Catfish: The Podcast

Chelsea’s a twenty-two year old tattoo apprentice living in Salt Lake City. For over a year, she’s been involved in an online relationship with a reality TV star named Lennie who lives in Greensboro, NC. They connected through his fan page and started messaging every day. He started talking about marriage and a family even though they’ve never even facetimed. It doesn’t appear that Lennie is really the person who Chelsea is talking to. She is desperate to find out because she has put a real life relationship on hold because of her attachment to this mystery man.

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Sheila is a 33 year old single mom. She was watching the show Love & Hip Hop and Rich Dollaz said he was looking for someone to grow old with. She immediately DM’d him and, eight months later, she feels like she’s found “the one”. But there’s always a problem when they try to meet. Could she actually be talking to the real Rich Dollaz? All signs seem to say she is. So, is he just stringing her along? Could he be talking to many women at the same time? He is Rich Dollaz, after all. This probably isn’t the true love she’s hoping for. She needs help to find out the truth.

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Five months ago Derek met a girl named Annabelle on Snapchat. At the time, he was broken-hearted over the end of a long relationship, so his friends were happy for him. After just a few days he was head over heels in love. But now an anonymous friend has contacted the show because they think that Derek might be falling for someone who doesn’t really exist.

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Chelsea met a guy named Charles a little over a year ago on POF. They connected immediately and Chelsea developed very strong feelings for him. But, besides one phone conversation, in all of that time their only communication has been through DM’s. Now, a friend of Chelsea’s has brought something to her attention that makes Chelsea think that Charles has not been completely honest with her. But the truth is not anything she could possibly have imagined.

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Breana’s been talking to a guy named Josh for eleven years. She was fifteen years old when it all started and she beleives that he’s the love of her life. But there are so many questions that need to be answered. In all the time they’ve been talking, Josh has never shown his face on their video chats. When she saved up the money to fly him to Minnesota, he kept giving her excuses for why he couldn’t come. Breana wants to know if Josh is her Prince Charming or if she should just let him go.

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Nyhjee is eighteen years old. He met Cianna two years ago when she posted a heart emoji on his IG profile. After a year, Nyhjee had fallen in love. He even took the train to visit her an hour and a half away in Delaware, but she stood him up. Nyhjee was very angry, but Cianna managed to calm him down and things got more serious. And she still refuses to meet or video chat. On top of everything, Nyhjee has sent Cianna money. This all seems like a textbook Catfish!

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Aaliyah met Paula online four years ago. She had never been attracted to women before, but she found herself falling hard for Paula. Aaliyah tried to make plans to meet up with her in Los Angeles, but Paula never came through and, eventually, just disappeared. A few weeks ago, Aaliyah got a message from someone claiming to be Paula, but before she gets sucked back in, Aaliyah needs to find out for sure, whether or not Paula is real.

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Michael has been in a relationship with Dustin for three years. He’s super sexy and Michael thinks that he might be the love of his life. But, they’ve never spoken on the phone and Dustin stood him up five times when they planned to meet. What is he hiding? Michael wants to find out if Dustin is the one or a stalker.

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Four years ago, Daryl sent Apryl a drawing he had done of her from a selfie she had posted on Instagram. She has been his muse ever since. A year ago she realized that she wanted more. Daryl’s drawings make her feel confident and beautiful. She felt that their relationship was growing until she received a strange message from Daryl’s sister. Then, all of a sudden, his social media accounts started deactivating and he said that he had to “disappear” for a while. What could that mean?

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A year ago, Bryn met Stephanie through a mutual online friend. They have an amazing connection and Bryn is ready to take it to the next level. But Stephanie never wants to meet in person, claiming that her job as a traveling nurse keeps her too busy during the pandemic. Bryn knows something isn’t quite right, but is not prepared for what Kamie and Nev discover about this mystery woman.

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