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S2E4 Rachel Dolezal
In June of 2015, Rachel Dolezal was found to be a white woman pretending to be Black. The discovery imploded her life, a life that she is still having trouble putting back together. But lying about…
S2E3 Belle
Belle Gunness has a reputation as one of the first female serial killers. By placing personal ads in newspaper, protraying herself as a successful farmer, she lured men to her with promises of…
S2E2 The Cottingly Fairies
In 1917, cousins Elsie and Frances used the excuse of fairies to get out of trouble with their mothers, and even presented photo evidence. To them, it was all a bit of fun, but when the adults around…
S2E1 Tania Head
On September 11th, 2001, the United States experienced a terrorist attack. One of the victims was Tania Head; not only did she nearly lose her life in the collapse of the World Trade Center, but her…
S1E20 Mac Miller
Tomi Masters was excited when she found the Snapchat of rapper Mac Miller and he answered her DM, telling her she was beautiful. After a few weeks of chatting, the two arranged to meet. When Tomi…
S1E19 JT Leroy
CW: Child abuse, suicidal ideation, sexual assault JT Leroy became famous almost overnight for his novel SARAH, a fictionalized version of his upbringing with his sex worker mother who later forced…
S1E19 Anicka
After Klara Maurovna and her two sons moved in with her sister Katerina, Katerina suggested they foster a child. Anicka was 13 years old and the sisters worked hard to get her the medical attention…
S1E17 Lennay Kekua
Manti Te'o was a college football star, which makes this story of catfishing all the more embarassing for those involved. After mentioning online girlfriend Lennay in an interview, the football…
S1E16 Aaron, Luke, and Connor
TW: Sexual assault When Jess moved to a new town at the age of 15, she was relieved to quickly make friends with two other girls, Alice and Gemma. Gemma being two years older and out of school, Jess…
S1E15 Brayden Spiteri
TW: Suicide, domestic violence, stalking When Renae Marsden and Camilla Zeidan met at the age of 14, Renae's life took a downward turn. Camilla was a bad influence, but as the teens got older,…
S1E14 Jessie and Tommy
When 17 year old Jessie reacted poorly in the chatroom when Tommy told her he was 46 years old, he said he was just joking and was 18. The two spent almost a year chatting online, talking on the…
S1E13 Chris
Chris, a CIA agent, is sent to Mountain City, Tennessee to keep 30 year old Jenelle Potter safe from some mean girls in town who have been hacking her Facebook. As time goes on and the Potter parents…
S1E12 Clark Rockefeller
Despite growing up lower middle-class in Bavaria, Germany, Christian Gerhartsreiter found himself living high life on both coasts of the United States in his adulthood. He managed this by lying his…
S1E11 Simon Leviev
Cecilie Fjelloy met Simon Leviev on Tinder in January 2018. A month into dating Simon asked her to link her American Express to his because his business "enemies" were tracking his movements. By May…
S1E10 Lincoln Lewis
CW: Suicide, stalking In Australia, three women- Emma, Jess, and Catherine- were being stalked and manipulated by the same man. It would take concrete threats toward the women and their families…
S1E9 Rachel West
After Mark meets Rachel West in an MSN chatroom, he is devastated when she is kidnapped and murdered by another MSN chat group member. Luckily, Mark has Rachel's stepbrother John to lean on.
S1E8 Sciencing_bi
#MeTooSTEM, a Twitter movement created by Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, was an internet gathering place for all the STEM women online to congregate and support one another. BethAnn's right-hand woman,…
S1E7 Josh Evans
13 year old Megan Meier had just started a new school after being bullied at her previous one. Missing her friends, she created a MySpace. Megan's parents took all the right precautions: only they…
S1E6 Brianna Stewart
Treva Throneberry was 25 when she enrolled at Evergreen High School, saying that her name was Brianna Stewart and she was 17. Over the past few years, Treva had bounced from city to city using…
S1E5 Lucia Cole
In 2015, a new singer called Lucia Cole released her debut album. She had allegedly worked with famous singers and claimed her godfather was Shaquille O'Neal. After people realized that Lucia's music…
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