The podcast is a six-part investigation into one of Britain’s most serious-ever conspiracy theories. A story about a modern-day Satanic panic; about the victims whose lives were destroyed and about the conspiracists who spread the lie around the world.

Through the six episodes, Mostrous and his team uncover the web of lies created by the perpetrators – the people who forced the kids to lie, culminating in a do-not-miss confrontation in the final episode. It’s also an eye-opening insight into how our institutions are incapable of protecting us from online threats and misinformation. As Mostrous told The Guardian: “The accountability we see in the physical world is not transferred to the digital world. There’s a gap.”

“Eight years after Hampstead, we’ve had Pizzagate, QAnon, and all these other huge conspiracy theories. They are so similar – there’s the satanic and paedophile elements and a bleeding-over into real-life violence. In the world we live in today, there is not a demarcation between offline and online.”

Hoaxed: how to listen to the astonishing conspiracy theory podcast from the makers of Sweet Bobby