Broadcast Journalist Charlie Webster discusses the ABC/HULU Docu-Series SCAMANDA: A Woman Faking Cancer

Host Ward W. Bond and broadcast journalist Charlie Webster discuss the shocking truth about Amanda C. Riley faking cancer for attention. This story is highlighted in the ABC/HULU docu-series.

In 2012 a young, San Jose mom started a blog, documenting her journey after getting a devastating diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The blog quickly took off as she went through treatment after treatment. She wrote about being told she would not live to see her 30th birthday. But despite the terminal prognosis, Amanda C. Riley became a beacon of hope, bravery, and perseverance. She had a gift of immediately connecting with people, which she used to her advantage. Her blog told amazing stories of generosity, grace, and love, rallying friends, family, and strangers to help. But someone believed that Amanda Riley was lying.

For the rest of the story, you’ll have to watch the mini-series. Charlie Webster’s hit podcast SCAMANDA became the source for this mini-series. The four-episode limited series peels the many layers of this incredible saga, revealing never-before-told details of the investigation, the friends and family who supported Amanda, and what has happened since the podcast ended.

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