In November 2016, California mother Sherri Papini vanished while jogging, sparking a massive search effort and national media frenzy. When she was found 22 days later on Thanksgiving Day, chained and emaciated on the side of a freeway, she claimed 'two Hispanic women' had kidnapped her for sex trafficking. But in 2022, the FBI arrested Sherri for faking her own kidnapping - revealing she'd actually been hiding at her ex-boyfriend's apartment, asking him to hurt her to make the injuries look real. Sherri was released from prison in 2023, after serving 10 months of her 18-month sentence. And in 2025, she (of course) started doing the media rounds, because she had a LOT to say. (Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence and abuse.)

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

ABC News report - Sherri Papini claims boyfriend abducted her in 2016 hoax kidnapping (2025)

Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax Wikipedia page - Complete timeline and case details

Perfect Wife documentary - Keith Papini's side of the story (2024)

Sherri Papini: Caught In The Lie documentary - Sherri's version of events (2025)

Sherri Papini on the Viall Files - Sherri tells her story (2025)

People Magazine coverage - Where is Keith Papini now (2024)

Daily Mail report - Sherri Papini's husband demands sole custody (2022)

7News analysis - Sherri Papini's theatrics are what got her caught (2022)

True Crime Daily podcast episode - Sherri Papini busted: California mom's kidnapping fake (2022)

If you need support, please contact: 

Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 

1800 RESPECT (domestic violence support): https://1800respect.org.au/

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On April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic - the largest, most luxurious ship ever built - struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. Over 1,500 people died in what became one of history's most famous disasters. This is Just The Gist of how an "unsinkable" ship designed with revolutionary safety features became a death trap, how the crew's lack of training turned evacuation into chaos, and how a nearby ship that could have saved everyone just... didn't.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Titanic Belfast - Official Titanic Fact File

Britannica - Titanic: History, Sinking, Survivors & Facts

Titanic | Official Trailer

Encyclopedia Titanica - Comprehensive Titanic Database

National Geographic - Titanic: The Real Story

Smithsonian Magazine - New Titanic Evidence

BBC History - The Titanic Disaster

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For years, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was the poster child for childhood illness - confined to a wheelchair, battling leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and countless other conditions. Her devoted mother Dee Dee cared for her around the clock, and the community rallied to support them with charity and free trips to Disney World. But in 2015, Dee Dee was found stabbed to death in her bedroom.

What police discovered next shocked everyone: Gypsy could walk, had never had cancer, and had been systematically abused through a condition called Munchausen syndrome by proxy. This is the story of how a desperate young woman orchestrated her mother's murder to escape a prison of fake illnesses, and why the case divided public opinion like no other true crime story in recent memory.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

HBO Documentary: Mommy Dead and Dearest

Hulu Series: The Act

BuzzFeed News: Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick

Springfield News-Leader: The Gypsy Blancharde Case

People Magazine: Gypsy Rose Blanchard Case Details

ABC News: Gypsy Rose Blanchard Prison Interview

The Cut: The Disturbing Case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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In 2017, Billy McFarland promised the world's most exclusive music festival on a private island once owned by Pablo Escobar. Supermodels, private jets, gourmet food, and the biggest artists - all for just $1200 a ticket. What festival-goers got instead was the influencer version of The Lord Of The Flies.

This is the story of how a 26-year-old scammer with a gift for nonsense convinced thousands of people to pay for a party that never existed, and how it all came crashing down in the most meme-worthy way possible. Plus, find out what Billy McFarland is doing now after selling the entire Fyre brand on eBay - for an amount that even he was shocked by.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Netflix Documentary: FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

Hulu Documentary: Fyre Fraud

Rolling Stone: Inside the Fyre Festival Disaster

Vanity Fair: My Fyre Festival Hell

The New York Times: The Fyre Festival Was Always Going to Be a Disaster

Business Insider: Billy McFarland's History of Failed Ventures Before Fyre Festival

Vice: We Called Billy McFarland During Fyre Festival's Meltdown

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This has been called one the ‘worst shark attack stories of all time’. After their yacht, ‘The Trashman’, sank in a major storm, five crew members were stranded in the middle of the ocean in a tiny inflatable dinghy. Sharks soon started circling them, taking the crew one by one, but not before starvation and thirst caused them to mentally unravel and turn on each other (seriously - one crew member got so delirious they started acting like a possessed zombie). Strap in… this one is a WILD ride.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ Season 1, Episode 1 ‘Shark Survivor’ (available on Amazon Prime)

Newsweek: The Horrifying Story of a Woman Who Watched Friends Being Eaten by Sharks for 5 Days After Yacht Capsized in Atlantic: 'They Were Everywhere'.

Newsweek: We Just Hear This Shrill Scream. Then It Was Over. The Sharks Got Him.

Wikipedia: Deborah Scaling Kiley

Deborah Scaling Kiley’s book ‘Albatross: The True Story Of A Woman’s Survival At Sea’ 

CNN: Transcript of Deborah Scaling Kiley’s interview on Larry King Live

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Possibly one of JTG’s most requested topics EVER, the show had to come back just to do this episode. In 2023, Erin Patterson invited her husband Simon and his family over for her lunch at her Leongatha home. In a move that would save his life, Simon refused the invitation, but his parents Don and Gail and Aunt and Uncle Ian Heather and Ian fell gravely ill not long after eating the beef wellington meal. Ian Wilkinson was the only survivor, and while Erin also pretended to be ‘sick’, it did not take long for the real purpose behind her lunch to become clear: MURDER. Murder by death cap mushrooms.

