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'Perfect Wife' is based on the true story of a woman who faked her kidnapping. Here's what happened to Sherri Papini.

Hulu's "Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini" tells the story of a "Gone Gir…

Eammon Jacobs   


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The college-student heir to the Dutch throne said she secretly moved to Spain to avoid getting kidnapped

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands said she found "freedom" in Madrid after a kidnapping threat at …

Mikhaila Friel   


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My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam

A daughter says her dad got a call saying she had been kidnapped. The scam demanded thousands in ra…

Conz Preti   


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The truth behind the experimental therapy that kids say starts with 'legalized kidnapping'

Hundreds of children across the United States have been sent into controversial treatment programs …

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Leaked email shows an Nvidia employee was one of the civilians kidnapped by Hamas in a viral video

An Nvidia employee was kidnapped by Hamas amid the intensifying Israel-Hamas conflict.

Eugene Kim   


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Families of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are pleading for their release and say they have no idea how their relatives are doing

Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, has taken at least 100 people hostage since its attack on Isra…

Reed Alexander   


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A passenger says she was 'kidnapped' by American Airlines after her flight was diverted to Canada

Diane Kane said passengers on the flight from Philadelphia to London were left without food and wat…

Polly Thompson   


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The strange story of Marina Joyce, the YouTuber who people thought was kidnapped in 2016, and now blames it on her brain 'dying'

The internet became obsessed with a YouTuber named Marina Joyce in 2016, sharing theories she had b…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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Carlee Russell's lawyer says there was never a toddler on the road and that she was never kidnapped

Carlee Russell was reported missing after calling police about a toddler on the side of the road, b…

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George Santos told a NYT reporter his niece was kidnapped by Chinese Communists, but an official said he 'made it up'

In December 2022, the New York Times revealed that Santos had lied extensively about his background…

Madison Hall   


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A couple paid $80,000 after being told their teen son was kidnapped. He was found living in a tent outside Salt Lake City, police said.

Kai Zhuang, 17, was found living alone in a tent at freezing temperatures at the direction of scamm…

Matthew Loh   


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Shani Louk's mother said she found out her daughter was kidnapped by Hamas from video circulating on social media

Hamas fighters attacked the south of Israel on Saturday, killing at least 600 in what has become th…

Rebecca Cohen   


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A landlord denied demanding a kidnapped Israeli woman's $600 a month rent after WhatsApp screenshots went viral

WhatsApp screenshots appear to show the landlord of kidnapped student Inbar Heiman asking her roomm…

Sophia Ankel   


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An American nurse and her son have been kidnapped in Haiti, a humanitarian aid organization says

The U.S. Department of State issued a level 4 travel advisory against Haiti on Wednesday, advising …

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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My first date with my girlfriend was so long her friends thought she'd been kidnapped

They thought she got kidnapped on our first date. For our initial excursion, my now-girlfriend's sa…

Pete DeCourcy   


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David and Victoria Beckham recall threats to kidnap their son Brooklyn after 1998 World Cup: 'I was paranoid someone was going to steal him'

David Beckham's father also said he was sent bullets in the mail after being sent off during an Eng…

Barnaby Lane   


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Carlee Russell smiles in her mugshot after facing charges over her kidnapping that turned out to be a hoax

Russell, a 25-year-old Alabama nursing student, had said she saw a toddler walking on the side of …

Chris Panella   


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A mom influencer with QAnon leanings was convicted of lying about an attempted kidnapping of her kids

Katie Sorensen had posted QAnon-adjacent conspiracies in Instagram posts months before falsely accu…

Mara Leighton   


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A man proposed to his girlfriend by faking her kidnapping and TikTok commenters are seriously divided

The TikTok video showed a group of men taking the bride-to-be from the backseat of a car and later …

Lauren Edmonds