as days tick by and the case heats up. But, just as things look bleak, a major new twist develops three weeks after Sherri first went missing…

    24 min

  6. SEASON 1 TRAILER

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    HOAX: The Sherri Papini Story

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Premier: Wednesday June 29th, 2022. On November 2nd, 2016, California mom Sherri Papini went out for a jog and vanished. Three weeks later, she was found on the side of the road, badly beaten up and claiming she'd been kidnapped and tortured. But it was all fake. Like a real-life "Gone Girl," Sherri Papini had completely fabricated her abduction. Journalist Abby Schreiber explores one of the most bizarre true crime sagas in recent memory, diving into the graphic lies Sherri told to the colorful characters who pop up during the investigation, all in an effort to discover whether any clues from Sherri's past foreshadowed all of the lies and deceit in her future. This is a CAKE MEDIA Original Production Credits: Created by: Jessica Devine and Abby Schreiber Written and hosted by: Abby Schreiber Executive produced by: Elena Murdock Sound design and editing by: Gus Hurteau with additional help from Jacob Stein and Jason Rabinowitz at The Pop Ups Studios Original art by: Keitha McClocklin Graphics by: Katherine Deck

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