About this episode

The episode discusses the shocking murder of Cynthia Hoffman, which stemmed from a catfishing scheme.

What started as a missing persons case would quickly become one of Alaska’s most shocking recent murders, which began as a simple catfishing scheme.

Topics covered

• murder
• catfishing
• missing persons
• Alaska
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Alaska

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