This sounds good - Hoaxed

[Summerof22]

Anyone else planning to listen?

Introducing... Hoaxed, the new series from Alexi Mostrous and Tortoise, who brought you Sweet Bobby.

In 2014, two children told police a shocking story: that they were being abused by a Satanic cult; a cult headed by their father and by parents and teachers at their school in the wealthy London suburb of Hampstead. The story was a lie. But on the internet, that didn't matter.

Hoaxed is an investigation into one of Britain's most serious-ever conspiracy theories. A story about a modern-day Satanic panic; about the victims whose lives were destroyed and about the conspiracists who spread the lie around the world. Oh, and it's about our hunt for the perpetrators - the people who forced the kids to lie - the ones who started it all.

It’s great. Read the daily Mail article this morning and downloaded and listen med to the first two. Excellent podcast, Alexi is an excellent investigative journalist.

Yes, that’s where I first saw it too, but I stopped reading the full article because I don’t want to know too much in advance.

only listened to the first one so far and already hooked.

Alexi is so likeable.

Remember the Orkneys debacle

Totally bonkers. I couldn't believe it's a true story. I grew up in Hampstead (luckily no experience of satanic cults 😉)

I've just finished Sweet Bobby which is Alexi again. Another unbelievable true story.

I remember the two poor children in this case. Their mother was convinced that the little girl had been taken away from her, flown to the US and put in the superbowl advert.

Abraham Christie is a narcissistic little sh*t. You only have to listen to this podcast to realise that.