Hulu Leaves No Stone Unturned in Trailer for Sherri Papini Docuseries

If Eminem’s catchy new single “Houdini” has you Googling Sherri Papini (which he rhymed with “Harry Houdini,” and “never gon’ see me”), well, allow Hulu to act as a second source of information.

The Disney streamer is diving into the Papini case with a three-part docuseries titled “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini” from filmmakers Erin Lee Carr, Michael Beach Nichols, and executive producers Rob Ford, Allison Berkley and Joseph Freed of Marwar Junction Productions.

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The basics of the case are well known: In November 2016, Sherri Papini went for a jog and vanished from the northern California neighborhood where she lived with her husband Keith. This triggered a frenzied search and worldwide headlines.

But as “Houdini” spoils for you, her “kid-nappin’/never did happen.”

Papini was found alive on a Sacramento Highway 22 days later, claiming that she was abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women. She had some brutal-looking injuries she said she received at the hands of her kidnappers, including chopped-off hair and a broken nose. In reality, Sherri fled to an ex-boyfriend’s house in southern California and the injuries were self-inflicted.

The Sherri Papini case also was covered in scripted form by Lifetime. Jamie King played Sherri in 2023’s “Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini.” Matt Hamilton, Lossen Chambers, Andy Thompson, and Arpad Balogh co-starred in the made-for-TV movie.

The Hulu docuseries boasts “unprecedented access” to Sherri’s family, including Keith, friends, and the investigators who for six years could not solve the mystery of her disappearance.

All three episodes of “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini” premiere June 20 on Hulu. Watch the trailer here:

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