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Crime Next Door

What do you do when someone you trust turns out to not exist? ‘Chloe’ isn’t a real girl. She’s a catfish and her depraved demands have fatal consequences.

Radio Ulster,8 episodes

Episodes

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When a Catfish Kills
1. Cimarron
Online stranger or friend?
20 Sep 2025,11 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
2. Ivy and Violet
Catfishing; luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.
20 Sep 2025,10 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
3. Unmasking Chloe
Perpetrator demographic; white male, 18 to 80
20 Sep 2025,11 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
4. Emily
Modus Operandi; cold, clinical and calculated.
20 Sep 2025,11 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
5. 3500
Offending on an industrial scale.
20 Sep 2025,15 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
6. Cimarron, Part Two
From first contact to manslaughter; three days
20 Sep 2025,17 mins
When a Catfish Kills
7. Court
Precedent and sentencing.
20 Sep 2025,16 mins,
When a Catfish Kills
8. Not Alone
What to do if you’ve been catfished.
20 Sep 2025,12 mins