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

READ: 

This article from The Guardian - Two years ago, Erin Patterson’s lunch guests were admitted to hospital. This week, she became a convicted murderer.

This article from The Guardian - What the Erin Patterson trial wasn’t told

This article from ABC News - A look inside the courtroom of Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial

This article from ABC News - Mother, cook, defendant: The trial of Erin Patterson turns to her personal life

WATCH: 

Erin Patterson ‘crying’ on A Current Affair

7 Spotlight - Mushroom Murders: Inside the mind of killer Erin Patterson

Daily Mail - Mushroom Murder Trial: All the evidence against Erin Patterson unpacked 

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EXTRAY EXTRAY! It’s comin’ down the wiiiire! 

BREAKIN’ NOOZ is back bébé! (YES INCLUDING THE SONG YOU CHUMPS.) Episodes will be dropping every Tuesday for subscribers to The Gistener Club, which you can access via the Just The Gist Patreon right here or Apple Subscriptions! 

This week’s headlines:

FIT FOR TV. Omg omg omg. It’s a new three-part Netflix documentary about the making of The Biggest Loser in the US. You must watch it immediately. We watched all three parts in one go and as two people who have both existed in pretty fat bodies at one point, we both have ALL THE THOUGHTS because it is (unsurprisingly) messed up. (And Here’s the bonus episode I mention)

JTG OG favourite Anna Delvey was back in the news this week for getting busted abandoning rabbits in a public park and truly - god bless her chaos.

Swifties have been doing their weird deep diving and seem to have discovered another big TayTay project coming soon: ‘Female Rage: THE MUSICAL’? A TAYLOR SWIFT MUSICAL? (Also it was so thoughtful of her to time her album announcement to coincide with Just The Gist’s debut return episode about HER. Thanks gurl ur the best ily.)

Are female Australian travel influencers so desperate for clout that they’re agreeing to go on trips to Afghanistan… sponsored by the Taliban? In a country where the Taliban government is committing gender apartheid against women, an Aussie female travel influencer is posting videos and posing for selfies, commenting without any irony: “No one hassles you here - which is something I can’t say about a lot of countries I’ve travelled to as a female.” Ahhh… I’m glad nobody hassled YOU there. Afghani women however are denied even their most basic human rights and punished by death for the most minor of ‘offences’. Just months ago, the Taliban government demanded that all women wear an eye patch, because two eyes being visible under their burkas is too offensive, and one eye is ‘enough’ to see. Yeah, the Taliban - notorious for never hassling women.

The articles I mention: ABC News & Daily Mail

Amanda Knox is executive producer on a new crime drama about her story dropping on Disney Plus tomorrow. ‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ is also produced by Monica Lewinsky, and homework is for everybody to start watching so we can talk about it next week. 

And as usual, lots of other random stuff!

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Back in 2015, she was the ‘wellness influencer’ who had ‘healed’ her terminal brain cancer by ‘eating clean’ and sticking coffee enemas up her butt. Belle Gibson launched a wellness app that Apple wanted to put on the very first Apple Watch. She published a cookbook called The Whole Pantry, won awards and selflessly donated almost everything she made to charity. Except… lol no she didn’t. She didn’t do any of it. She didn’t have cancer and none of it was true. A Just The Gist ALL-TIME FAVOURITE, there have been so many updates on the Belle Gibson story, including the incredible 2025 Netflix show ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ that brought renewed worldwide interest in the story. So did she ever get in trouble? And where is Belle Gibson now? Gisten in as Rosie gives you all details. 

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

READ: ‘The Woman Who Fooled The World’ by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano

READ: “No. None of it’s true.” The 2015 Women’s Weekly interview with Belle Gibson

READ: “Belle Gibson: wellness blogger’s mum says cancer story was just a ‘white lie.’” 2015 Guardian article 

READ: “What Happened To Belle Gibson In The End? Here’s What ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ Leaves Out.” 2025 ABC News story.

WATCH: The brilliant 60 Minutes Australia interview in which Tara Brown confronts Belle Gibson

WATCH: Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix

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Taylor Swift made headlines in 2025 when news broke that she had finally succeeded in purchasing the master recordings of all her past albums. But… Why didn’t she own them in the first place? And what’s with all the re-recordings and ‘(Taylor’s Version)’ stuff? How are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West connected to all this? And what, or who, is a ‘Scooter Braun’? Gisten in as Rosie gives you Just The Gist of the whole situation.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

From FORBES: The Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun Drama, Explained

From The New Yorker: Scooter Braun and the Twilight of the Music Manager

From The Hollywood Reporter: Taylor Swift Gets Her Masters Back: How We Got Here

WATCH: Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: BAD BLOOD on HBO Max

Trusty ol’ wikipedia on the Taylor Swift Masters Dispute

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IT’S FINALLY TIME! TOMORROW - Thursday Aug 14 - IS THE DAY! Just The Gist is BACK and will be dropping episodes every Thursday from now on! But first, here’s a little explainer on the new JTG. (No, Rosie does not sing, but she does cry. JUST A LITTLE.)

Here’s a link to last week’s Breakin’ Nooz (From The Van) episode on Patreon that Rosie mentioned, if you want to listen.

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