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True Crime · Lionsgate Sound

Scamanda

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.

Latest episodes

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Party’s Over, from Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

Introducing a new podcast from 20/20 and ABC Audio, "Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy." In this six-part series, ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire takes listeners

Apr 8 2025
34 min

Scamanda: The Aftershow with Charlie Webster

It’s finally happening, Scamanda Fans! We have heard your pleas, and we are delivering!!!!     In this special episode, Charlie Webster is answering ALL your questions.

Feb 21 2025
46 min

Trailer: Introducing ‘Scamanda’ – a new ABC docuseries

‘Scamanda’ – a new docuseries based on the hit podcast of the same name, premieres Thursday, January 30th on ABC. Stream next day on Hulu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/

Jan 30 2025
1 min

Crime Story: Charlie Webster on Amanda C. Riley’s Web of Lies

In this special bonus conversation, Charlie Webster sits down with Crime Story host Kathleen Goldhar to discuss why she believes Amanda was not only able to lie about hav

Apr 22 2024
39 min

Surviving El Chapo Returns for Season 2

Hey Scamanda listeners! We wanted to let you know about the return of Lionsgate Sound's Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord. It follows the story

Oct 4 2023
1 min

BONUS: Nobody believed me: pushed out co-worker on Amanda the painful Principal

Before she was indicted, Amanda became the Principal of Pacific Point Elementary School. How did she become a Principal, and what was she like to work with? Find out from

Jul 10 2023
42 min

BONUS: Amanda’s Early Exploits: Was she ‘sick’ even back in college?

Hear from two people who knew Amanda years ago - before the blog, before Lisa and Steve - back when she was a college student and Resident Advisor. What was she like duri

Jul 5 2023
31 min

BONUS: Uncovering Amanda’s blogs

If there’s one thing people have been talking about non-stop, it’s the blogs and exactly how Amanda was able to pull this off. And where exactly are these blogs? Charlie

Jul 3 2023
25 min

BONUS: We go behind the scenes with Charlie and Nancy.

The world now knows about Amanda Riley and what she did. Charlie sits down with Nancy, the person whose dogged pursuit of Amanda is the reason she’s in prison, to take a

Jun 28 2023
24 min

Chapter 8 — Finale: Indicted

Nancy’s eight year long obsession culminates in the indictment of Amanda C. Riley for wire fraud. It sends a shockwave through the local community. Amanda reads a stateme

Jun 26 2023
1 h 25 min

Chapter 7 — This Lady Royally Sucks

Amanda moves to Gilroy for a huge promotion - to Principal of a local Christian School. Nancy is still making trouble for her. In an attempt to get Nancy off her back, Am

Jun 19 2023
37 min

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

Jun 12 2023
57 min

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

Jun 5 2023
54 min

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, mi

May 29 2023
41 min

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 devast

May 22 2023
57 min

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 webs

May 17 2023
35 min

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

May 15 2023
36 min

Meet Scamanda

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 doe

Apr 26 2023
3 min

Chart trend

Position in the True Crime chart (US), last 90 days.

#2
all-time peak
7
days in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Scamanda ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 9, 2026).

#152 ▼ 1 True Crime US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

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.

Anneoftheforest · Sep 2026

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.

liz12345678987654321 · Dec 2025

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

Postieghostie · Oct 2025

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!

Shy.Cozette. · Jun 2025

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.

[lex] · Nov 2024

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.

Ohm7403 · Oct 2024

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