HOAX: Sherri Papini (Part 2 of 2)

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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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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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.
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1:27.5	Hey guys and welcome back to the Moms and Mysteries podcast. We are getting into part two of our Sherry Pepini episode.
1:40.9	If you missed part one, go back and find it on the feed. It was posted today as well.
1:45.9	And now we're just going to dive right into part two where we left off. Here we go. So outside the
1:52.0	hospital walls, media attention was exploding. When Sherry first went missing, Keith had taken to every
1:57.8	media outlet he could get on. He wanted Sherry's face on every screen
2:01.4	and wanted the whole world looking for her. But now it was really all too much. Papparazzi was
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