Hoaxed
Tortoise Media
True crime · Limited series · 4 episodes · ~38 min · 2022 · Explicit
Taste attributes: documentarycrimejournalisticpsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentary
Boxlist takeA heavy, dark true-crime podcast: grounded and moving. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
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 subu…
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- Publisher
- Tortoise Media
- Format
- Limited series
- Episodes
- 4
- Typical episode
- About 38 minutes
- Latest episode
- 30 July 2026
- Categories
- Documentary, Society & Culture, News, True Crime
- Taste scores
- How we score
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