15 episodes
Scamanda Lionsgate Sound
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 14.5K Ratings
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
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Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
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Chapter 1 — Amanda is Dying
Meet Amanda. Her world is about to be shattered by some life-changing news during the birth of her first child. She’s dying. Or at least, that’s what she tells the world in her brand new blog.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
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Chapter 2 — Roaring Goddess
Amanda’s good news doesn’t last long. Her mother, Peggy, the ‘Roaring Goddess,' posts a guest blog to keep Amanda’s followers updated. Her family launches a donation website for #TeamAmanda to donate directly to the cause. The custody battle rages on.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
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Chapter 3 — No Coincidences
Despite everything, Amanda falls pregnant with her second child - the miracle baby. Amanda’s rockstar status is cemented at church, but not before getting the most devastating news yet - her cancer has progressed to Stage Four.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
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Chapter 4 — Terminal. Miracle.
Amanda’s journey with cancer is like a rollercoaster that never ends. Her friend Lindsey explains that it was a constant back and forth of terminal, miracle, terminal, miracle. Nancy continues looking into whether Amanda is really faking it all. Amanda drops a bombshell on her friends Lisa and Steve.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
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Chapter 5 — Faith in the Truth
Convinced Amanda is lying about her cancer, Nancy enlists the support of San Jose Detective Jose Martinez. Amanda’s birthday brings a massive rally of support, including a #TeamAmanda video that gets the attention of thousands, set to the tune of Rachel Platten’s Fight Song.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
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Chapter 6 — High As Hell
Amanda lands a new job as a middle school teacher. But while #TeamAmanda continues to grow in popularity, there’s an ever-growing Team Nancy. Detective Martinez and Nancy team up and bring the IRS into the fold, launching a federal investigation into Amanda.
Scamanda is a Lionsgate Sound podcast: http://lionsgatesound.com
Hosted by Charlie Webster.
Listen to another Lionsgate Sound podcast hosted by Charlie Webster, Died & Survived: https://link.chtbl.com/diedandsurvived?sid=sc
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Customer Reviews
Thank you
Great coverage of the scam Amanda and, I do believe, her husband participated, carried out on friends. To play on other's emotions and generosity is disgraceful and hurtful. As one whose father, family members, and my best friend, all lost their battle to cancer, what she did was deplorable and hurtful.
Thank you and all those who worked hard on this podcast and those who uncovered her scam.
Thank you
I want to thank the incredible brave strong women who told their truths and called out a pathetic soul who knows no suffering. As a REAL cancer survivor I am disgusted by the pain and grief she has created. Hopefully this podcast will deter heartless parasites from doing the same harm.
Good but lacking
This podcast was interesting, but it was frustrating how it jumped around in time and made it hard to track. Also, there seemed to be a real lack of understanding on Charlie’s part about how someone could pull off the pictures and get the supplies Amanda did. I can’t believe that she and her team didn’t bother to investigate this before publishing this series. It’s incredibly easily to get so many medical supplies in so many ways, and also easy to get services at the ER if you report certain symptoms in the US, additionally we have boutique places that give IVs for vitamins, etc.
I am also really disappointed that there was almost no research on why Amanda may have done what she did beyond getting money. They could have interviewed psychologists and others who can provide valuable insights. Obviously, until or unless Amanda admits her lies no one can know for certain why she did the things she did, but she likely follows patterns that other folks do as well.