True Crime · Lionsgate Sound
by Lionsgate Sound
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. Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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One of my all time favorite podcast series. So well done. I’ve listened to it twice. Interviews are powerful. They take pains to not villainize people but present the facts. I wish more true crime stories followed their example.
This is a fascinating story but it’s told in an odd way - the timeline jumps around without clear indicators. The speakers aren’t always introduced which makes it hard to know who the information is coming from. Simple fixes that could’ve easily been addressed. And as other reviewers have mentioned - there are SO. MANY. ADS.
I found the story to be really interesting and enjoyed some of the twists and turns. However, the way the it was edited made it very hard to follow the story. There is no sense of when each part of the story happens, and when switching between interview clips there is no indication of who is speaking or reminding us who these people are or how they are connected to the story. Several clips of women who sound vaguely similar strung together did get a little frustrating after a while! I did enjoy the story tho. I hope they do a follow up someday
I can’t believe some of these reviews complaining about it being 8 episodes. I couldn’t wait to start each episode. Appreciate everything about this podcast. Hearing all the details and from all the people involved. Great job!
Overall a frustrating experience with all the confusing time jumps, repeatedly recounting the same story from slightly different perspectives I could barely tell apart, and sooo much filler without truly getting into the juicy details I wanted to know. Felt like they dragged out a 4 episode series to fit 8 so they could fit in as many ads as possible - and they made sure to stuff in tons of those in every episode. Annoyed I spent so much time listening to this, hoping for it to get better.
Fascinated by the amount of research and effort put in by the investigator/producer. However, the presentation of it dragged on and on, particularly with reactions from the people surrounding Amanda, rather than facts and evidence. Theoretically, you could skip straight to the last episode and get everything you need. But even then, I was left wanting for more details.
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