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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

HOAX: Sherri Papini (Part 1 of 2)

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode, we dive into the jaw-dropping true story of Sherri Papini—a California wife and mother who vanished while out for a jog in 2016, only to return weeks later with a harrowing tale of abduction. But as investigators dug deeper, her story began to unravel in shocking ways. From national headlines to FBI investigations, self-inflicted injuries, burner phones, and a bizarre love triangle, this case has it all. Buckle up for one of the most baffling hoaxes in recent memory.

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Sources: 

  1. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/press-release/file/1479901/dl 

  2. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/press-release/file/1493816/dl 

  3. https://www.scribd.com/document/569765258/Sherri-Papini-Plea-Agreementn 

  4. Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini, Hulu, Episodes 1-3

  5. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/sherri-papini-breaks-silence-new-docuseries-122023302 

  6. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article266028346.html 

  7. https://www.today.com/news/sherri-papini-ex-husband-keith-papini-now-rcna157729 

  8. https://time.com/6987460/perfect-wife-sherri-papini-true-story/ 

  9. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article141599034.html 

 

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Who faked her own kidnapping, staged a crime scene, and later claimed she was abducted by two Hispanic women.

0:05.9

If you said Sherry Papini, then you're right.

0:08.5

And on June 10th, we're visiting the Sherry Papini case, but this time we're giving you the facts you won't find anywhere else.

0:14.8

Forget the Hulu Doc and ID special.

0:16.7

We're uncovering details that might change everything you thought you knew about her disappearance.

0:27.2

Catch up on new episodes now and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss our all-new Sherry Papini episode out on June 10th.

0:34.9

When 34-year-old Sherry Papini vanished during an afternoon jog in her quiet California neighborhood, the community erupted in panic.

0:38.3

Her husband found her phone on the side of the road along with her earbuds that had strands of Sherry's blonde hair tangled in them, and within hours a massive

0:43.5

search was underway. For three weeks, the entire nation watched as investigators followed every

0:49.0

possible lead until Sherry suddenly reappeared on the side of a highway. She was battered and bruised and claimed

0:55.5

she'd been abducted by two women, but her story sparked more questions than answers. It sounds

1:01.5

like the plot of a hit thriller movie, but in this case, the truth was actually stranger than fiction.

1:20.5

Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa.

1:31.1

Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing well. I am adapting very well to summer life with kids at home. And by adapting, I mean,

1:38.0

there's not much to adapt to. I know. I'm enjoying it thoroughly. I'm getting a lot of I'm bored comments, but already. Yeah. But like, I think boredom is an important part of life, especially as a kid. And I'm like, oh, my favorite thing to do is say, okay, do you guys want to go outside and like swim or do you want to start your chores now? And every time, every time. So I'm like, I'll do the dishes. I don't care. Just everyone be quiet and go outside and play. So yeah, manipulation at its finest over here. Yeah. My older son, he's turning 16, but not until September. So he's not quite 16 yet. But he really, really wants to get a job. He has been wanting to get a summer job. but it's really hard to find a job when you're not 16 yet. And there are not a lot of places that will hire at certain ages. And so, yeah, he kind of had a little bummer. He had gotten an email that a place that he applied to was conducting interviews, but then they had said, like, make sure you meet all this criteria. And the first one was, like, you have to be 16. So he was, like, all bummed out

2:39.1

about that. So now, yeah, I'm trying to, like, find things that he can do and I can pay him. But, of course,

2:45.2

I'm like, I can't be your boss. Like, I can't, like, I can't put you on payroll. You already don't have a job so not my fault um so anyway it's it's fun these teenagers

3:10.6

that we have but mandy i'm super excited about today like way excited about way way excited because even

3:18.1

though this is a case that i think a lot of our listeners may have already heard um it's just one of

3:22.8

those stories that i feel like it's like

3:24.5

your old favorite movie. You don't get tired of hearing this story. This is, you never will get

3:29.3

tired of hearing this story because it's just that wild and crazy. So as we said in the very

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