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
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