—With one quick click the internet allows people to share information like family photos and professional accomplishments, making it easy to ignore or forget that behind clever screen names and witty captions is a dark digital world with real dangers and risks. In hourlong episodes, Web of Lies unravels tragic stories of deception and manipulation triggered by online interactions, from predators lurking behind Facebook profiles to creeps scouring chat rooms for their victims. Re-enactments are buttressed by comments from law enforcement personnel, true-crime experts and psychologists, plus first-person accounts from friends and families of the victims.

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Season 213 of 13 Episodes

When 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale disappears along with her new bicycle, she leaves a trail of clues on Facebook.
Leslie Belkin meets a nice guy named George on Craigslist, then comes to realize he has a criminal record.
In Missouri, tragedy ensues when 13-year-old Megan Meier falls in love with a teenager she has met online.
The fan of an edgy hip-hop duo, Jessica Rae Sacco becomes the victim of a grisly murder after seeking out other devotees who call themselves "Juggalos."
When jobseeker David Pauley responds to a Craigslist advertisement for a live-in caretaker on a ranch in Ohio, he is never seen alive again.
An appalling murder reveals that 13-year-old honor student Christina Long has been leading a double life online.
Mail-order bride Anastasia Solovieva leaves her home in Kyrgyzstan to marry Indle King, but he isn't the man she thought he was, instead turning her American dream into a nightmare.
Texas A&M University professor Dr. James Aune's life goes into free fall when a secret online relationship threatens to come to light.
Barry Hornstein accidentally detonates a pipe bomb in his driveway, which commences an online terror campaign against his 17-year-old son, Jack.
Pregnant Jamie Stice shares her hopes and fears on social media, striking up a friendship that will destroy her dreams and change the life of her unborn child forever.
Chris Coleman begins to receive threatening emails after taking a job as security chief at a Christian ministry, then his wife and two sons are found strangled to death, and police must trace the emails back to their source to find a killer.
Addicted to social networking on his cell phone, 12-year-old Justin Bloxom sneaks out of a friend's house to meet a new online friend, and he is never seen alive again.
When Grace's father discourages her from meeting online beau Robert in person, the two star-crossed teenagers hatch a plot that will change their lives forever.

When high school boys are harassed online by a new girl in a California town, secrets unfold that tear the community apart; one mother has heard it all before and won't stop until justice is finally served.
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When two teenage girls fall in love, their hedonistic lifestyle is played out on social media for all to see; behind the facade, petty jealousies and insecurities escalate until finally the pressure erupts in a frenzy of shocking violence.
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After a teenage house party spirals out of control, a shocking photo goes viral around the local schools; a vicious campaign of cyberbullying ensues that drives an innocent girl to take desperate action.
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Three girls meet a flirty and friendly guy online, then his demeanor shifts, and he traps the girls in a vicious game they can't escape.
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A young fashion designer and mother of three falls victim to her violent ex-boyfriend's jealousy after her sewing tutorials bring her fame and money.
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When a body is discovered in a backyard, police have little to go on; the homeowner has recently disappeared, and all that he has left behind are clues posted online; police wonder if they will lead to the identity of the victim -- or the killer.
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With one quick click the internet allows people to share information like family photos and professional accomplishments, making it easy to ignore or forget that behind clever screen names and witty captions is a dark digital world with real dangers and risks. In hourlong episodes, Web of Lies unravels tragic stories of deception and manipulation triggered by online interactions, from predators lurking behind Facebook profiles to creeps scouring chat rooms for their victims. Re-enactments are buttressed by comments from law enforcement personnel, true-crime experts and psychologists, plus first-person accounts from friends and families of the victims.

Nathan Wiley, Cherise Silvestri

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