Cults & Cons: Sherri Papini, The Kidnapping That Wasn’t

When Sherri Papini vanished during a jog in 2016, the search gripped the nation. In today's second episode of Cults & Cons, Kaelyn Moore and Morgan Absher revisit the twists in this bizarre kidnapping case: a frantic husband’s 911 call, a nationwide hunt, Sherri’s shocking roadside reappearance, and the clues: DNA, text messages, and a mysterious ex-boyfriend, that unraveled the truth. Was this a miraculous escape, or the most elaborate hoax in recent memory?

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