Episode 169: Project Taken (Abduction of Sherri Papini)
He ran an anti-abduction training program called “Project Taken.” He would teach young girls how not to get kidnapped.
He was not someone to mess around. Ex-military man. Specialist in kidnapping prevention. International hostage negotiator. He did it all.
Well, nobody expected he would find himself wrapped up in one of the strangest, most bizarre kidnapping cases in all of true crime history. The kidnapping of Sherri Papini.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/press-release/file/1479901/download
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090211081144/http://www.mywedding.com/papini/stories.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Papini_kidnapping_hoax
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/22/us/sherri-papini-husband-files-for-divorce-and-child-custody/index.html
https://people.com/crime/the-piece-of-evidence-that-broke-open-the-sherri-papini-case/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10752297/Sherri-Papinis-husband-demands-sole-custody-two-young-children.html
https://7news.com.au/news/crime/sherri-papinis-theatrics-are-what-got-her-caught-after-she-faked-her-own-violent-kidnapping-c-6537776
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sherri-papini-admits-faking-2016-kidnapping-says-sorry-rcna24143
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10580725/Sherri-Papini-husband-used-49k-GoFundMe-donations-pay-credit-cards.html
https://cssh.northeastern.edu/the-5-year-saga-that-led-to-sherri-papinis-arrest-racist-blog-posts-dna-on-green-tea/
https://timesnewsnetwork.com/news/entertainment/how-sherri-papini-drew-her-sports-store-clerk-ex-fiance-into-her-web-of-deceit/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10598701/Ex-boyfriend-hid-Sherri-Papini-abduction-hoax-seen-time.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shady-hostage-negotiator-at-the-center-of-sherri-papinis-abduction
https://www.insideedition.com/sherri-papini-case-man-who-once-dated-mom-accused-of-staging-kidnapping-says-shes-a-compulsive-liar
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10580725/Sherri-Papini-husband-used-49k-GoFundMe-donations-pay-credit-cards.html
https://www.eonline.com/news/1328252/how-sherri-papinis-kidnapping-hoax-was-exposed-and-what-happened-next
https://www.napnappartners.org/tattoos-human-trafficking-victims
https://nightowlrecon.org/posts/branding-and-other-symbols-of-modern-human-trafficking
https://www.163.com/dy/article/GF9KM9DO0548HHX6.html
http://wxbb-api.wifiwx.com/folder617/folder632/2017-06-27/275675.html?_hgOutLink=news/ newsDetail&id=275675
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https://www.ccaiye.com/zixun/xinwen/451166.html
DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.