Swipe Right on the Devil

What is the series about?

Swipe Right on the Devil is a three-part documentary series that reconstructs the 2017 murder of Sydney Loofe, a 24-year-old Nebraska woman who disappeared after a Tinder date with Bailey Boswell. The series traces how a routine dating-app match turned into a premeditated killing, dismemberment, and a disturbing investigation into claims of witchcraft and coercive control. It premieres on Hulu in the United States, with international distribution via Disney+.

The Case

In November 2017, Sydney Loofe went missing after what was supposed to be a second date with Bailey Boswell, a woman she had matched with on Tinder. What investigators eventually uncovered was far darker: Boswell and her partner, Aubrey Trail, had lured Loofe to Trail's apartment in Wilber, Nebraska, where they killed her. Her body was then dismembered and the remains scattered in Clay County, Nebraska — a discovery that transformed a missing-person case into a homicide investigation with national attention.

Trail's account of what happened shifted repeatedly during the legal process. He initially claimed Loofe's death resulted from a sex act gone wrong, but later testimony suggested a more calculated motive: that he and Boswell feared Loofe might expose other criminal activity they were involved in. The case took on an even stranger dimension when it emerged that Trail and Boswell had reportedly claimed knowledge of witchcraft and black magic, and allegedly imposed controlling, cult-like rules on the women in their orbit — details that became central to media coverage and to the documentary itself.

Aubrey Trail was convicted of murdering Sydney Loofe and, in June 2021, was sentenced to death by a three-judge Nebraska panel. Bailey Boswell was convicted of murder and related offenses and received a sentence of life imprisonment. Trail remains on death row, and Boswell is serving her life sentence; available reporting does not indicate any execution date for Trail or a change in Boswell's status.

Production

The series is directed by Brian Biegel and produced by Imagine Documentaries and Carousel Films NYC. Executive producers include Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Christopher St. John, Justin Wilkes, Pete Kasko, and Craig D'Entrone — a team with a track record in high-profile true-crime nonfiction. The three-episode structure allows the filmmakers to move from the initial missing-person case, through the grim discovery of Loofe's remains, to the trial testimony and the unsettling claims of witchcraft and manipulation that surrounded Trail and Boswell.

Reception

Because the series' reported release date of October 22, 2026 falls after the available research window, independent critical reviews, audience scores, and a verified IMDb rating are not yet established. Coverage to date consists largely of trailer previews and network announcements rather than post-release critique. The most likely point of controversy, based on promotional material, is how the documentary frames the witchcraft and 'mind control' claims attributed to Trail and Boswell — material that is dramatic but has not been independently verified as supernatural fact, only as claims made by the perpetrators themselves.

The Case Today

Aubrey Trail remains under a death sentence imposed by a Nebraska court, while Bailey Boswell continues serving her life sentence for her role in Sydney Loofe's murder. No publicly confirmed execution date or sentence modification has been reported. Swipe Right on the Devil arrives nearly a decade after the crime, positioned as a re-examination of the case for audiences unfamiliar with the original investigation, as well as a deeper look at the darker claims that emerged around Trail and Boswell during the trial.